Making Great Tasting COFFEE Using a PERCOLATOR | Simple & Slower Living
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2022
- We share with you how we make coffee in an old-fashioned percolator. This is how we make coffee every day at our house. Take the time to slow down, "bee" yourself, be different from the rest of the world, and enjoy life along with the old-fashioned ways of living. Having a percolator is also great in the event of a power outage, because who wants to be without coffee?!
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My grandparents drank coffee from a percolator every morning because my grandfather hated auto-drip machines. They didn't make the coffee hot enough he would say. Some years after he died I saw my grandmother was getting ready to put their percolater in a yard sale. I quickly grabbed it and said i would take it.
17 years since they have both passed and that percolator still sits on my stove as it sat on theirs for my entire life plus.
Thanks for sharing this story. Their legacy lives on through you! Cherish those wonderful memories of them. It’s the simplest things in life that matter! May God bless you and your family.
You are blessed
Great story. I wish I had my grandparents' percolator. I had a hard time finding one, and ended up getting one from a camping supply store back in the mid-1990s.
Thank you for the nice account, reminded me of my grandmother, she made it to 106 when she passed. She went the opposite direction, bought a Mr. Coffee when they were introduced and tossed the perc :)
Hand filtered coffee (Melitta porcelan filter) would have been an option...
Nothing beats the aroma and sound of perking coffee!
Amen!!
Aroma? yes, taste? no There are much better was to make coffee, but you can't beat the "smell" of perked coffee. 212 degree F (100 C)) brings out the oils in the coffee and makes it bitter tasting.
Yeah. You're right. Man, I sure drank enough coffee from those giant-sized percolators back in my army days. The smell is what ALWAYS meant "heaven" coming in from the field -- especially on a cold day. At home, the wife is into a drip-machine. On my schooner, I used a French press.@@davidoickle1778
...really... well to make "good" coffee the the hot water whas to be "forced" under pressure through the packed coffee, like in the expresso machine at Starbucks, 17 seconds mini, 21 second max... the rest is just umbrella juice or "cowboy" boiled coffee soup. Closest thing to a real expresso machine for the house is the Bialetti Mocha machine, makes coffee "under pressure" with out fiter... but this is a bit complicated for some people and hard to clean well. Then you have "George's" contraption for the lazy folks.
This brings back fond memories of Mom percolating a huge pot of coffee on Saturday evenings before hosting bridge club. As a youngster, it seemed to me to percolate for HOURS. These parties featured 6 (?) guests + Mom & Dad. Us six kids were sent up to our bedrooms with stern instructions to stay there! Next morning we rushed downstairs to feast on the stale leftover chips, pretzels, and peanuts. 😭
It is so nice to find someone who makes coffee on their stove top that actually knows what they're doing. I make stove top coffee every morning for the last 55 years. The only difference between your way and my coffee is I was taught to not put the coffee basket in the coffee pot until the water comes to almost a full boil then drop it in and put the pot lid on. Once it starts coming through the tree and showering over the grinds turn my heat down and then let it percolate for 5 or 6 minutes depending on the coffee strength you desire. Anyway it's refreshing to see a video from someone who knows what they're doing and not just pulling out a new coffee maker out of a box and making a video like they know what they're doing. 😅
lol, we appreciate your honesty and kindness. May God bless you and your family! We’ve been making coffee on the stove for many years now and it’s always delicious. No drip coffee is found in our household.
BOY YOU SAID IT!!!!!, the coffee tastes TOTALY different than drip or all those OTHER way's, and as far as IM concerned, WAY BETTER TASTING, I live alone so I use a 3C perculator and a MILD ROAST coffee and use a heaping tablespoon of coffee to make 1 12 oz cup of DELICIOUS COFFEE!!!, MY biggest problem is finding a filter to fit that small basket, I hav to trace around the basket on a large drip filter then use a scissor to cut a disc then cut a small hole in the center for the stem!! ( I TOO dont like grounds in the bottom of my cup either , ONE cup of coffee and, ONE unfrosted , cake donut is my breakfast, as I am diabetic and I manage to keep my blood sugar below 150 and I am now 80yrs old!!!
