Prep Genrl No electricity coffee maker

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JenL

Senior Member
I have one very similar to that one. We use it on gas top syove when electric is out. Makes a good cup of coffee.
 
BeeMan

BeeMan

Just buzzin along
I’ve got an old Revere Ware, the type pans with the copper bottoms, from the 60’s and 70’s.
Used it daily for several years on a wood cookstove. Don”t use it often now, as I no longer have wood cookstove. I purchased my old Revere Ware pot at a Thrift type store for about $8, 5 or 6 years ago.
The one you link to looks pretty good to me, if the size is big enough for you. My only caution would be; if the holes in the basket are to big, the grounds could go through and wind up in the brew. I’ve had that happen when using expresso grind.
 
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Digger

Veteran Member
I have one like you are looking at. I use it every time we make coffee. I fold a coffee filter in half. Then fold in half again. Cut the point off to go over the stem then trim off 1/4 of the top so it fits in the basket. That mostly solves the problem of grounds getting in the coffee. If it Perks to fast the basket will overflow and get grounds in your coffee too. But it makes really good coffee. I bought ours after I got tired of buying a new drip coffee maker every couple years.
 
aviax2

aviax2

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We have a small Corningware stovetop pot that we got as a wedding gift back in 1976. We’ve used it on electric coil, Coleman stoves, gas grill and glass top stoves. We bought a larger one that had been refurbished that we found in an “antique store” in east TN several years ago. I don’t know if they even make them any more!?
 
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WanderLore

Veteran Member
Got few different types. But the best non electric coffee I've had, is cowboy coffee.
Boil water with grounds, add 1 cup cold water to settle. I have used a metal coffee kettle or even a big pot if need to make a bunch.
 
TerriHaute

TerriHaute

Hoosier Gardener
DH uses a granite-ware coffee pot. He is a blacksmith and sets it right on or at the edge of the coals of his forge to brew the coffee and keep it warm. French press and pour-over methods work well too if you have a way to heat up water. When camping without electricity, we use one of these methods and keep the coffee hot in a thermos. One thermos for coffee and one thermos for hot water to make tea or hot chocolate.

Granite-ware coffee pot: Amazon.com: Granite Ware F6006-1 Coffee Boilers, Graniteware, 100 oz: Home & Kitchen
 
helen

helen

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Cyclonemom said:
I am looking for recommendations on stove top, specifically on top of a wood stove, coffee maker to add to my preps.
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I have one like that. It makes coffee with fine grounds in it unless you grind your own beans coarse-size. I pour it through a paper filter in a strainer to serve.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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I have the same one, we also have a corning ware one that DH has made coffee with on the wood stove. Personally I prefer the taste of coffee from a drip pot. I have a drip pot and also a french press.

God is good all the time

Judy
 
SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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I have two 12 cup stainless steal coffee pots I ordered from Cabela's years ago. Makes great coffee on my wood cook stove or, when power goes out. I also use a coffee filter in the metal basket. Just punch a hole in the middle, and your good to go.
 
Bps1691

Bps1691

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Used to be you could pick up the speckle ware coffee pots at garage sales or at flea markets cheap. They are still available on Amazon. There is a difference between the boilers and percolators.

The percolators have the basket and the boilers don't.

We used to use the boilers by adding the right amount of water to the pot. The coffee we measured out into a piece of cheesecloth, tie it together at the top with a piece of butcher twine long enough to reach outside of the pot. Throw the bundle into the pot and then on the fire with the whole thing.

When we were fishing all night, we'd add water to the pot all night long to keep it full and keep adding more coffee bundles as needed. By daylight you could stand a spoon straight up in your cup.
 
BeeMan

BeeMan

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hiwall said:
Find an all-stainless revere ware percolator.
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That looks exactly like the one I have. Only use it now on the Coleman camp stove when ”out playing in the woods”. With “regular grind” coffee, it works great. With expresso grind it needs a paper filter. Best $8 I’ve ever spent. I normally drink “Cafe Bustelo” as it’s expresso grind and I can use less grounds per cup of coffee made. I’m a bit of a “tight wad” and drink about 10 cups of coffee a day. I don’t really need to drink coffee, well, not any more than I need to breath air. Makes life better for all involved. I’m certain my wife would agree.
 
