@@colleenc236 I bought a brand new old school camper type percolator blue with the white dots for 1.00. my first go at it on electric stove. No more wood Stove had to move I hear it starting to boil. I used the filter and just punched a hole in the stem of the metal coffee grind container and put the lid on. I like it strong even though it's DECAF. I ground the beans and packed it full. It's perking I turned down the heat. Steaming good. Will brew for I guess fifteen minutes. So fun 😊 thanks for the tips.
You forgot to take the strainer out youngster, when done "percolating" its done ,remove the strainer, it's done, no grinds in the coffee...sincerely, old guy....
I've used a French Press for a few years but I bought one of those same percolators last month. It was mainly out of nostalgia and remembering hearing it on my grandmothers stove but I must say that I like the larger amount of coffee it affords and also how much easier it is to cook over a fire. I've learned that if I keep it at a low boil, it tastes much richer and less bitter than if I have it perking very quickly at a higher temp. Just my 2c. I like your channel content.
This works for me: Grind beans to coarsest setting. Place grounds into basket with *no* filter. Place percolator on stove, and set stove to its highest heat setting. When water starts to perk, set the stove heat setting to lowest that keeps the water perking, and set a timer for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, remove pitcher from heat, and remove the grounds basket from the percolator with a pliers or similar. To prevent accidentally drinking any grounds that show up in your coffee cup (because no coffee filter), drink all but the last few drops of coffee in the cup.
Okay, let's give a little help here. Don't worry about the grinds; the most important part of percolated (best) coffee is using a large/coarse grind. No need to filter. Once the coffee is finished percolating to whatever strength you like, remove it from the heat and let it sit until it stops percolating. Then, pull the inner assembly up and let it drain into the carafe for a few seconds and set aside. Let the coffee rest for just a minute and any grinds will fall to the bottom and won't contaminate your cup unless you try to get the very last smidge of coffee out of it. Even then, if you really wanted to you could just pour the last bit through a filter. Give that a shot and see if your coffee isn't way better.
When I was a kid, everyone had percolators like this; the rich people had electric percolators. My mom always had coffee percolating on the stove. I would buy coffee for her, Maxwell House or Folger's. For special occasions, my dad would bring home some 8 O'Clock coffee that he had ground fresh at the A&P. Sometimes I had to pick up another little glass cap, they break after heating and cooling many times. Back then there were two choices for coffee: Regular or drip grind, regular being a coarser grind for percolators. There would still be a few grounds in every cup, but they went to the bottom and didn't cause any problems. Mom's coffee would peel paint! It took a few years, but Mr Coffee killed the percolator.
Thanks for the warning about getting the new glass top, I'll start looking to have one on hand. I smell the coffee it's strong even though it's DECAF. It's on a nice slow perk. Good steam not too violent just easy going. A few grounds in glass lid. That's ok first try ever in my life. The French press is annoying and doesn't make much volume. 🔥 Happy camper at home 🏠
Thank you to my Aunt Clara who left me her percolator, and thank you two for showing me how to use it this morning when my coffee machine broke down 💜 God bless. - Mary
Reminds me of when I was growing up in the 1960s. Mr. Coffee-style electric drip coffeemakers were introduced in 1972; prior to that, pretty much everyone used a percolator (a few connoisseur type used French presses or manual pour-over units, which both are also quite good). I can remember my parents making coffee on an electric percolator that was avocado green!
We have been using a coffee percolator for years. My husband swears it makes the best coffee. My husband lets the coffee sit for several minutes after it finishes brewing ,so that the ground will settle to the bottom of the pot.
If you get a grinder and course grind your beans you don’t need the filter. But even with that, we usually use a small tea strainer over the cup while pouring the coffee to catch any stray grains.
I've always loved percolator coffee and today I bought me a percolator from Walmart and couldn't remember exactly how to do it cuz me and my dad used to do it on top of the wood stove so I had to come to your video to help me out and thank you so much y'all are awesome
Funny you would say that because I ordered a percolator yesterday as Walmart was having a sale. I just happened to run into this program talking about making coffee in a percolator. Love it!
I have been using an electric Percolator for 20 years also with a paper filter but now I want to give the stove top one a try. I liked this video so much I had to subscribe. Thanks.
You need to look at the Pyrex percolators. Everybody used these things back in the 50s. You can still find them on eBay and yard sales. They are beautiful. And make awesome coffee.
Not only informative, but fun to watch as well. You two are adorable. I laughed at the end when (spoiler alert) the Ms. announced (after helping out with the entire process) that she doesn’t even like coffee! I hope he makes tea for you 😊
I was like that growing up. I knew how to use the percolator but didn't drink the stuff. Fast forward to 100 yrs later I'm an iced coffee addict. I found this video to re-remember how to use the stovetop version for camping.