@@earlwheelock7844 I use a Mixpresso 12 cup as well. It has a beautiful interior tree & basket. Seems like nothing gets through but the coffee. Hardly if any grounds. My pyrex 10 cup is much wider so the basket is easy to get a paper filter in it. I fold the filter in 4. Tear a tiny hole in center, unfold and place it in basket, add grounds and trim the top. It works!! I'm embarrassed to say how many coffee pots I've collected the last 50 years. LOL
I have same percolator! Haven't used I s while have to break it out again!!!!
I remember my grandparents on my fathers side ( when I was little had a pyrex perculator with a glass stem and basket and a stainless steel basket cover, I wish I could remember who made the thing as you could see how the thing worked, and watch the coffee being made, it was FASINATING to watch!!!.
Update: I tried your filter trick and it worked perfectly! There were no grounds or sludge in my coffee. It’s a game changer. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
That filter doesn't rob some of the flavor? I remember automatic drip coffee through a filter and the taste is sad compared to my cowboy coffee I make.
@@user-nq8vm2iv9v it doesn’t change it much but we only use it if we have coffee that is ground fine. Using a rougher found when we grind our own beans we don’t use a filter. When we make out cowboy coffee we just boil the founds in the water and then pour a little cold water or throw a few ice cubes in to push the grounds down. Thank you for the question and hope you have a great week. Blessings!
I've never owned a percolator or used one, but I seem to recall that when I was a kid in the '70s, a percolator was how adults made coffee, though I never paid attention to how they did it. I've only ever made coffee myself with drip machines, pourover drippers French presses and Aeropress. I clicked on this video because it's 7-and-a-half minutes long. I figure that should be plenty long enough to show me how to make coffee with a percolator, but no so long that I feel like I'm being dragged through in order to have to watch ads on th site. Now I think I'll go and order a percolator!
Good luck. If you have any questions let us know. Blessings.
Same here...
Never made coffee, ever... and I'm gonna be 60 this year!
Thought I'd watch this video to learn something new and because it wasn't too long
Good instructional video!
I swear I have that EXACT percolator! The exact same one! Perc'd coffee is the best, the coffee snobs would scoff but I swear by it. Made gallons of it on a camp stove in the Army, I was well known for being the coffee guy. You need a hand-cranked grinder, we had a power outage once when we only had an electric grinder. I had to pound the beans in a paper bag with a chunk of hickory then put the percolator on the camp stove. COFFEE! 😂😂😂
Amen!! We have a food mill as well we can grind if needed. It can run by motor or hand. 😁 Thank you for the comment and have a blessed weekend!
Percolator coffee...it makes drip coffee taste like plain water. When I was growing up in the 1950s, our grade school teachers would make their morning break percolator coffee at about 10 am each day. I remember that aroma as being like no other, and I longed to be old enough to have a cup. Now, I'm going to get an old fashioned percolator and make a pot of real coffee.
My grandparents made coffee in The percolator and boy did it smell Good! 😀
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And the taste was better...I think. I was born in '64 and the last time I had coffee like that was around 1975.
I Percolate every day. Love it black. Well water also.
4 cups a day runs about $60. A year.
My perfect morning would be to sit with my wife on a wrap-around porch in WY or MT looking out on the horizon with a delicious cup-of-joe and saying absolutely nothing...just soakin' it all in. Thank you for that video.
Amen. Sounds like a great plan. Blessings and stay well!
It’s the way my grandma always made her coffee. I need to get a percolator and start making some grandma coffee.
Yes you do, lol. She would be proud.
That's how we made coffee when I was a kid! My mom loved the coffee i made. She usually had me make it.
As a kid in the 1970’s we had an Electric Percolator, it still tasted better than todays drip coffee. But, on the Reservation where I spent some time as a kid, we made coffee over a wood burning pot bellied stove. It tasted so good, people balk at kids drinking coffee at an early age, but on the Reservation dried coffee lasted in storage. On the internet the closest thing to it, I’ve seen is Cowboy Rollins Chuck Wagon. Some of his recipes are close. Thanks, next time I’ll use the paper filter too.
