The case for bad coffee (2015)

Re:The case for bad coffee (2015) by jimmaswell on Sunday July 17, 2022 @08:39PM (#32133168)

Apparently coffee enthusiasts hate me for this - I enjoy using a little single serving percolator on the stovetop. It's the kind that only sends the water through the grounds once, from the bottom up through the grounds then into the top. If you leave it on too long it'll "burn" but if you pour it out as soon as it's done it's fine.

I tried a recirculating one a while ago and I actually liked it a lot, I just broke it and haven't replaced it. It didn't seem to make a "burned" taste either.

Maybe the finer points of coffee are beyond the granularity of my relevant tastebuds or something, because from what coffee people say I'm allegedly drinking toxic sludge.

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Re:The case for bad coffee (2015) by dsr_ on Sunday July 17, 2022 @11:54PM (#32134461)

That's not a percolator, that's a moka pot. There are many people who will rave about that.

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Re:The case for bad coffee (2015) by stephen_g on Monday July 18, 2022 @04:22AM (#32135859)

Yeah, definitely sounds like a Moka pot. They're really popular and could even be said to be making a 'speciality resurgence'. Percolators on the other hand are pretty bad. The Moka pot can overheat things if not used well, but a percolator basically always overheats the coffee as part of the way it works!

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Re:The case for bad coffee (2015) by nibbleshifter on Monday July 18, 2022 @06:24AM (#32136535)

My first encounter with one of those was years ago, the person who had it referred to it as a "geyser".

I should pick one up sometime.

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