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Post by Don Cuevas on Dec 8, 2012 1:35:01 GMT
We stayed recently at Bungalows X, in Zihuatanejo. Overall, we enjoyed our stay. The bungalow unit came with a kitchenette, and was surprisingly well outfitted with plates, pots, pans and utensils. The lone exception was the kludgey coffeemaker, of strange design, requiring counter-intuitive maneuvers to set up and operate without disaster. Looks simple, doesn't it? You haven't started yet.Flippin' the enigmatic water compartment cover.
This odd cap allows you to draw a cup before all the coffee is brewed.The filter basket is a devilish piece of reverse-logic engineering.Funny thing; it makes decent coffee.
Just be sure you have a Certified Operator's License before beginning.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2012 5:47:11 GMT
That really does look uselessly complicated.
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Post by onlymark on Dec 8, 2012 7:22:25 GMT
I never have those problems with Nescafe.
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Post by tod2 on Dec 8, 2012 10:33:47 GMT
Me neither Mark - have been drinking Nescafe`s Cap Colombie for a long time and find it the closest thing to a filter coffee. Many years ago I bought a machine that made both filter and espresso coffee - been in storage for over 10 years. Too much fag. Same goes for my beautiful coffee peculator. Makes lovely coffee but far too much of it - as we all know coffee does not keep well and if not consumed within an hour or so, goes horrible.
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Post by onlymark on Dec 8, 2012 11:33:27 GMT
The most complicated thing for coffee we have is a cafetière, also known as a French press but known to you tod probably as a coffee plunger. We only ever use it when guests come and even then my mother in law refuses to use it preferring to make coffee the way she was brought up with and that just uses a saucepan and water with some coffee in it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2012 12:33:16 GMT
I usually have a fairly high regard for Melita produts but this thing would make me crazy. Not to mention what appears to be a bitch to clean!! I too, use a French press when having company.
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Post by htmb on Dec 8, 2012 14:44:01 GMT
I don't drink coffee and am absolutely clueless as to how to make a good pot, but being an iced tea drinker I can understand the need for caffeine in a good tasting form. This pot looks like something my parents had in the 70's or 80's.
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 8, 2012 18:14:37 GMT
I use a basic filter machine like this one but the filter holder needs the jug in place for the made coffee to be released to drip through. Since I usually only make a single mug, I just take out the filter holder and jug, and use a single mugful of water with one of these filter holders on top: (I haven't the patience to stand and drip hot water from the kettle).
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Post by onlymark on Dec 8, 2012 18:43:08 GMT
Are there any basic coffee makers that deliver a piping hot brew?
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Post by Don Cuevas on Dec 9, 2012 9:11:12 GMT
I have another coffeemaker of our own, a promotional premium from trying out Gevalia Kåffee. It was manufactured by the otherwise admirable Melitta, but this one must be one of the failed experimental models. They must have offered Gevalia a considerable discount. Maybe Ill get it down and photograph it. (We use it only in emergencies, eg, when our regular drip coffeemaker carafe breaks.) I'll be back in a while........ .....I'm back. When I got this coffeemaker down from a high kitchen shelf, the plastic bag in which it had been stored fell in flakes. Now that I see it, and compare it with the bungalow coffeemaker, I don't think the Gevalia by Melitta is so bad. Fully assembled Water Input Hatch Open.Nifty Water Gauge.Keyhole in carafe lid receives locking nub from filter basket assembly. Got that? Plastic nub. What else? There is no drip cut early cup scheme. You have to wait until it finishes brewing. Not bad, as it only makes 4 cups!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 18:22:52 GMT
Are there any basic coffee makers that deliver a piping hot brew? I don't know of one Mark. At least, not to my liking/specifications anyway.
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Post by onlymark on Dec 9, 2012 19:57:12 GMT
Not to mine either. I live in hope.
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 10, 2012 7:13:09 GMT
A stove-top espresso maker:
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Post by onlymark on Dec 10, 2012 7:36:58 GMT
Yep, old school but works.
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Post by bjd on Dec 10, 2012 8:19:45 GMT
I do like Patrick. In the morning, I just use a plastic filter like that in #7 with a paper filter and ground coffee to make a large cup. If I have company for meals and make coffee afterwards, I use an Italian stove-top espresso maker. I don't have any other kind of coffee machines and find fresh filtered coffee tastes best.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2012 13:24:45 GMT
Same here bjd,I use a porcelain version of the over the cup slow drip. For years I would take a plastic one with me when I travelled.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2012 19:15:37 GMT
I make coffee with my coffeemaker only when I have guests, so I must warn any of you who are dropping by that my packages of coffee are usually more than a year old.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 19, 2016 18:23:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 18:58:32 GMT
Are there any basic coffee makers that deliver a piping hot brew? I have a stainless steel, double-walled French press. It makes some of the best coffee I have ever tasted, and it never breaks. If I heat it with boiling water beforehand, pour it in an insulated cup when it's brewed and add piping hot milk, it's very hot.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 20, 2016 0:16:18 GMT
I almost always use my stovetop moka. A friend gave me her electric Mukka (the name is because you can use it to make cappuccinno) it worked fine for a while and then acted as if it was going to explode...
I often find them, second-hand (and almost unused) at charity shops and the sales people hold in front of their doors so those often go with me when I travel and just get left behind. A simple and economical way of making decent coffee.
Kerouac, do you drink tea in the morning?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 18:36:54 GMT
No, I very rarely drink hot beverages of any sort. January and February have been an exception because during this period, I have made coffee once, tea twice and hot chocolate perhaps 3 times. Those are record breaking figures for me. Getting old?
However, in any hotel situation, I drink large quantities of coffee. I don't know why.
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