rrich

Have you ever tried to find a "Stupid Coffee Pot"?

I mean just find one that doesn't try to be smarter than you are?

I've spent my most of whole life working with computers and computer networks. I've worked on computer systems that have made the gasoline that you burned in the vehicle that one of our computers rolled the steel for. I'm pretty much a binary type of guy. Yes or No, True or False and there ain't nothing in between.

So now the coffee maker revolution. Oh look, this one has a clock. Look, this one will grind your beans. And this one will do both AND turn itself on and off. I guess that's good if you get up at the same time every day. But if you don't... Isn't this a case of using a computer to do something just because you can and not because it is needed?

What is going on in this world? A coffee maker with more controls and options than TiVo. What's wrong with pour in the water, put the ground coffee in the filter basket and put that into the coffee maker? Then perform that excruciating task of "Turning the Coffee Maker on"! AND as if by magic about 5 minutes later you have a full carafe of coffee, hot and freshly brewed. What is so difficult about that?

What is this new "Terminology", Coffee Maker? It is just a coffee POT. The coffee grows on trees and we, mere mortals, pick, roast, grind and saturate the grind with hot water. The good Lord makes the actual coffee for us to add our labor and produce that enjoyable liquid.

Last night LOML says, "The coffee pot is leaking from underneath." I say, "OK, I'll get a new one."

Three stores later I finally found a "Stupid" coffee pot. Yep one switch, two positions, off or on, simple, easy and it makes a great pot of coffee.

LOML won't let me touch the switch. It's too difficult a task for this old programmer.

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Rich (Tilting right)
Huntington Beach, California
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cabinetman

How 'bout a coffemaker with no switch.

Before we equipped ourselves with a generator, making coffee during power failures...like hurricanes, was a problem. So, what I did then was picked up a Melitta coffeemaker. It's a very simple system. It's a carafe and a cone type hopper. I used a propane torch to heat water in a pan, dump the coffee into a paper filter, and pour in hot water.

It make coffee as good as any of the "stupid" or "smart" ones.

slatron25

So I'm guessing you didn't check out the expresso machines.

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rrich

Mike,
At one point in my career, I had to visit Corning Glass on a regular basis. On one of those trips I acquired the best "drip" coffee pot system in the world. It consisted of a base, CorningWare pot, a filter basket that attached to glass reservoir. The process was simple, use the stove to boil the water in the pot, put coffee in the filter basket, attach the glass top to the filter and then pour the boiling water into the glass reservoir, put the glass reservoir on top of the now empty pot and remove the stopper from the glass reservoir.

A true drip system that had the hottest possible, but not boiling, water dripping to the coffee. Absolutely the BEST coffee brewing system around. Similar to Melita except that you didn't have to worry about over filling the filter system. (No paper filters required either and the basket (Stainless) could go into the dishwasher with the pot.

UNFORTUNATELY, my young son knocked something over into the sink and broke the glass reservoir. We wrote to Corning only to get a nice letter back saying that the reservoir was out of stock and no longer made.

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rrich

My wallet sunk its teeth into my rear end while screaming,

NO!

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cabinetman

When I bought my Melitta system it consisted of a carafe, a lid and a plastic cone hopper. It would take a #4 or #6 cone paper filter. Today's price is less than $10. Back then it was probably half that. Anyway, I broke the carafe. But, since I'm a packrat, I had saved a few of the carafes from the Mr. Coffees that died. The plastic hopper fits a variety of carafes.

But wait...there's more. LOML and I drink different coffees. So, every once in a while, I still use the Melitta when we both have that craving (coffee) at the same time.

NKYDarrell

you should try a french press, cheap and easy. no electronics whatsoever.

GeorgeC

You have a smart wallet there.

G

firehawkmph

Hey Rich,
How bout one of these?
Amazon.com: Stansport Aluminum 20 Cup Percolator...
You can usually find them at a flea market or garage sale for a couple of bucks. They even work when the power goes out, no switches, no expresso, no timers, just good ol' fashioned coffee.
Mike Hawkins

Butch

RRich, we had a Corning factory in the next town where they made the Perculator coffe makers... they were,by far, the best coffee makers available. they went out of business many years ago, but I'm sure you can still find those at flea mkts/Ebay/yardsales,etc... they make the best cup 'o joe...
what I hate about drip coffee makers, is that the caraffes leak when poured... never had one that didn't...

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jeffreythree

French press is the only way to go. No disposable filters, just boil water in a pot, pour it in, let steep, and push the plunger down. Ever wonder why good restaurants have such good coffee? They usually make it this way. Now if you like percolator coffee, that's another matter since it stes coffee into a completely different motor oil type consistency and flavor.

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garryswf

Rich-----The coffee pot we used on our weekend horse back trips consisted of a alum. perculator with the guts removed. To make a pot all you had to do was put water in ( water uausually found in a creek) throw in the required amount of coffee and let it boil. You could tell by the smell when it was done, you do have to let the grounds settle though.UUMMMMMM GOOD!!!

NKYDarrell

What you made is essentially a french press without the strainer.

John in Tennessee

They had your pot for $10. Momma bought 12 of them. I still have 9 on the shelf.

oldgoat49

We've done that several times when camping althuogh most of the time we remembered to bring the strainer basket. We've also just used a coffee can and did the same thing. Pour a little cold water in either one to settle the grounds and you're good to go.

garryswf

Oldgoat,
You are right about the cold water, i forgot to mention that part. NYKDarrell You are also correct.