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Kayak

Kayak

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We use a French press and an electric kettle when we have electricity. When the power is out, we heat the water in other ways and still use the French press.
 
ivantherussian03

ivantherussian03

Veteran Member
a French press makes much better coffee in my humble opinion. I use them everyday. In twenty years I replaced the screen one time every ten years. I don’t know many coffee machines I would have bought, probably saved 500 to 1000 dollars.
 
Cyclonemom

Cyclonemom

Veteran Member
Alright then, a French Press was the winner! I can heat water more consistently on my stove than I can fine tune a percolator. Plus I can make tea in it.

I ordered a manual grinder as well.


So, is there any preferred way to store roasted coffee beans? Iirc, they aren't something you can store long term due to the oils, correct? I really don't want to buy beans weekly like I've heard about. Maybe 3-4 pounds worth for a several month supply??

Advice?
 
Kathy in FL

Kathy in FL

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Just look for a percolator. I used to make spiced tea in one when we went cold-weather camping. Mine is blue speckleware but I remember my parents have a glass version when I was a wee kiddo and they thought they were hot snot. That was before Mr. Coffee. LOL

I have a small aluminum version as well but much prefer my big percolator.
 
Breeta

Breeta

Veteran Member
This thread is bringing back memories of how we used to make coffee pouring hot water from tea kettle over the grounds because my dad was too thrifty to buy a coffee maker. Lol! Glad I know this technique.
All you need is a plastic coffee cone that sits on top of the standard coffee pot and paper filters.
HIC Harold Import Co. Coffee Filter Cone, No.4-Plastic, Black https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B001S3B9F8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_NLP8FbX9GJMR6?psc=1
 
wuffdan

wuffdan

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I'm thinking that a second hand store or yard sale is the way to go. You might get lucky and find a 30-50 years old percolator pot in great condition for $10 or less.
 
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Old Gray Mare

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Cyclonemom said:
I am looking for recommendations on stove top, specifically on top of a wood stove, coffee maker to add to my preps.

I found this one on Amazon, but looking to see if anyone here has any personal experience with such a thing, or has other recommendations.

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How about a spatter ware one from Lehman's in Kidron, Ohio? I've seen them in the camping section at Wal-Mart. YMMV.

Knowing just how long to allow one to perk is an art.
 
BeeMan

BeeMan

Just buzzin along
Cyclonemom said:
So, is there any preferred way to store roasted coffee beans? Iirc, they aren't something you can store long term due to the oils, correct? I really don't want to buy beans weekly like I've heard about. Maybe 3-4 pounds worth for a several month supply??
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My wife, a somewhat coffee snob, buys 5 or 6 pounds at a time online, I think amazon, she puts all but a pound of the whole beans in the chest freezer, the last pound goes in the kitchen freezer and is ground one days worth at a time.
Me, not snobby at all, more frugal instead buy the cheapest I can find a can or three at a time and it sits in the cabinet over the stove, so not to be in the dwarfs my wife's way. Tastes fine to me, but I’m not a very picky kind of person. YMMV
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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I've been eyeing a stainless steel drip pot on amazon, it costs $85. I finally read the reviews and they are awful, so its off my wish list. I have no clue what happened to the old aluminum drip pot that ex and I had, probably lost it in Katrina. I've got a merlita so that will have to do.

God is good all the time

Judy
 
Starrkopf

Starrkopf

Veteran Member
A french press is simplicity itself. if you can boil water you can make french press coffee.

My solution though? a large supply of instant coffee I actually found an instant coffee that I like just as much as fresh coffee and so I just use that. but if you have coffee grounds you can't beat a french press.
 
Millwright

Millwright

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More discussion here,

Centered on Millwright's coffee prep level>>>FAIL. :lol:

Overnighting at a remote location. Prep level-FAIL.

Having "camped" in a 27ton steel box for a month at a stretch, in fabulous locations like Death Valley in the summer and Germany during a record cold winter. My threshold for roughing it includes hot n cold running water. I have the basic gear for caveman ops, but no desire to use it. If...
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Millwright

Millwright

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Looks like the answer is to have multiple options, starting with a French press and ranging down to a clean sock.... then a dirty sock. :D
 
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