Our kids (now all adults) started drinking black coffee in their grade school days. Three of the sharpest people I know! Thanks for sharing your story with us. Blessings to you and your family.
Yeah, same with me drank coffee as a kid little or no soda pop
Which Rez are you from?
My grandparents lived their entire lives on the Navajo reservation, they made their coffee on a wood stove in a blue enameled coffee pot. Dunno what happened to it after they passed away...
We got Kent's cookbook, love the tamale recipe in it too. My father let me drink coffee at an early age in the sixties at his oil field small office.
@@markworden9169 People just think of the caffeine in coffee, but there are some proven potent health benefits to drinking a moderate amount too, especially when subbing plant or nut-based milks/creamers for cow milk. Or just drink it black, even better….
The IS no better coffee - and the house smells amazing!!
That's a GREAT idea to use a filter in the basket. I've heard the filter removes bitter acid tastes and is healthier. I will give this a try for sure. THANK YOU very much !!!
If you use a paper filter it removes the natural oils from the coffee , I prefer the coffee oils it taste more like coffee to me , just my opinion , try both ways , then you will know .
A dash of salt on the grounds before brewing will take out the bitterness.
We grind our own coffee with an antique coffee grinder then make it exactly as you do, My wife buys whole bean coffee. We prefer brands like Folger's 1850, Dunkin, 8 o'clock, etc. Perked coffee really makes a big difference.
We grew up in our grandparent's home(I still live here). Back then they let young kids drink coffee for breakfast. We drank the fresh ground 8 o'clock perked in one like this. Later on it was an electric, but never a drip coffee maker. Those were good times.
Years ago when I lived in Texas some old boys showed me how to make " cowboy coffee" on a fire. They put the grounds in the pot and boiled the water till the grounds made the water dark, brewed then let it settle for a couple minutes and opened the lid and and put a little bit of cold water on top and it made any grounds settle to the bottom! It was great tasting in the outdoors camping but when I tried it i didn't do so well..lol
That is exactly right. We do that too and that is my favorite way to make coffee. It’s just messing removing the grounds inside that are left in the bottom. Outside it’s easy to dump and rinse. Great stuff!! Thank you for your comment. Blessings!
We call it camp coffee!
Probably because the coffee pot they're using is well seasoned.
@@rooky3526 I think your right! It was as black on the inside as it was black on the outside from the campfires .lol
@@rickdaystar477 All credit goes to Cowboy Kent Rollins, lol. Was searching up on cowboy coffee and his video on it showed up. If you want to know more, check his video about it.
Oh my goodness my favorite part is SEEING the coffee in the glass!
Best part is enjoying it! Thanks for leaving a comment.
Putting a filter in the basket is a smart idea. I remember drinking coffee from a percolator and there would be lots of grounds in the bottom of the cup.
We pour ours into an I slated coffee press and filter the grounds out.
@@allenheuker7339 Interesting
Love my percolator. Have the same one in the video. Only difference for me is i wet the filter before putting the grounds in to rinse the "paper taste" off and i will use a paper towel and pull the filter basket out before i pour the coffee to reduce the chance of grounds going in my coffee.
I'm 74. I remember being very young and riding in my Mom's shopping basket while she shopped at IGA. She always got a bag of coffee beans and ground them at the end of the aisle. I love the smell of that freshly ground coffee. I love d the smell as my mom or dad would get up and start a pot. My dad liked it black. My mom like it with milk and sugar. They had 8 boys and 2 girls and that time with their coffee was just about the only time they had peace. I think it was Chock Full of Nuts. Big steel can. No plastics back then.I was oldest, 14 year spread in kids so I had them to myself a lot.