They actually make flat filters for percolators. I have my sweetheart's percolator that he took everywhere with him when he was in the military. It's a banged up, burned up, very light (tin perhaps?) percolator that has spent time sitting right on top of coals and on electric hot plates. After the recent hurricane I was without power for five days. Used my little beat up percolator sitting on the grate of one of those tiny little round bbq grills on my kitchen table, but instead of charcoal I was using a can of sterno as my heat source. Didn't have power, but I had coffee! If you grind your own beans you can make a courser grind that won't require the use of filters, or you can make the coffee and then pour it through some layered cheesecloth if you don't have filters.
This wa state of the art when I was young. Mom used to add a little bit of crushed egg shells in the pot to settle the grinds that got into the finished product. There were no paper filters then.
I learned that adding egg shell and sometimes a bit of egg is a Swedish tradition. It adds an unmistakable velvety texture to the coffee. We make and enjoy it every weekend morning in our percolator
Thank you for this helpful video, my mom used to make coffee Iin a perculater only when we had company, I brought one yesterday,wasn't sure how to use it so I turned to you guys, I have a camping stove runs on propane, so I'm now ready for the hurricanes.
I just had to watch this! I remember they used to sell special filters for these....they were square and each corner folded over the center. my grandmother would let me fold them over so I could say I helped make grandpas coffee....thanks for the memories. PS I bought one at an estate sale this summer (along with a bread box) lol
I use one everyday. My percolator is about as old as me if not older(I’m 32). I do have a keurig but percolator coffee is the way to go. I set it up the night before so in the morning all I have to do is turn on the burner and by the time I’m dressed and the dogs have been outside and done there business the coffee is done.
Brad i use a percolator all the time on weekends,my local store have a coffee grinder to use to grid your beans,i use the perc setting comes out great.
Thank you for making this video. I found a prestine vintage Farberware coffee/tea percolator at a yard sale and had no clue how to use one if these things.
I still have the little aluminum 6 cup percolator that my mother used many many years ago when she was first married the bake Olight handle is burnt almost into on the bottom from sitting on a burner however, it still makes great coffee.
love perked coffee- you get a much richer flavor- and old school you can just mix your coffee and water and boil- then let cool a few mins and coffee grounds settle to the bottom- then pour off the top-mom always had a lil wire strainer that she would set in the top of the cup and pour thru- best coffee ever- thanks for the share- time to cup up- blessings
I wish I could give you a real high five ! As a coffee-holic I am, this filter idea is absolutely brilliant. I watch percolators videos and the coffee grain residue concerns me, I really don't like it. But with the filter, You got me !!! Thanks guys !
We love Percolator coffee... We have it mostly when camping in the RV but sometimes I just like having it in the morning. We show it all the time and a lot of different whys during my 5 min coffee breaks. Great video as always you guys.
45 years ago I bought an electric percolator - yes, electric with exposed heating elements. Used it to brew my coffee which was coarse to medium grind. It run very well on electricity, but I couldn't use it over a flame stove. The thing was eventually lost as we moved from place to place. Then I got one exactly your type recently and the fun of making percolated coffee immediately came back to live. Ironically when I got this one which we can use over flame stove, there is no more gas stove (I live in a dormitory apartment which prohibits open flame for cooking or making coffee). Anyway I make two cups of coffee every morning (somehow the coffee is always too weak if I make only one cup) and I must agree that the coffee tastes so much better than those other styles. I don't use a filter and I just leave the perked coffee rest for half a minute then pour slowly. There is no grains in the coffee.
I have an old Vintage Percolator and it just sits on my shelf, but never knew how to use it. It's not shiny and thought of polishing it but would take away from it's 100 yr history. Thanks guy's! Onto some coffee and a Alcohol Stove
Thank you very much! A very informative and enjoyable video. I'm used to using a regular coffee maker. I decided to buy a percolator and I'll follow these instructions. ☺️☕
I am kind of a coffee snob, and only make percolated coffee, I have both electric and a camping one (usually I use the electric one, unless no power/camping). I get my electric ones at thrift stores (because they are SO expensive new) I even have a back up percolator in case the one I have had for years breaks. For some reason I feel like coffee made with a percolator taste better, great video!
I'm 21 but you remind 2 remind me of my parents and aunty and uncle. My uncle calls my aunty mum well alot of the men in New Zealand call their partners/wife mum. New subscriber here all the way from New Zealand.
