I used to grind my own coffee beans but when the cost went from
$6.99 to $14.99 at Costco for 2 pounds I protested the price increase and went back to el cheapo pre-ground coffee. I have had 2 grind and
brew coffeemakers. One was a Cuisinart which croaked after about
13.14798 months just past the 12 month warranty. The other grind
and brew was a Mr. Coffee maker which still kind of works but
is suffering from vinegar overdose from trying to clean the grinding
part with too much vinegar which caused the plastic grinding chamber
to partially dissolve and is nasty looking. It awaits donation
to the Salvation Army which actually fixes things and gives the
refurbished stuff to needy souls.

All of these electric dripola coffeemakers get clogged up from
our heart healthy calcium well water. The vinegar cleaning routine
has gotten old to me and not worth the effort to make lukewarm
no taste coffee.

With the Yosemite stainless steel percolator stovetop type, all
it takes is a short 8.254987622 minutes daily to clean up the coffee
grounds and residue with soapy water and a scratchfree dish sponge.
No more vinegar and monthly vinegar headaches from a cleaning
process designed for sadists.

My Yosemite makes coffee that actually has a coffee brewing smell
and a truly hot cup of coffee with taste with only a brief 33 minutes
of brewing time. Great for those in a hurry.

The coffee probably tastes like it used to back in the olden days
when Peggy Wood of "I Remember Mama" brewed coffee incessantly.
She always had that goofy smile on her face like she was having
an overdose of caffeine. Or maybe she just meant well. The world
is full of people who mean well (but have a problem in actually
truly meaning well). Or maybe she was just "nice". Remember my motto
that "Basically people are nice in isolated groups of one or less".

That was probably the best tv show other than Bishop Fulton Sheen.

Of course there were other great shows like Pinky Lee and Mr. Wizard
starring Don Herbert.

And the best show of all was Ernie Kovacs and wife Edie Adams.
Who could ever forget the Nairobi Trio? Now that was great tv.

And the best song back in the olden days had to be Peggy Lee
and her rendition of "Is That All Their Is?". I think that song
actually was famous in the late 60's but is still true today.

I often think of that song when I see historic places such as
The Alamo in San Antonio. I look at that place and I say
to myself "Is That All There Is?". That kind of fits most
of the grand places that once you see it you have the feeling
that there must be more to the hype than what you actually
see and encounter.

A word of warning. My next topic will concern the "Rule of 7".

Can anyone out there postulate what the topic means?

Have a safe and sound Memorial Day and pleae remember the
meaning of this national holiday.

The Elcheapomeister

--- In mailto:dalton59%40yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Meier" wrote:
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> I'm with you Keith. I still use a Mr. Coffee style, a Black & Decker, that makes decent coffee. I too grind my beans each day.
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> My first coffee make, though, back in graduate school, was a Chemex where you used filter paper to contain the ground coffee and you heated water and poured it through the coffee in the filter paper. The coffee was good but it required a lot of effort to make it.
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> Chuck
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> From: Keith Goudy
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 2:16 PM
> To: mailto:dalton59%40yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [dalton59] Retro Coffee-Finally a pot of coffee with taste
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> Well, what'cha gonna do? One day you are not to drink more than one cup and now it's good for you. All through it I continued to drink my two mugs per day and doing okay.
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> Guess I got used to more conveniences. Perking on the stove top is not my style. Our's is a Hamilton Beach that has a thermal pot so it stays warm but doesn't get burnt and overheated (yuk!) from a hotplate. Also grind my beans each day. So I'm a snob - but, hey, to each their own.
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> "Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much." Erastus Wiman
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> HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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> KEITH GOUDY
> keith.goudy@...
> 512-590-2832
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> On May 25, 2012, at 1:28 PM, jhdouglas59 wrote:
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> After all these years of suffering with the electric coffee makers
> such as Mr. Coffee and all other brands which make lukewarm nasty
> tasting coffee disbursed by these marvels of technology, I finally
> decided to get a non-electric percolator which makes coffee the
> old-fashioned way of 50 years ago.
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> I chose the Farberware Yosemite Percolator which I got online at
> amazon.com for $19.99. The coffee which it brews is actually hot
> and actually has a taste. It works best with cheap coffee. I prefer
> Chase & Sanborn but I can't find that brand in Texas. So I use
> Master Chef which I can buy at Wally World in Boerne. 33 ounces
> for $5.35. Master Chef is roasted by Massimo Zanetti (which also
> roasts Chase & Sanborn).
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> The Yosemite Percolator is a 10 cup percolator.
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> We have an electric range. After many attempts at how to make the
> perfect pot of coffee, here is my routine:
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> For a full pot of coffee, use 4 giant scoops of cheapo coffee.
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> Our electric range has a burner setting from 0 to 10.
> I select the 5 setting and perc for 25 minutes.
> Then I select the 2 setting and perc for 8 minutes.
> Then I turn off the range and let the coffee set on an
> unused cold burner for another 2.7 minutes.
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> The coffee is then ready to drink.
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> Pour as many cups as you wish.
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> Put excess coffee in a thermal carafe to keep the remaining
> coffee scalding hot.
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> I tried in vain to find a stainless steel vacuum coffee pot
> but could find none. So I selected the Yosemite percolator
> instead. I am pleased as punch with my purchase.
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> To all you coffee freaks, I recommend this Yosemite percolator.
>
> As an aside, I suggest you also buy the glass percolator top
> for a few dollars on Amazon.com to replace the yukko plastic
> top which comes standard with the Yosemite.
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> Anyone else out there frustated with lukewarm foul tasting
> coffee? Ditch those Mr Coffee and related copy cat devices
> and go back to the future with a percolator!!!!
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> Have a swell day,
>
> The Coffeemeister
>