Great memories. Sometimes it’s good to slow down and have that cup of coffee. Thank you for sharing and we hope you have a very blessed week. 😁
My parents and grandparents always had percolate coffee pots. We have one that we take camping with us, and we always look forward to our morning coffee. My wife says it's her favorite part of camping. 😂 The flavor really is so much better than drip machines.
Thanks for sharing your story with us. We agree too!
my old vintage percolator is about 60 years old, copper bottom, and still brews perfect coffee !!!!👍👍Just as good as smelling fresh made biscuits and bacon while 😛😋camping outdoors !!!!
I'm English and up until recently had never owned an American style stove-top percolator. The closest we had was an electric version that one of my aunts brought back from the US in the late 60s, that she gave us (unused) about 20 years back. It was good but eventually packed up. This Christmas my daughter bought me a big american pot made by Haber (I think that's right) and having used it a couple of times just couldn't get it right. Having watched this video, I have now been properly educated on how to use it, and I have to say I much prefer it to the filter machine I can now (happily) recycle. My whole life I've been a tea drinker that likes the occasional cup of coffee, but I'm probably more 50/50 now. Thank you for this great video.
Glad you are enjoying it. Thank you for sharing your experience and story. Have a blessed week. 😁
I also use a stovetop percolator to make my coffee. I add cinnamon sticks into the grounds, not powder. I make a delicious pot of coffee every time. I love the paper filter suggestion because I do put the grinds into the compost. I really like your coffeepot, much nicer than mine. Thank you, I'm glad I watched your video.
Sounds like Cafe de olla.😊
We have a percolator almost exactly like yours. I've not added a paper filter before, but not a bad idea. I agree, the coffee really does taste better than from a drip coffee maker. Wish we had a gas stove like you have; it takes longer to come to a boil on an electric range, but it still works. Great tip to let it sit a couple of minutes to keep grounds out of the cup. I tend to be impatient, but I don't mind a few grounds.
I have a flat top electric stove. It'd be impossible to use a percolator on it. It's always full blast on, or off, no matter the setting! Sucks for making gravies also. I'd never get a flat top again. They do look great cleaned up though!
I just bought one of these coffee pots because I wanted to simplify, get another appliance off my countertop, and be able to have coffee if the power was out. I am enjoying the coffee it brews! Thanks for the video.
You are welcome. Have a great week and wishing you many blessings. 😇
Yup, most coffees today are drip grind which is much finer or smaller than a grind needed for perked coffee. (My father-in-law said his parents re-used the grinds during the depression by adding only one new scoop of coffee because coffee was rationed). We remove the stem and basket before pouring.
You must be very young, perc coffee pot you have is very modern. I have many many perc pots from as early as the late 1700’s up to today. I can honestly tell you I have used drip coffee makers & nothing absolutely nothing compares to percolators! I’ve been using percolating pots since I was 17 years old(62 now) yes I drink lots of coffee. Living “off grid” I have found this to be the best way for myself to enjoy my home here in the woods. Good video even though I found it a year later ! hahaha
When you're camping you learn to appreciate basic things. There is nothing like dragging out the percolator to make coffee on a Coleman stove on a cold morning when you didn't even think you would get a cup of coffee that day.
Amen!!! We hope you have a blessed week.
I think percolator coffee is the best kind. Thank you for a great video ❤
We agree with you. Thank you for the comment. Cheers and have a blessed day!
My Mom had a stovetop percolator. It was perfect for my family in NJ during power outage durung hurricane Sandy. I now have a stovetop percolator!
They are nice to have that’s for sure. Have a blessed week and enjoy. 😋
One of my relatives (most likely my grandfather) had one of these and would bring it to family functions. As a kid, I liked watching the coffee bubble up into the glass on the lid. I remember it made a neat noise too.
Thank you for the easy steps to using a stovetop percolator. The nostalgia for making coffee the old fashioned way is unbeatable! 😊
It sure is! You’re welcome.
My grandmother always had a pot of coffee on her stove, ready for family and neighbors who stopped by. The absolute best coffee!!
