And then a few years later, along came my favourite Belgian, who declared he hated percolated coffee ["as bad as instant"] My Perc certainly brought out the worst in one coffee snob!
So The Perc was relegated to the back of the cupboard, and only ever comes out at Christmas, when I use it to make Wassail [recipe here]
But a recent audit of our coffee making equipment [here, Cornerstones and in Bob's Office at Church] has revealed a surfeit of kit for producing a variety of brews - cafetieres, electric machines, and a stovetop espresso maker. So this one has to go. I've just put it on eBay hoping there's a retro fanatic out there somewhere. Next Christmas the Wassail will be made in a saucepan.
How do you make your coffee?
I'm a coffee fanatic and have three mugs each morning before I get dressed. (Just finished my third now.) I have an insulated cafetiere but for single cups I use an in-mug filter.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I had no coffee at all yesterday - this heat is getting to me.
We had the exact model bubbling away in our kitchen for years when I was growing up! And we called it the Perc. Our family didn’t drink tea then. Now, mainly tea, occasional coffee: instant if just us, cafetière if we have visitors.
ReplyDeleteFeeling ignorant as I've only ever had instant and never owned any of the other coffee making things......wouldn't know what to do with them!
ReplyDeleteI am very happy with instant coffee, although I drink more tea than coffee and I am particular about my tea!
ReplyDeleteI drink neither coffee nor tea, only hot water (cold in summer) so have no coffee makers in my possession. Grandma's teapot and cosy is kept for guests who come but I never offer coffee. All the best for a sale of your pot.
ReplyDeleteI don't make it often at home but when I do I have 2 French Press pots that I use. I used to have an electric drip machine but it just never seemed hot enough. Coffee is something that I usually have while out as restaurants here rarely make a decent cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteI had one of those too! I use a cafetiere with French ground coffee.
ReplyDeleteI had exactly the same thing. I remember buying it when first married in the 70's and feeling very sophisticated. Even my ghastly mother in law (who thought I was not good enough for him) was impressed.
ReplyDeleteAs it happens I was thinking about it very recently and have no idea what happened to it.