Son of a gun! My 5 cup Mr coffee just bit the dust. I’ve had this same peculator in your video I bought a few years ago, used it a few times then decided to get a so called easier coffee maker. I didn’t use it correctly until now that I stumbled across this video. Just pulled it out of my cabinet, grind some organic beans and went to percolating. I believe coffee taste much better on the stove top heat or flame or wood stove because the water gets hotter then a coffee maker heating mechanism. The naturally heated water brings out a more flavorful taste of the beans.
Waking up in the woods on a family camping trip …. Found the percolator and thanks to your video I got a chuckle and will get started on a great cup of joe!
Thank you for this video. I am not a coffee drinker. I need to make coffee for an event tomorrow and have to use a percolator. I had NO idea how to use it! Now I do! 🙃
I have one EXACTLY like that one. made some Kona this morning!! I grind my own, tastes much fresher. BUT hey, ground already from the store tastes good too!!
Good knowledge. Gotta get myself a stovetop percolator in lieu of our next power outage, cuz me and Wifey have to have our morning coffee irregardless of circumstances. Thanks for posting.
That's my favorite mug, and my favorite way to have coffee. It makes the house smell heavenly. Oh no; Christa don't like coffee; I'll have hers please. Yummy!!!
I have the Same Percolator, just larger..😁 I love mine, I got tired of buying Electric Coffee Makers every 6 mos - Year.. So I went to the Camping Section at Walmart. and bought mine and haven't looked Back! 🤗
Nothing Like percolator coffee.. rich and bold it's true... parents always make percolator coffee when we went camping in the Smoky Mountains .. it smelled so delicious
Thanks for this video. I agree, when electricity goes out, you want to be prepared. Even the biggest city in the world could experience power outage. Sometimes, doing things in the old fashion way (like making coffee) is better than all the lazy convenience, plastic/electric wasteland accumulation devices/appliances we’ve all been getting used to.
You two are a cute couple. We've had to cook on our woodtite many times over the thirty years on the farm. I just wanted to remember how to use a percolator. Thanks guys!
You can add a tiny bit of cold water to the Percolator after it’s done brewing and it causes the grinds to settle to the bottom. Cowboys used to do this trick!
My Keurig died and we have had a couple of those "sans coffee" power outages recently. I picked up one of these yesterday and am currently fighting with it to get some coffee. This certainly isn't the fastest way to get a cup in the morning but it beats having none!
Hi, we (the town of Capreol) were alerted of a power outage coming this Sunday starting at 7 am. . Akkkk!! I do have a stove top percolator and needed to know how much coffee to put into the basket. You said 4 tbsp . And a filter. I do have some filters left over from my older coffee machine ( I never like crunchy coffee). Yay!! I will be doing this on the bbq side burner. And cooking my breakfast on the bbq as well. Hope it works. Thanks for the info. You two rock!!
Just to let you know they make a filter just for percolator, it is a flat filter with a whole in it that just lays on the bottom of the grounds cup. They are made by a company called TOP CREST, I may have gotten mine at Walmart but I am not sure.
i know it's glass, but have you ever used a French Press for coffee? We take one camping, and hubby loves using it, we also have one in the house for what ever occasion demands it, just thought I would share!
I'm assuming that "back in the day" coffee wasn't so finely ground, so the grounds wouldn't filter through the percolator. I remember both of my sets of grandparents using one, and I don't remember there being a problem with coffee grounds in their cup of morning joe!
When drip coffee makers came out Maxwell's started labeling the more finely ground coffee as ADC standing for automatic drip coffee. There's commercial on RUclips with Margaret Hamilton advertising it. KitchenAid used to make a coffee grinder set a different grinder settings for different types of coffee makers and percolator setting is more coarse than drip.
Thats a great way to make coffee. Sometimes I do it the old swedish way. I take a coffee pot. Put in coffee and water and letting it boil over the fire. Then I wait for the coffee to sink to the bottom and pour really caarefully. But this way is easier.
Love my perked coffee, nothing better. I have 2 special propane burners just for making coffee, when the electric goes out. When it comes to coffee, an extra burner is a must.
I remember the one on my grandmothers two burner wood stove in our kitchen. One burner had water, the other my grandfathers coffee, it's where I learned how to make good coffee. We do pour over now, that would work for you too.
Been years since I used a percolator, brings back memories. Thanks for the link will have to get one for nostalgia not to mention the aroma of brewing coffee.
Love you guys! I lost track of you for a long time. I first saw you back when you did the video on Colloidal Silver. Glad I found you again. I have subscribed once again.
If you want a nice round hole in the centre of that coffee filter fold the filter in half across the middle, then half again (so it looks like an icecream cone shape), then fold in half maybe 3-4 times more and cut across the pointy tip of the triangle shape you have. Then unfold. Cut small first because you can fold it again and cut higher up😊✨
Any thoughts on French Press (pour over) VS percolator coffee? I will add this to the conversation: get stainless steel and avoid aluminum brands. Aluminum leaches into food/drink .