I love my percolator. The way my family has made it for ever. 😊
It’s hard to beat it. Thank you for the comment. Blessings
I use my percolator on the weekends on the stove then during the week I use a mocha pot. It makes delicious coffee but I don’t need 3 cups and then go to work and drink three more cups.😊❤
One of my early childhood(early '70s) memories is my dad making coffee on the stove with an aluminum percolator.
Reminds me of when my grandmother would make coffee for us when I was a kid
I am 69 years old and started drinking coffee around the age of 10. When I was in the 6th grade, there were always 2 students assigned to cafeateria duty. There on the teachers table was an electric perculator going while we set out the deserts and milk on the tables.
Oh it smelled so GOOD and if there was any left after lunch, we could drink it.
Later when I was 19 and lived at home and working, I bought an electric perculator. Each night before bed I would fill it up and plug it into a timer, so it would be ready when I got up at 5:10 am. I could smell it upstairs when I woke up, and if I woke up early, I could hear it too. Of course my Dad would have a cup with his breakfast and I would have some too and we would talk before I filled my Thermos up and left for work at 6:00. Oh to have a few of thoses mornings back.
Thank you for sharing the wonderful memories. Time sure does go quick and we also enjoy moments like that. I think it’s important we pass it on so maybe one day someone’s looks back at says the same thing. We wish you many blessings and appreciate your comment. 🙂
This is the only way my mother made coffee. I still own a 30 cup urn we got as a wedding gift 43 years ago.
The aroma is wonderful on the stovetop. It is hotter and you get more bean flavor.
Thanks - just got my first percolator
Mi mamá retostaba en un sartén los granos de café con un poco de azúcar lo molia luego destilaba el café tenía un aroma que los vecinos se invitaban solos
I just noticed that we have the same crock for our utensils....the dark brown/cream colored crock 😊
Handed down from great grandparents..I’m sure it has many stories to share
I recently found my mom's old coffee maker and decided to try it out this morning. Thank you for this video.
I guess I'm a collector of various types of coffee makers. Over the years, I've had the stove perc, drip, electric perc, moka pot, french press, keurig, cezve for Turkish coffee. Do you think we might enjoy coffee? But nothing beats the aroma of percolator coffee wafting through your home on a cold morning!
Lol to all of your different coffee making options. You’re right about the great aroma of percolator coffee, it’s unique for coffee lovers!
Thank you for your video! I didn't know what this coffee maker was called. My mom used one for many years, and it made the apartment smell amazing! I would help her prepare it on Sunday mornings 🌄 😊
Had every kind of coffee maker, then I remembered how my grandparents did it so we bought this exact percolator. My wife now will not make it any other way because the taste is so much better.
Agree with that! Have a blessed day and thank you for the comment. 🙂
I also have decided that percolator coffee is best and my pot is very much like yours. I add just a light sprinkle of salt. Very little salt to take out the bitterness . I like the sound, love the taste, . This was a soothing video... a nice companion to my cup of perc coffee!
That's my percolator! Love it! Mostly use it to heat water for tea, but it is our back up for a black out.
Makes the perfect pot of coffee! We will also share how we make “cowboy coffee” aka boiled coffee in a plain old regular granite wear kettle. Mmmm, good! Thanks for watching.
I love this, The Aroma The Taste and the warmth of a wood stove best feeling ever
Amen!! Blessings to you and yours. 😁
When the Coof had us start working from home, instead of constantly using the Keurig my roommate started making pots of coffee in a steep percolating coffee pot... full pot, tastes great... our Keurig's now in the closet and we have TWO percoators (one large, one regular) - plus a glass one for fun. Love it!. We DO like our coffee strong, so we put in 2 HEAPING Chinese soupspoonsful of grounds and turn the heat down when the coffee starts hitting the glass bubble. Let percolate 9 minutes... good STRONG coffee. We've tried the filter thing, but it seemed to give it a papery taste, so we stopped. I have old schoolfriends in Ethiopia and Haiti who send me beans that I grind and we enjoy immensely (about 2x a month I'll even pull out my Djezva or Moka Pot... but that's a tale for another time LOL) Great video!
