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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 05/07/2020 at 07:17 • Filed to: Coffeelopnik

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I have bid on a vintage percolator, and with ten hours left I’m still the only bidder so it looks like it’s mine now.

Before the coffee lovers on this site start getting verbally abusive in the comments, I promise I don’t hate coffee. It’s just, I’m not really drinking it for the flavor so it doesn’t matter how it tastes. If I can choke down Red Bull I can stomach perc coffee.

A percolator works for me because it can also double as an electric kettle while taking up less space than a drip machine with the same capacity. Counter space is at a premium in my kitchen.

Here, watch this:

pip bip - choose Corrour > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 07:43

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just use a regular electric kettle and a jar of instant.

:D

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/07/2020 at 07:44

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Okay even I have to draw a line there

pip bip - choose Corrour > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 07:48

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works for me each morning

Sir Halffast > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:00

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You’d be surprised at how serviceable it can be. I did it at work for a while to avoid K-Cups (my own line, apparently). Instant takes well to cream and sugar of course, but today’s instant coffee is not nearly the same as the garbage that they passed off in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Sir Halffast 05/07/2020 at 08:04

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Hisssssssss

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:04

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Ha I just watched that video the other day. I remember my dad and grandmother using those when I was a kid. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/07/2020 at 08:07

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HEATHE N!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 05/07/2020 at 08:09

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My grandma had one up until 2000ish. She replaced it with a brand new drip machine that was clearly gifted to her in the eighties and she just kept it in storage because she had a perfectly serviceable percolator.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:11

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It’s pretty but no...an AU$220 espresso machine is so much better.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 05/07/2020 at 08:14

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This costs about AU $33. You're comparing an S-Class to a Yaris here.

pip bip - choose Corrour > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 05/07/2020 at 08:14

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:D

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:15

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Get the beans ground coarser and it's a different cup of coffee. Nothing wrong with it.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/07/2020 at 08:18

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If it’s truly unpalatable I’ll try a Moka pot, which works similarly but deposits the brewed coffee in a seperate container instead of running it back through the grounds.

Sir Halffast > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:18

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Hey, to each their own. I prefer drip coffee uber alles, but I’m also currently in Eastern Europe where instant coffee is actually pretty high quality (somehow). So yeah.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Sir Halffast 05/07/2020 at 08:24

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I can get good quality instant coffee but it works out to a similar price-per-cup as the real stuff so why bother?

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:25

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Actually I’m comparing a bearable cup of coffee to a decent cup of coffee. I grew up with percolator coffee then drip coffee then instant coffee then plunger coffee then espresso coffee...

And AU$220 for an espresso machine is nucking fothing...

Sir Halffast > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:26

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Where I am it’s hard to regul arly find good beans and drip from a cafe (back when cafe’s existed) was always a coin flip. Good quality instant however is relatively cheap and definitely plentiful.

Gone > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:30

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I cold brew everything now and I do love some fancy hot coffee out of 4 digit machines I’ll never spend my own money on. But I am totally cool with the percolator. My dad made coffee this way every Sunday. He passed a decade ago, but every time I hear one I’m flooded with memories of my dad and Sunday mornings.

Sovande > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:32

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I use an electric kettle and an aeropress. Delicious coffee, small footprint and the kettle can obviously be used for other things.

Last time I had percolator coffee was on a sailing trip. It was surprisingly not terrible. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Gone 05/07/2020 at 08:35

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You can actually still buy percolators brand new but this one's cooler

Sovande > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:35

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A Moka pot will make more concentrated brew, more akin to espresso than coffee. Of course you can just add hot water until it’s the strength you like. I prefer this:

https://aeropress.com/

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Sovande 05/07/2020 at 08:37

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I'm good with espresso 

TheRealBicycleBuck > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 08:45

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I have a small percolator that we use while camping. Makes for a STRONG cup of coffee - perfect to cover up the smell of smoke from the campfire.

Side note: percolated coffee falls under the category of “unfiltered” coffee, so you might want to avoid it if you’re over 60. They think it might increase your risk of heart disease, heart attack, or stroke.

ranwhenparked > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 09:26

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Tbh, I’ve often had perfectly decent coffee from speculators, that’s all we used at work for years in the dining hall, and a lot of diners still did it that way right up until restaurants were banned.

K-cups, on the other hand, always taste exactly the same, unless it's one of those flavored ones, then it just tastes like sugar. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 10:18

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 I haven't drunk any coffee in 30 years. But back in the day, I liked percolated coffee. I think the trick is the grind and the amount of coffee and you can get a pretty good cup of Joe that way. it's different from all the snobby stuff that people are drinking now, but it can be a good cup of coffee I'd like to hear how it turns out for you. It's kind of like beer. I haven't had a beer in 30 years, but I'm still greatly interested in it.

punkgoose17 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 10:26

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Moka pot is how we espresso or Italain “ coffee” as my grand parents call it.

Future next gen S2000 owner > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 10:46

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My in-laws heat water up on the stove and just dump the grounds in. I guess coffee is just stronger where they are. When my FIL was still working, he would regularly travel to the US. The coffee around the office when he visited was altered, half the water and double the coffee.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > punkgoose17 05/07/2020 at 10:46

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Moka coffee is technically NOT espresso, as there's standards that define the pressure the steam must be forced through the grounds at. Moka pots don't meet that specification.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Future next gen S2000 owner 05/07/2020 at 10:48

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That is probably the wronges t possible way to do coffee after just eating raw beans.

Future next gen S2000 owner > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/07/2020 at 10:54

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Could be. I don’t touch the stuff. Could be the best way for all I know.

Nom De Plume > Sir Halffast 05/07/2020 at 10:59

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Nescafé = Nescafe - another overpriced instant coffee in the US.

Nom De Plume > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 05/07/2020 at 11:05

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You aptly depict a climate and agriculture change more accurately than many here have grasped. A 5¢ cup of black coffee at a hardware store in 1940 was better than anything grown, manufactured , or otherwise today.  There are very good reasons to gravitate towards what you currently enjoy.

Nom De Plume > Sovande 05/07/2020 at 11:08

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They are better from a food science perspective for industrial preparation than say 4-6 cups. There are trade offs to making adequate coffee in bulk that aren’t the ones typically encountered with home preparations.

Variety is the spice of life!

Sovande > Nom De Plume 05/07/2020 at 12:34

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Nope. Making bad coffee is just dumb when for the same cost and effort you can simply make coffee that tastes good.