I thought I'd try my recently purchased percolator and lo and behold I have that exact same one. Going to fire up my single peopane camp stove and now I know to use a filter and how much coffee grounds to add for that perect cup of java. Prepping practice makes perfect! Great video!
I prefer manual coffee makers like this, which is why I've been using a French press for about 10 years now (plus it can brew tea and espresso). I can't go back to drip brew machines, the taste just isn't as good to me.
It's my 2nd morning percolating. Seems like it takes 25-30mins for 9 cups just to heat up and start percolating. I use a 120V single burner hot plate so I can put the operation anywhere I want. Recommendations of how long to let it percolate are a wide range from 4mins to 15mins so that is for sure trial-and-error to taste. Today I did a slow perc for about 10mins,high to heat up then 2 to percolate. It's ok but it's just Folgers anyway,which I drink for effect/caffeine not flavor. Eventually I'll get some roasted beans to grind and try then next Spring I'll break out the old roasting pan and do my own. I decided to try percolating because I kept killing auto drip makers and it was getting costly!
I use an electric percolator for coffee every single day. Watching this to refresh my skills on stove top coffee because my family is coming in and there will be ALOT of coffee drinkers.
thanks for the tip. I remember back in the day my grandmother had one. but always had those nasty coffee granules. I used one a couple years ago with the same issue. eww. so I appreciate the tip
Can you keep the coffee in the percolator to keep it hot? How long do you think it will stay hot if it is being used at an outdoor event during the winter?
When I was a kid (about 150 yrs ago) that's what everyone had. When Corning Ware came out with one my mom had to have it; wish I still had it.
I bought a corning one at a garage sale for a dollar! Look for one and you'll find it 😁
I use mine everyday it's great
I just bought one at a thrift store from that brand and that’s why I’m on this video lol. Is it white with blue flowers?
My mom had one of those. I used to love watching it as a kid. I’m about to get one just for nostalgia. ❤
@@colleenc236 I bought a brand new old school camper type percolator blue with the white dots for 1.00. my first go at it on electric stove. No more wood Stove had to move I hear it starting to boil. I used the filter and just punched a hole in the stem of the metal coffee grind container and put the lid on. I like it strong even though it's DECAF. I ground the beans and packed it full. It's perking I turned down the heat. Steaming good. Will brew for I guess fifteen minutes. So fun 😊 thanks for the tips.
You forgot to take the strainer out youngster, when done "percolating" its done ,remove the strainer, it's done, no grinds in the coffee...sincerely, old guy....
I've used a French Press for a few years but I bought one of those same percolators last month. It was mainly out of nostalgia and remembering hearing it on my grandmothers stove but I must say that I like the larger amount of coffee it affords and also how much easier it is to cook over a fire. I've learned that if I keep it at a low boil, it tastes much richer and less bitter than if I have it perking very quickly at a higher temp. Just my 2c.
I like your channel content.
Thanks for that!
This works for me: Grind beans to coarsest setting. Place grounds into basket with *no* filter. Place percolator on stove, and set stove to its highest heat setting. When water starts to perk, set the stove heat setting to lowest that keeps the water perking, and set a timer for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, remove pitcher from heat, and remove the grounds basket from the percolator with a pliers or similar. To prevent accidentally drinking any grounds that show up in your coffee cup (because no coffee filter), drink all but the last few drops of coffee in the cup.
Okay, let's give a little help here. Don't worry about the grinds; the most important part of percolated (best) coffee is using a large/coarse grind. No need to filter. Once the coffee is finished percolating to whatever strength you like, remove it from the heat and let it sit until it stops percolating. Then, pull the inner assembly up and let it drain into the carafe for a few seconds and set aside. Let the coffee rest for just a minute and any grinds will fall to the bottom and won't contaminate your cup unless you try to get the very last smidge of coffee out of it. Even then, if you really wanted to you could just pour the last bit through a filter.
Give that a shot and see if your coffee isn't way better.
I used to dislike perk coffee until I tried coarse grind! Now I love it!!
Do you have to use that amount of water for it to work? What if I just wanted one cup? I couldn’t use this thing? 🤔
@@DJ-xu4gl you could do as little or as much as you'd like.