That sounds great. 😁 thank you for watching and for the response. Blessings!
My paternal grandmother had one of those on her stove. Someone in the family, I've forgotten who now, had an electric one that was white with a cornflower blue pattern on the front. Now I have a Keurig and a traditional coffee maker on my kitchen counter as my ancestors roll in their graves lol
Whatever works is okay. 😉 Have a blessed week and thank you for sharing.
I love percolator coffee!!!
Drip coffee tastes so weak and lifeless.
A percolator can last a lifetime whereas most drip pots are glass and they break often
Stove top percolator and I grind my own beans. Best coffee ever! We have well water, too!
Same here, just can't beat it
I got one of these for a camping trip and hands down makes some of the best coffee ever.
It is good stuff. Enjoy and stay well. Blessings.
Us too!
I have the same percolator.
A couple things I do with mine.
Grind the coffee just before using.
Turn down the heat to low after it’s starts percolating
After brewing wait 6 minutes remove the basket.
Pour the coffee through a fine mesh filter into a thermal craft.
It tastes great, it’s smooth and give you a better caffeine boost
Nothing beats percolator coffee! It adds richness and depth of flavor that drip can never be. Also is hotter! ❤
Agree with you!! Have a blessed weekend and keep on perking! 😁
❤🎉 What brand please lol... Can't find any new ones with great reviews!! 😐🙏
We grew up on percolated coffee. Enjoyed your video.
Thank you. Have a blessed week.
Thank you for showing me how to use my percolator that I bought today to go camping with.
I love coffee made this way……..love the sound it makes, the steam, and the beautiful smell…………so much better than the electric mess
When I was a younger man and still drank coffee I loved the percolator. I would throw a couple eggs in the basket under the cover and when the coffee was done the eggs were done. Plus the eggs made the coffee so much smoother to taste. I was told it was the calcium from the shells making the water softer but I don't really know. The whole morning process was a very laidback affair back then. The smell of coffee and bread in the toaster that was buttered and an egg on each. If I remember right the extra large eggs which would be called jumbo now came out pretty consistent soft boiled and the regular size eggs were usually pretty cooked through. But that didn't matter a little added grape jam on the toast fixed that situation. After a few cups of coffee and dumping the how water out of the thermos it was filled and I was off to work. Your video brought back some fine memories. Thank you.
Thank you for the comment and sharing your memories. It is the simple things in life that we enjoy many times isn’t it. 😁
We hope that you have a blessed week.
Good idea putting in the paper filter. I grew up with these, and I still have percolators for backup. Eight O'Clock Coffee was the coffee we used. I still use it.
We use a lot of the Eight O’Clock coffee as well. That’s probably one of the top ones for us. Thank you for the comment and have a blessed week.
Excellent idea to use the paper filter. ❤
I have the exact one in my camper! I've started using the paper filters as well, makes cleanup a breeze.
It’s good stuff. Have a blessed weekend!
My father switched from a percolator to a brewer with a timer on it. I wake up ready but I do like coffee. I'm off-grid and everything that cooks or heats other than microwave is done with propane. Thanks for the video. I'm shopping for a stovetop percolator now.
I grew up on a farm and I recall my mom had one of those heavy blue and white speckled one. To be sure, we also had others. I wasn't much of a coffee drinker back then, but I liked the smell of percolating coffee. We were in the lap of luxury when we got an electric one.
My grandfather boiled his coffee in a small blue and white speckled stewer. Eight O'clock brand, he purchased at A & P and ground at the grocery store. No sugar or cream. What a memory! A Pyrex glass percolator makes the best coffee by far.
Oh my, this brings back memories how my parents made coffee like this for years. Have one for myself & use.
❤🎉 Hi do you have a brand name on yours?? I've been searching for a basic one but the reviews can be such horror stories ugh. Merezia I think seemed like a good one but even it had a complaint about the cracked glass top.
Quality just goes downhill every year. Plus you have newby "designers" probably being forced by their ignorant bosses to make something new and improved... Arghhh I could scream!! 😡😡 Very irritating can't find good old simple QUALITY anymore!!!
