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I found a percolator in my aunt's things, this style below. I'm not a coffee drinker but thought I might use it for company or camping trips, it brings back memories of camp trips when I was a kid.

I'm guessing you measure out the correct water, and then the proper amount of grinds go into the basket, then what?

Do you heat the water before inserting the basket, or just put it all on the stove cold?

I remember at some point you see the coffee percolating in the glass handle up top, how do you know when the coffee is done brewing? Can you use any type of grinds, or some especially for percolator pots?

Thanks.

Fill with water to just below the bottom of the basket, use regular grind coffee (about 4-5 heaping table spoons full), assemble and put on stove. Let it perk for about 5 minutes and enjoy.

It should be ground for percolators. As I recall Mom would make the "fancy" percolator coffee for Sunday dinner when my grandparents would come over. Put the grounds in the basket cold water in the pot and heat it on the stove for 15 mins or so. I was a youngster so others may offer a little more specificity.

I remember it being good though, fond memories those.

Those are great! You don't measure anything tho, you just dump a bunch of grounds in the basket, fill it up with water and let it perk away on the Coleman!!

The longer you let it percolate, the stronger your coffee will be.

That amount of coffee would kill me. Today at McDonald's I ordered 1/4 cup of decaff and fill it up with hot water. The guy actually took a double take. I repeated what I wanted so he served it up. Ocationally the clerk says, "Just take it. I can't charge you for that." I always give them at least a quarter to pay for their time and the cup.

What kinda sprout needs percolator instructions?

,...as if I ain't feelin' old enough today.

By the way,...that's a Revere Ware Percolator.

One just like it was a part of the household goods during the majority of my youth. It's very good quality.

I started drinking coffee out of one just like it when I was about 4 years old,....half coffee,...half milk,...3 tablespoons of sugar.

Put it on high heat until it first perks, then turn it low enough so it just barely keeps perking. Then you watch the color of the coffee in the glass dome until it looks like you want. Now it's ready to drink.
If you don't want the contents of the pot to get bitter, remove the basket & grounds so it doesn't drip into the pot after brewing.
If you have grounds floating around in your coffee, throw a half dozen drops of cold water on the top of the liquid and they'll all drop to the bottom.
Awesome coffee, and you don't need a timer or a measuring cup or spoon.
BTW, it's a crime against nature to add sugar or milk...

My Aunt Margie had one exactly like that when I was a little kid. She loved her fresh percolated coffee. I remember being fascinated with the way you could see it percolating through that glass bulb at the top.

you can buy the filters for those perc @ walmart, I use a perc all the time my wife hates the smell of Coffee so I have to make it in the garage on my campstove

I have a percolator that works essentially the same, except without the bulb on the top, and you just plug it in instead of put it on the stove top. I'd like to get one like that one to see if it makes better coffee.

Baekoff how old are you?

Instructions for a coffee perculator? well I never...

I don't believe it requires a filter. The cage contains the coffee, and then you just thoroughly clean it out with a brush and hot soapy water.

Here you go, Barkoff. How To Use A Stovetop Percolator

[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vkKHMiiErrk[/video]

It's always been hot dirty water to me.

53, just never acquired a taste for coffee. My father liked coffee but he was limited to the coffee shops. My mother, she never drank coffee either. My exposure to coffee making was when I was young, watching gramps use a percolator on top of the Coleman.

My daughter all drink coffee, and my wife does a little, I figure that will give me the chance to carry on tradition...still have gramp's old Coleman and pot also.

One of those has been sitting on my parents stove top since I can remember.


My dad makes his decaf(heart condition) on a drip maker but my mom still uses the perc.

Our fancy POS Cruisenshart quit working the other day, $100 junk.

Do none of you guys make coffee at camp? To be honest (and not to be rude) I find it strange some folks don't know how to use a percolator. It's ridicously easy, like some have stated above.

I've got 3, and sometimes make my daily morning coffee in one even when at home. I like to keep it warm by putting it on the wood stove.

My mom got me hooked on coffee when I was a little kid. She'd let me take a sip of hers. When I started sipping about half of it, she started making me my own cup of coffee every morning. School was rough because, by the time I got home from school, I needed my second coffee fix, and felt like a zombie till I got it.

I still remember waking up to the percolator on the coleman or open fire when I was a kid on my first few hunting trips.

Even though I don't drink coffee any more, (medical condition) I still make coffee every morning in camp because everyone else loves coffee in the morning and I love the smell of fresh brewed coffee.

I got tired of breaking the little glass bulbs on the lid of the percolators, and I got a Coleman drip coffeemaker from a friend for Christmas a couple years ago, so now I make drip coffee in camp. IMHO, the drip coffee maker makes better coffee because it is ground finer, but the percolator made better memories. And my dad used to make some coffee that would wake up the dead on some of those hunting trips......

Bob

Fixed.