When I was a kid, everyone had percolators like this; the rich people had electric percolators. My mom always had coffee percolating on the stove. I would buy coffee for her, Maxwell House or Folger's. For special occasions, my dad would bring home some 8 O'Clock coffee that he had ground fresh at the A&P. Sometimes I had to pick up another little glass cap, they break after heating and cooling many times. Back then there were two choices for coffee: Regular or drip grind, regular being a coarser grind for percolators. There would still be a few grounds in every cup, but they went to the bottom and didn't cause any problems. Mom's coffee would peel paint! It took a few years, but Mr Coffee killed the percolator.
Thanks for the warning about getting the new glass top, I'll start looking to have one on hand. I smell the coffee it's strong even though it's DECAF. It's on a nice slow perk. Good steam not too violent just easy going. A few grounds in glass lid. That's ok first try ever in my life. The French press is annoying and doesn't make much volume. 🔥 Happy camper at home 🏠
You don't need to be rich to have an electric percolator. These days, the Keurigs are for the people who have nice things.
The paper filters are for light weights. Me, I practice the old ways. Grounds straight into the water!
Settle it out with some cold water
Same here
Me too.
Sheila Orr Yikes LOL
What a couple of obnoxious shitheads
Percolator coffee is the best! It tastes much better than a regular ole coffee pot brew.
AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!
Spot on bro!
Yeah I will agree to that. Percolator brew coffee is excellent.
Agreed. French press coffee is also freakin good!
You like burnt coffee. That's all.
Thank you to my Aunt Clara who left me her percolator, and thank you two for showing me how to use it this morning when my coffee machine broke down 💜 God bless. - Mary
Reminds me of when I was growing up in the 1960s. Mr. Coffee-style electric drip coffeemakers were introduced in 1972; prior to that, pretty much everyone used a percolator (a few connoisseur type used French presses or manual pour-over units, which both are also quite good). I can remember my parents making coffee on an electric percolator that was avocado green!
We have been using a coffee percolator for years. My husband swears it makes the best coffee. My husband lets the coffee sit for several minutes after it finishes brewing ,so that the ground will settle to the bottom of the pot.
Still use my Grandad's old white one every Saturday and Sunday morning. That's good coffee! Take care........Darryl, AML.
If you get a grinder and course grind your beans you don’t need the filter. But even with that, we usually use a small tea strainer over the cup while pouring the coffee to catch any stray grains.
I have my mother's which she bought way back in the 30s! Love it! Makes great coffee!
Scream! What brand??
That reminded of my mom's when she brewed a pot for my Dad. Can't beat it. Thanks for sharing such goodness:)
I've always loved percolator coffee and today I bought me a percolator from Walmart and couldn't remember exactly how to do it cuz me and my dad used to do it on top of the wood stove so I had to come to your video to help me out and thank you so much y'all are awesome
Funny you would say that because I ordered a percolator yesterday as Walmart was having a sale. I just happened to run into this program talking about making coffee in a percolator. Love it!
@@marymills5060 That is where I found mine too as no one else it seems have electric onss except Wallmart
Tried for the first time today. Major fail. I will not survive the zombie apocalypse. No flavor, no smell. I'm so diappointed.
@@jeanbean1390 you obviously didn't do it correctly becuase my mom screams att me every day becuase I smell up the whole house with coffe
@@jeanbean1390 cook it a bit longer, but turn down the heat to medium low when it starts to perc, you don't want to burn the coffee.
I have been using an electric Percolator for 20 years also with a paper filter but now I want to give the stove top one a try. I liked this video so much I had to subscribe. Thanks.
You need to look at the Pyrex percolators. Everybody used these things back in the 50s. You can still find them on eBay and yard sales. They are beautiful. And make awesome coffee.
Sadly, years ago, I gave one away🙄
Not only informative, but fun to watch as well. You two are adorable. I laughed at the end when (spoiler alert) the Ms. announced (after helping out with the entire process) that she doesn’t even like coffee! I hope he makes tea for you 😊
I was like that growing up. I knew how to use the percolator but didn't drink the stuff. Fast forward to 100 yrs later I'm an iced coffee addict. I found this video to re-remember how to use the stovetop version for camping.
They actually make flat filters for percolators. I have my sweetheart's percolator that he took everywhere with him when he was in the military. It's a banged up, burned up, very light (tin perhaps?) percolator that has spent time sitting right on top of coals and on electric hot plates. After the recent hurricane I was without power for five days. Used my little beat up percolator sitting on the grate of one of those tiny little round bbq grills on my kitchen table, but instead of charcoal I was using a can of sterno as my heat source. Didn't have power, but I had coffee! If you grind your own beans you can make a courser grind that won't require the use of filters, or you can make the coffee and then pour it through some layered cheesecloth if you don't have filters.
I was using the flat filters also but I keep getting coffee grounds into my coffee so I am now using regular coffee filters it works so much better
This wa state of the art when I was young. Mom used to add a little bit of crushed egg shells in the pot to settle the grinds that got into the finished product. There were no paper filters then.
