Coffee Pots and Coffee brands...Whats yours?

[oxydolfan1]

"Does anybody get into Turkish coffee?"

Yep, just bought the ibrik and the coffee last month, but haven't whipped up any yet, because of the heat...

My friend is going to teach me how to make frappes with the Greek Nescafe coffee (mmmmmm!)

One of the great things about living in this area is that all of these products are readily available and cheap, so if you try something out and don't like it, it's no great loss!

 

[launderess]

Bokar Blend

Our local Food Empourium (divison of A&P) always has bags of stuff, both small and large. Used to go on sale quite regularly but now since the brand was sold, nothing in months.

Should you truly start jonesing for some, let me know.

L.

 

[petek]

You can still get Bokar at the A&P here

 

[bobofhollywood]

no A&P or Safeway around here

I found that Bokar can be ordered online...if you order 75 bucks of the stuff at once. The online site also suggested that if I ask my grocer to stock it, that should work.

I'm just encouraged to know it's still available, somewhere. This was also my Great Grandmother's favorite coffee, so it has been a favorite in my family for generations now. I hope to keep the tradition alive.

Thanks guys & gals.

Love to you all.

Bob

 

[~sudsshane]

I miss A&P

I remember when I was a kid the smell of fresh eight o'clock coffee as you would enter each A&P store. I also remember the red coffee grinders at the end of each checkout..ahh..those were the days!

PeteK, I didn't know A&P was in Canada..how lucky for you! =)

 

[~sudsshane]

Bob~

I can get Bokar down here..If I see it when I hit the supermarket, I will pick you up a few bags and send it off to you.

E-Mail me your address..

~Shane

 

[nurdlinger]

When I was thinking about buying the Silex pot I mentioned earlier, I came across this website which y'all might find enjoyable.

_A Trip Inside Your Coffee Pot_

 

[tlee618]

Hey Kevin, if it is the gasket that I am thinking about you can just use a hose washer. When I moved down here I didn't bring my ten year old Bunn with me but I had replaced the gasket twice in it with the hose washer and it always worked fine.

 

[selectomatic]

Bunn Gaskets.

There are two gaskets. One's about the size of a hose washer, and the other's much bigger. They live right on top of the tank, so they get really hot. The replacements were some odd white silicone-type stuff.

-kevin

 

[sudsmaster]

Lately I've been using a small Melitta automatic coffee maker. It takes a #2 small filter (or is it #4?), and brews about 4 cups max. It's the kind that's designed to fill two thermal travel mugs at one time. For grounds I prefer a locally roasted Columbian, San Francisco Bay brand. I use a burr grinder to grind beans fresh for every brewing.

During the winter I prefer tea, generally jasmine or ti kuan yin variety.

 

[danemodsandy]

Bokar:

Publix carries it, if you're in an area they serve.

The online availability is ridiculous- a case at $75! Now you know why A & P is a ghost of its former self- they only do things the way THEY want to, not the way that's convenient for their customers. They had to pull out of this area (Atlanta) completely- people just didn't want to shop there any more. A visit to A & P was about as much fun as a visit to the DMV, and the DMV had better atmosphere.

 

[bethann]

Bunn and Folgers only.(French roast)

 

[waterstreet]

Coffee

Eight O'Clock beans - usually French Roast sometimes Bokar.
Ground in an old Braun blade grinder.
Brewed in a Bodum French press.
I also like French Market coffee and chicory - sometimes a kind person sends me a bag of roasted chicory from France and I add that to the grinder.
Everything seems to be French except for the German grinder.
David

 

[kenwashesmonday]

I believe A&P is known as Super Fresh down DE. None in MD?

Ken

Post#213272-5/30/2007-21:39 ||| bobofhollywood (HOLLYWOOD MD)
no A&P or Safeway around here

 

[washabear]

I currently use a standard Mr Coffee unit, and it works fine. The more boutique makes (Braun, Cusinart) never lasted very long for me. I like Safeway coffee, which I have heard is Peet's, but I don't know that for sure. I also like Tim Horton's, Eight O'Clock, and a brand called Bucks County. I have also found some of the Trader Joe's coffee to be pretty good. I usually buy Columbian coffee and always buy it ground; I used to have coffee grinders, but I find them too messy to deal with.

