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[sudsmaster]

Ralph,

 

I have two different types of orange tree on my property.

 

The Washington Navel tree gives easily peeled and separated segments for eating as is. The Valencia tree gives juicy fruit perfect for slicing in half and juicing.

 

[rp2813]

My buddy has a vintage copper plated jar opener that's similar to the one Ken posted, but it's much more compact.  I had never seen one before and he showed me how to use it.

 

[sarahperdue]

Vintage all the way

1) Sunbeam Coffeemaster C30 is my daily driver

2) Sunbeam egg cooker. The egg cooker is the appliance I didn't know existed and now can't live without

3) Corningware

 

Honorable mention goes to the shamelessly bougie Ember coffee mug that holds my coffee at the perfect temperature for as long as it takes me to drink it. The thing retails for a painful $130. I got mine at the thrift store in the original box for $10

 

[petek]

Nothing like a $10 bargoon. My $24 looked to be never used Zojirushi bread maker was one of them.
I love the vintage egg cookers.. I have an old Hankscraft one from the 50s, does boiled eggs or poached,, all on a literal tablespoon of water giver or take how you want them done, soft to hard.

 

[luxflairguy]

My Picks!

Are my Melitta Instant kettle and my Bodum french press coffee maker! The Melitta is used several times a day to make coffee, tea and to fast start water for veggies. It's 20 years old and still going strong. I do boil a quart of white vinegar in it each year to keep the bottom/heating plate clean. Greg

 

[sudsmaster]

1) Bosch dishwasher*

2) Titan T1060 Waste Disposer (Joneca)

3) Keurig 2.0 Coffee Maker, with special cup for ground beans

 

 

 

 

 

 

* I hate washing dishes!

 

[sarahperdue]

Bosch dishwasher

Yep. I love mine. It's creeping ahead of a vintage KitchenAid for a spot in my vintage kitchen.

 

[chachp]

Hot water dispenser..

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">My goto morning coffee is pour over using a Chemex coffeepot.  I have one of those electric goose neck water kettles that I have set at 203 and it takes 3-4 minutes to heat the water from cold.  We have one of those hot water dispensers at our kitchen sink that heats the water to about 180.  So I fill the water kettle every morning using the hot water out of the dispenser and it literally takes less than a minute to bring the water to 203.  Every second counts when you're waiting for that morning first cup .</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">When I think about how often we use the water out of that dispenser throughout the day I have to add that hot water dispenser to my list.</span>

 

[vacerator]

Lately

my Krups vintage coffe grinder

 

[sarahperdue]

Chemex

Ralph, do you use the Chemex paper filters? We have a Chemex, and I think it makes stellar coffee with the Chemex brand paper filters. With the metal filter my husband uses with it, not so much.

 

My Coffeemaster C30 beats the Chemex with the metal filter hands down. It's a draw with the Chemex and paper filters--the Chemex might even be slightly better.

 

Sarah

 

[chachp]

Chemex Paper Filters

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sarah, only Chemex paper filters for me.  I have used a Chemex pot for the better part of 40 years.  Over the years I have tried a number of reusable filters.  Some cloth, some metal and I remember one that was some kind of material that I can't even say what it was.  It was some kind of rubber material.   I remember after the first use it was stained by the coffee and the coffee was terrible.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">My experience has been the Chemex paper filter is the only one that removes the "stuff" that makes coffee bitter.  If you ever feel you want to test, make a pot of coffee with the Chemex filter and then another using one of these other filters.  Pour a cup of each and then look closely at the top of the cup of coffee and on the non Chemex filter cup, you can see the oils floating on top.  Those oils contribute to making the cup bitter.</span>

 

[rp2813]

I agree about the Chemex method.  I do cheat, though.  I hacked my Bonavita automatic drip by using a medium sized Chemex carafe with it.  You can't get a smoother brew with anything other than Chemex paper filters.  I have to use the "FC" type filters with round tops in order to fit the Bonavita, and they can sometimes be hard to find.  During COVID they were MIA, and I was using scissors to cut the square filters to fit.

 

I also agree about the instant hot water dispenser.  We had one in the remodeled kitchen of our first house and it saw a lot of use.  I recently found a used one for free on Nextdoor and am going to install it when I change out the faucet on the sink.  I do prefer using filtered water from the refrigerator dispenser for making coffee, but I'm not so particular about tea.  I'm also considering an in-line filter for the hot water dispenser's supply.

 

[chachp]

Filtered Water

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">The water that goes to our dispenser is filtered and I agree that makes a difference.  </span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have or had (not sure where it is at the moment) one of the original Chemex automatic makers from the 70s and it makes good coffee.  A few years back I bought an Ottomatic and it makes good coffee but it takes too long.  About 11 minutes for a 6 cup pot.  I can do a pour over in about 3 minutes once the water is at temp.  I may have to look for a second hand Bonavita.  They have a setting to do a bloom first, correct?</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I had to chuckle about cutting the square filters to round, I had to do that when I was using the original maker and couldn't find the round ones.</span>