Note: It is NOT recommended to overfill because the grounds in the basket will then sit BELOW the water level! There should be sufficient space between the water level and the coffee grounds.
Appreciate the input. Thank you and have a blessed week.
Once its done and sits a min you take the tube and basket out. Thats what my grandma did.
My grandmother made percolated coffee. It was the best. Still make it today. I like the wooden handle on that percolator - Don't have to worry about it melting, especially if you make the coffee over coals.
I have one thts alot older and it still makes delicious coffee
Reminds me of the 1970s when my mom would percolate coffee in her autumn yellow electric coffee percolator for events and holidays, otherwise, the adults just drank instant sanka!!!! Remember folks, you'll need to use coffee that is coarsely ground and not fine. I love italian stove top espresso (very finely ground) but I also love a cup of coffee from an old fashioned perkolator. Keep your eyes open when out at thrift stores where you may be able to find stove top and electric ones.
Thanks for your comment! I was mulling over the difference between the Italian Bialetti style coffee, which I make, and the percolator. I'm going to get a percolator and compare, but wasn't aware of the difference in ground-bean texture. Very helpful.
I've experimented with most of the various way to brew coffee, drip, cold brew, cowboy, french press, etc. Like OCL, I got to thinking about how I could make coffee in a power outage and bought a Colletti stovetop percolator off of amazon. I decided to use it just to see how it worked and the smell of the brewing coffee instantly reminded me of the coffee my mother made back in the 50's and 60's because she used an electric percolator and I remember watching the coffee perking in the glass knob. That is the best smell and is what I have been looking for. I got the Colletti a couple of months ago and now it is all that I use and probably will always use. I grind my coffee beans coarse and don't use a filter, the coffee is just delicious.
Good stuff and great memories to recall. Have a great week and wishing you many blessings.
Coffee , steel , heat ... no plastic , no hidden residue , no gimmicks , real taste without old residual , forgot all about it , buying one for a clean cup of real deal , the way it should be .
Agree! Have a great week!
I have the same coffee pot and use it while camping in our RV on the gas stove. I enjoy making it and watching it perk while I try to wake up. I use a good fresh grind and a round paper filter disc in the basket, it prevents most grounds from going into the coffee. I perk it 5 minutes after it starts to perk. Great coffee!! and video.
Wow. I thought I was the only one out there using a percolator. I bought mine with intent many years ago to try to capture more moments of slow living. Smelling the aroma of the coffee as it brews creates anticipation and appreciation for that first cup of the morning. I have never once regretted giving up my modern coffeemaker. Best wishes!
I haven't been around percolated coffee since the 60's, when my grandmother visited. My mom always drank instant coffee. But when my grandmother made her percolated coffee in the mornings, the aroma was amazing. I've been thinking about getting a small percolator for my camping trips. I like my coffee extra hot and drip coffee often isn't hot enough for me.
It’s good stuff. Thank you for sharing and hope you get a chance to make some and perfect it the way you like. Blessings!
I have this same percolator and took it camping. Put it on the camp stove early cold morning outside the tent. The aroma and flavor was unbelievable!
Sounds like a good time. Thank you for the comment and sharing. Blessings
Looks like the Coletti I just bought. Got the 14 cup version. I’ve used the standard coffeemaker for years. Went to a French press for a while, I liked that, but went back to a machine. Getting rid of it, keeping the presses, but I was drinking a crappy cup of machine coffee at the ER and for whatever reason thought about camping a Shaver Lake with my family as a kid , and remembered my mom or grandpa (Nono) making perk coffee on a Colman stove or by the side of the fire pit, and decided to get one. Great video. 👍
You won’t regret this decision!
I make Cowboy coffee almost all of the time, but I do break out my percolator, which by the way is just like yours, and will make a couple of pots, then wash it up and put it back up. I also use the brown coffee filters even though I do grind all of my coffee, just to keep the coffee cleaner, and for easier clean up. Great video and it is nice to know I have been doing it right for the last 50 years.