HUH, cool. Never would have thought of that
Tom Olofsson I remember hearing about the egg shells but never understood how they were supposed to work.
I learned that adding egg shell and sometimes a bit of egg is a Swedish tradition. It adds an unmistakable velvety texture to the coffee. We make and enjoy it every weekend morning in our percolator
Bob Bailey My mom did that when we used a percolator.
Thank you for this helpful video, my mom used to make coffee Iin a perculater only when we had company, I brought one yesterday,wasn't sure how to use it so I turned to you guys, I have a camping stove runs on propane, so I'm now ready for the hurricanes.
They already make flat disc filters for percolators. After it starts boiling, turn it to a low simmer for 5 mins.
I just had to watch this! I remember they used to sell special filters for these....they were square and each corner folded over the center. my grandmother would let me fold them over so I could say I helped make grandpas coffee....thanks for the memories. PS I bought one at an estate sale this summer (along with a bread box) lol
Treasures!
My husband loves his percolator. I don't drink coffee. So thanks for sharing so I can do it for him. Have a good afternoon/ evening!!!
I use one everyday. My percolator is about as old as me if not older(I’m 32). I do have a keurig but percolator coffee is the way to go. I set it up the night before so in the morning all I have to do is turn on the burner and by the time I’m dressed and the dogs have been outside and done there business the coffee is done.
Best coffee in the world!! Mr. Coffee can't hold a candle to a percolator.
AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!
Brad i use a percolator all the time on weekends,my local store have a coffee grinder to use to grid your beans,i use the perc setting comes out great.
Thank you for making this video. I found a prestine vintage Farberware coffee/tea percolator at a yard sale and had no clue how to use one if these things.
So just a warning. We had this same exact percolator and after 3 months the plastic top broke. We were so sad! :-( Until then it did make good coffee.
Gotta spend a couple bucks more and get the glass one ;)
You can buy replacement for it too, just make sure your getting the right one. Amazon has them.
I still have the little aluminum 6 cup percolator that my mother used many many years ago when she was first married the bake Olight handle is burnt almost into on the bottom from sitting on a burner however, it still makes great coffee.
love perked coffee- you get a much richer flavor- and old school you can just mix your coffee and water and boil- then let cool a few mins and coffee grounds settle to the bottom- then pour off the top-mom always had a lil wire strainer that she would set in the top of the cup and pour thru- best coffee ever- thanks for the share- time to cup up- blessings
I had my mom buy me one to put in my preps room I also made coffee in it to see what it was like and I put in a filter too . worked great
I wish I could give you a real high five ! As a coffee-holic I am, this filter idea is absolutely brilliant. I watch percolators videos and the coffee grain residue concerns me, I really don't like it. But with the filter, You got me !!! Thanks guys !
We love Percolator coffee... We have it mostly when camping in the RV but sometimes I just like having it in the morning. We show it all the time and a lot of different whys during my 5 min coffee breaks. Great video as always you guys.
Just the cutest couple making coffee. Wholesomeness.
Thanks for sharing
45 years ago I bought an electric percolator - yes, electric with exposed heating elements. Used it to brew my coffee which was coarse to medium grind. It run very well on electricity, but I couldn't use it over a flame stove. The thing was eventually lost as we moved from place to place.
Then I got one exactly your type recently and the fun of making percolated coffee immediately came back to live. Ironically when I got this one which we can use over flame stove, there is no more gas stove (I live in a dormitory apartment which prohibits open flame for cooking or making coffee). Anyway I make two cups of coffee every morning (somehow the coffee is always too weak if I make only one cup) and I must agree that the coffee tastes so much better than those other styles. I don't use a filter and I just leave the perked coffee rest for half a minute then pour slowly. There is no grains in the coffee.
I found an old Corning Ware model(hardly used) at a garage sale for $2.00--make a wonderful back up option!
I have an old Vintage Percolator and it just sits on my shelf, but never knew how to use it. It's not shiny and thought of polishing it but would take away from it's 100 yr history. Thanks guy's! Onto some coffee and a Alcohol Stove
U are a life saver my parents went out for a walk and I had to make breakfast and they have one of these I I did not know how to use it
Thank you very much! A very informative and enjoyable video. I'm used to using a regular coffee maker. I decided to buy a percolator and I'll follow these instructions. ☺️☕
I am kind of a coffee snob, and only make percolated coffee, I have both electric and a camping one (usually I use the electric one, unless no power/camping). I get my electric ones at thrift stores (because they are SO expensive new) I even have a back up percolator in case the one I have had for years breaks. For some reason I feel like coffee made with a percolator taste better, great video!