I drink black coffee, and I like it mellow and clear; the strong, thick stuff doesn't really appeal to me.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Lately, I've been drinking Berkley & Jensen (BJ's warehouse brand) Colombian, ground in a vintage Kitchenaid coffee mill (thanks, Tomtom!), and perked in a vintage Presto perc.

I have a bunch of percolators, but I always seem to come back to the Presto. It's fast, the coffee is good and hot, and it's immersible, so easy to clean.

Just the other day, I got a Proctor-Silex Bon Vivant drip coffee maker but I've yet to try it out. If it makes coffee half as good as the literature claims, that'll really be something!

veg

 

[hoover1060]

I'm not a huge coffee drinker, I have a 4-cup Mr. Coffee that I use daily and a 12-cup model for when Michael is over or if I have company.
I also have a Hoover SS percolator that I use now and again which makes very good coffee, and a Sunbeam Coffeemaster circa 1949 that belonged to my grandmother. I don't know that the Sunbeam has ever been used.
As for coffee itself, I like a 50/50 mix of flavored Gevalia and Folgers Columbian. Gevalia flavors are either Irish cream or Mocha.
Michael and I had been together for a while before he asked me one Sunday morning if I used flavored coffee. Now there are two coffee containers in my fridge, one Folgers Columbian Supreme with an "M" on the top, and my container of mixed stuff.

 

[rp2813]

Safeway and Peets

I don't think Safeway is marketing re-branded Peets. I truly have come to hate Safeway for a number of reasons--jacked up prices after re-designing most all of their house brand packaging along with ridiculously high produce being the main ones--and finally stopped shopping there several months ago. I believe they carry Peets, but I'd rather go to a Peets store where I know the stuff is fresh. Generally I find most of what Peets roasts to be too dark for me but will sometimes give certain blends a try. My local independent roaster has a blend I like and it's fairly consistent. I drink my coffee black and do pull out the French press once in a while. That method also provides the foamy head Laundress mentions above, and I love the first pour from a French press for that reason.

 

[joeekaitis]

Melitta Fast Brew and whatever 100% Colombian is on sale.

 

[toggleswitch]

Turkish Coffee You Say?

These ibrik (Turkish word) or briki (Greek word) are sold here as *COUGH* butter warmers. KINOX is the brand. Traditionally these were lined copper with a long, thin metal handle. Enamel-on-steel types are also popular.

There are a few brands of coffee available, but even very finely ground "cafe molido" Spanish/Hispanic style coffee will do.

In case you are wondering, the coffee is being brewed on a one-burner camping-style stove where the burner sits right over the tiny propane bottle (perhaps the size of a quart/litre). Perhaps an electric smooth-top or a hob takes too long. Interestingly gas Turkish stoves normally have a tiny burner just for this purpose. [Of course when imported to the US as the "Avanti" brand the small burner is labeled a "simmer" burner and everyone is happy but anyhoo, I digress. Maybe it just "needs" (feng-shui)to be brewed over an open flame as this is proably THE most ancient method of making coffee.

The sugar, water and coffee go in at the same time. One ussually asks their guest "medium, sweet or heavy-sweet" and adds sugar accordingly. Medium I believe is 1:1 sugar:coffee.

The coffee is allowed to foam-up three times being removed from the heat to calm down. The foam is considered the best part and is distrbuted first among all the demi-tasse cups ("FLITZAN" I believe is the Turkish word). You don't stir it or add sugar or milk. Normally you leave a little at the bottom where the muck settles. You then swirl the cup and turn it over. Once dried a bit, an experienced person (woman usually) will read your fourtune in it.

This was the only thing that the Greeks drank as coffee for centuries. [They were slaves to the Turks for 450 years, and probalby picked up a thing or two from them]. Now, they have coffee as we know it, but the call it "French" coffee. FEH!