My parents always percolated the morning coffee and I'm carrying on the tradition I truly believe it brews a superior cup.
It warms the heart and the soul. 😁
Thank you for sharing. Blessing!
Thank you for this. I am almost 56 and i’ve been trying to purchase one for about two years and have found many at yard sales and Goodwill but they were always missing the top piece that goes over the basket. It’s coming to a boil as we speak and I’m so excited. I remember mom and grandma making coffee like this. I am waiting anxiously.😊
Enjoy your coffee! We’re drinking some percolated coffee right now too. Blessings.
You can find them in backpacking and outdoor areas or specialty stores. Unless you're looking for antiques. That's where I got mine, got it for camping, but use it on the stove too.
@@fireknight013are you talking about a whole brand new pot or just the glass knobs top as a replacement part for an old style coffee pot? I'm looking for an old knob myself.
@@charleshairston4853 Oh sorry, I was just talking about a new pot. I misunderstood.
This was the way we made coffee when I was a kid. Our preferred coffee back in the day was MJB. After seeing this I'm going back to using this! New subscriber.
A blast from the past
Thank you - Slow down is probably what Ive been doing wrong with this 🙄
If you hard boil the water (boil rapidly) it tends to make the coffee bitter.
As the video states, the heat is adjusted to desired perk intensity. It doesn’t actually boil, it’s simply the heat in the water/coffee (bottom of the percolator) that pushes it up the center tube to shower over the coffee grounds.
We do make cowboy coffee which is a boiled coffee. Not bitter at all. Cowboy coffee is gently boiled. You’re right, a hard boil will create a bitter taste as it scorches it. Burnt coffee is never desirable.
THATS why I dont like dark roast ( french roast) coffee ( charcoal coffee also cant stand flavored coffee ) flavored coffee is for people who dont like coffee!!
I love flavored coffee, any good quality coffee. Don’t like dark roast, French roast. I think that those roasts aren’t as high in caffeine. That is what I learned from some source from some I don’t know where. Sounds plausible , but it may not be valid information. 😂
Thank you for this vid, coffee looks delicious and easy to make. No more drip style coffee makers for me, going with percolator from now on.
Great vid😊, they are great. I can't afford to slowdown.
I have the same percolator and that's how I've been making coffee and your right, it's a lot better. Thanks for the video.
I think my Mom's stovetop and electric percolators are still in a kitchen cabinet somewhere. Inherited my parents' house after they passed away. I remember the handle on Mom's looking different than this one in the video.
We have an electric coffee percolator and use it every morning. But I like the idea of your model so we can use our grill to heat it during a power outage.
👍👍👍
Those 'old style' Percolators take me back to the '50's 😊. No longer have one but the Aluminium Jug only, from the since-passed Mother-Law now resides out on the enclosed back 'stoep'. Battered and dented, it serves to keep, inter alia, the Pooches Water Bowl and Pot Plants topped up.
Methinks 🤔 .. maybe I should look to getting another ..
Thanks for the share and 'blast from the past' 😊.
Thanks! I inherited my mother's old percolator and now know what to do.😊
You’re welcome. It will make the best coffee!
I bought mine over a year ago mostly to put in my camper but I drug it out. Learn how to use it and I love it better than my regular drip pot coffee it’s smoother I drink a really strong coffee and chicory, Love my pot
Yes those coffee pots are the best I have an old vintage Liberty, growing up I loved to hear the coffee pot perk nice sound and always great coffee, thanks for the video
I have one to!! Mine is glass but the inside parts are SS. I add a stick of cinnamon to the water.
I have perked coffee since the early 60's. Best coffee on the planet. Suggestion. Get the basket wet prior to putting in the coffee. This prevents any grounds from entering bottom portion. Why anyone wastes money on Starbucks is beyond me.
Agree!
Your video here is great! When I was a kid I woke up everyday to my mom and dads old steel percolator coffee pot. They loved it and so did I. Great video, thanks for sharing!