I'm a bread snob... My wife makes it, and now I'm unhappy with just about any one elses ;)
I thought you looked familiar, I realized me and my co-worker bought the fridge!!! I subscribed
Too funny, small world ;)
I'm 21 but you remind 2 remind me of my parents and aunty and uncle. My uncle calls my aunty mum well alot of the men in New Zealand call their partners/wife mum. New subscriber here all the way from New Zealand.
I just bought a good ole percolator for camping but am making my coffee in it this morning. I can see to use one all the time. Makes the best coffee!
Son of a gun! My 5 cup Mr coffee just bit the dust. I’ve had this same peculator in your video I bought a few years ago, used it a few times then decided to get a so called easier coffee maker. I didn’t use it correctly until now that I stumbled across this video. Just pulled it out of my cabinet, grind some organic beans and went to percolating. I believe coffee taste much better on the stove top heat or flame or wood stove because the water gets hotter then a coffee maker heating mechanism. The naturally heated water brings out a more flavorful taste of the beans.
Waking up in the woods on a family camping trip …. Found the percolator and thanks to your video I got a chuckle and will get started on a great cup of joe!
Brad, this is the first of your videos I've watched and you're already my favorite internet personality.
Thank you for this video. I am not a coffee drinker. I need to make coffee for an event tomorrow and have to use a percolator. I had NO idea how to use it! Now I do! 🙃
I have one EXACTLY like that one. made some Kona this morning!! I grind my own, tastes much fresher. BUT hey, ground already from the store tastes good too!!
You guys are great! I'm going to use mine for the first time this weekend camping, can't wait!
Thanks
Good knowledge. Gotta get myself a stovetop percolator in lieu of our next power outage, cuz me and Wifey have to have our morning coffee irregardless of circumstances. Thanks for posting.
That's my favorite mug, and my favorite way to have coffee. It makes the house smell heavenly. Oh no; Christa don't like coffee; I'll have hers please. Yummy!!!
I have the Same Percolator, just larger..😁 I love mine, I got tired of buying Electric Coffee Makers every 6 mos - Year.. So I went to the Camping Section at Walmart. and bought mine and haven't looked Back! 🤗
Nothing Like percolator coffee.. rich and bold it's true... parents always make percolator coffee when we went camping in the Smoky Mountains .. it smelled so delicious
Bought one of these several years ago. My hubby loves his coffee. Don't want to be without a wayto make some for him.
Thanks for this video. I agree, when electricity goes out, you want to be prepared. Even the biggest city in the world could experience power outage. Sometimes, doing things in the old fashion way (like making coffee) is better than all the lazy convenience, plastic/electric wasteland accumulation devices/appliances we’ve all been getting used to.
Looks good I have a few I use for loose tea..I have never had a cup of coffee don't even like the smell.God Bless
You two are a cute couple.
We've had to cook on our woodtite many times over the thirty years on the farm.
I just wanted to remember how to use a percolator. Thanks guys!
We have an ice storm headed our way tonight. Perfect video to watch! My husband can't go without his coffee.
You can add a tiny bit of cold water to the Percolator after it’s done brewing and it causes the grinds to settle to the bottom. Cowboys used to do this trick!
My Keurig died and we have had a couple of those "sans coffee" power outages recently. I picked up one of these yesterday and am currently fighting with it to get some coffee. This certainly isn't the fastest way to get a cup in the morning but it beats having none!
Hi, we (the town of Capreol) were alerted of a power outage coming this Sunday starting at 7 am. . Akkkk!! I do have a stove top percolator and needed to know how much coffee to put into the basket. You said 4 tbsp . And a filter. I do have some filters left over from my older coffee machine ( I never like crunchy coffee). Yay!! I will be doing this on the bbq side burner. And cooking my breakfast on the bbq as well. Hope it works. Thanks for the info. You two rock!!
Just to let you know they make a filter just for percolator, it is a flat filter with a whole in it that just lays
on the bottom of the grounds cup. They are made by a company called TOP CREST, I may have gotten
mine at Walmart but I am not sure.
I don't like to go without the Joe either. This was a fun video showing a simple solution to a troubling time ;)
i know it's glass, but have you ever used a French Press for coffee? We take one camping, and hubby loves using it, we also have one in the house for what ever occasion demands it, just thought I would share!
What a great fun couple. I bought a Coleman it works great. Thx for the video
I'm assuming that "back in the day" coffee wasn't so finely ground, so the grounds wouldn't filter through the percolator. I remember both of my sets of grandparents using one, and I don't remember there being a problem with coffee grounds in their cup of morning joe!
Some people never even grinded up their coffee beans. My grandmother had a grinder.
When drip coffee makers came out Maxwell's started labeling the more finely ground coffee as ADC standing for automatic drip coffee. There's commercial on RUclips with Margaret Hamilton advertising it. KitchenAid used to make a coffee grinder set a different grinder settings for different types of coffee makers and percolator setting is more coarse than drip.
Exactly
Thats a great way to make coffee. Sometimes I do it the old swedish way. I take a coffee pot. Put in coffee and water and letting it boil over the fire. Then I wait for the coffee to sink to the bottom and pour really caarefully. But this way is easier.
I have a 1960s era revere stove top percolator I still use
Love my perked coffee, nothing better. I have 2 special propane burners just for making coffee, when the electric goes out. When it comes to coffee, an extra burner is a must.
The filter is a tad bit bigger...is that ok...will the coffee grounds spill?
Other than that ...that looks like a better brewing idea...👍👍
I remember the one on my grandmothers two burner wood stove in our kitchen. One burner had water, the other my grandfathers coffee, it's where I learned how to make good coffee. We do pour over now, that would work for you too.
Been years since I used a percolator, brings back memories. Thanks for the link will have to get one for nostalgia not to mention the aroma of brewing coffee.
In lowes they have some
Love you guys! I lost track of you for a long time. I first saw you back when you did the video on Colloidal Silver. Glad I found you again. I have subscribed once again.
I bought a new Percolator yesterday and coffee looks so diluted. I used expresso coffee. Can you please tell me what is the reason for that?
If you want a nice round hole in the centre of that coffee filter fold the filter in half across the middle, then half again (so it looks like an icecream cone shape), then fold in half maybe 3-4 times more and cut across the pointy tip of the triangle shape you have. Then unfold. Cut small first because you can fold it again and cut higher up😊✨
late to the party, but recognized that percolator right off...just ordered the same one...good stuff
Any thoughts on French Press (pour over) VS percolator coffee? I will add this to the conversation: get stainless steel and avoid aluminum brands. Aluminum leaches into food/drink .
I have one love it. infact used it earlier this winter when the power was out.
great video! i made coffee the other day with boiling water and a collander
I thought I'd try my recently purchased percolator and lo and behold I have that exact same one. Going to fire up my single peopane camp stove and now I know to use a filter and how much coffee grounds to add for that perect cup of java. Prepping practice makes perfect! Great video!
I prefer manual coffee makers like this, which is why I've been using a French press for about 10 years now (plus it can brew tea and espresso). I can't go back to drip brew machines, the taste just isn't as good to me.
bought one for our last camping trip, haven't stopped using it. Might have to switch to a darker roast
You guys just like each other so much. I’m so happy after watching this ❤️ oh..and percolators rock! Yeah!
Use medium or course grind, and you can eliminate the need for a filter. ;-) Thumb up.
It's my 2nd morning percolating. Seems like it takes 25-30mins for 9 cups just to heat up and start percolating. I use a 120V single burner hot plate so I can put the operation anywhere I want. Recommendations of how long to let it percolate are a wide range from 4mins to 15mins so that is for sure trial-and-error to taste. Today I did a slow perc for about 10mins,high to heat up then 2 to percolate. It's ok but it's just Folgers anyway,which I drink for effect/caffeine not flavor. Eventually I'll get some roasted beans to grind and try then next Spring I'll break out the old roasting pan and do my own. I decided to try percolating because I kept killing auto drip makers and it was getting costly!
I have a glass Pyrex percolator and have discovered if I wet the basket before I put the grounds in they do not filter through.
I use an electric percolator for coffee every single day. Watching this to refresh my skills on stove top coffee because my family is coming in and there will be ALOT of coffee drinkers.
my parents used to have a big one when I was a kid. I need to get one just in case. I loved the one my mom had...
Do you have to use the paper filter? If you course grind the beans can they just put the grounds straight into the metal basket
Got two of them,and thats how i do it,they re all i ever use.
Make our coffee this way everyday. I have a smaller one for during the week and a much bigger one for the weekends. We love our coffee.
thanks for the tip. I remember back in the day my grandmother had one. but always had those nasty coffee granules. I used one a couple years ago with the same issue. eww. so I appreciate the tip
Can you keep the coffee in the percolator to keep it hot? How long do you think it will stay hot if it is being used at an outdoor event during the winter?
Great job! Loved the video 💪percolators are the best!
Can you use one of these on a glass top stove? Just so I know.
I have my mother-in-laws glass percolator. It's almost a work of art.
Thank you so much 🥰
My brother bought a percolator during the Christmas holidays, and I wanted to know how to brew coffee with it☕