When we were in France my friend improvised when making fresh coffee with a filter and a funnel but I'm looking to buy her cafetiere as a gift. Obviously it would be better if it's not glass for packing purposes. Has anyone got one or seen any about?
I'd take a little care here. If your friend is a fresh coffee "buff", she'll have views about filter drip v cafetiere brewing. I could not even begin to face the day without a filter brew of fresh coffe. A cafetiere brew by contrast, is usually much "grittier", and whilst drinkable, isn't to my taste at all.
TBH, we take a filter cone and glass jug and wrap it up well. But there's just the two of us now and we're careful.
If she's OK with a cafetiere I think the other thread mentioned had some "camping" versions.
If we had EHU I'd actually go for a machine and keep the box for transport too/from. Bliss
Hi, I've just bought a polycarbonate one - I hope - from ebay. Not arrived yet so hoping it'll be what I want! Was cheaper than the catering firms so not sure of the quality. I'll keep you posted.
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We use a glass one with a plastic exterior frame. It wears a padded jacket which is intended to keep the coffee warm but acts as padding for transport as well. Not managed to break it yet and I am a clumsy begger.
Quote: Originally posted by mikegalagher on 24/6/2009
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I'd take a little care here. If your friend is a fresh coffee "buff", she'll have views about filter drip v cafetiere brewing. I could not even begin to face the day without a filter brew of fresh coffe. A cafetiere brew by contrast, is usually much "grittier", and whilst drinkable, isn't to my taste at all.
I'm glad you said that that....we quite often use a plastic filter with papers (I use one at work on a daily basis) and I'd be horrified if someone suggested I ought to use a cafetiere instead! The filters work really well, they don't break and there is little cleaning. They might be low tech but they work.
We also use an old style perculator on the hob.
If you want to buy her something nice, a stove top expresso machine would be a lovely treat if she's into coffee.
Quote: Originally posted by mikegalagher on 24/6/2009
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How do you go on with the stove top perculator ? Is it more of an espresso brew ?
We've got a Gaggia drip machine and a Gaggia expresso machine - OH is a bit of a coffee freak but for mornings we revert to the Philips Senseo machine that is by the side of the bed! The idea of a machine with a timer is a good one though...might investigate a timer to add to the Gaggia drip machine for weekends!
We really like the stove top perculator, you need to use a fairly coarse ground coffee, we grind our own as most ready ground coffees are too fine and end up in the coffee. I suppose it is a bit expresso like except the perculator keeps "perking" the coffee over and over again whereas the expresso machine the water just goes through the coffee once (IYSWIM?), you can "over perk" the coffee and for it to taste a bit stewed. It works for us as we can make a big pot (we have a 12 cup Coleman) in one go.
I too use the plastic filter cups from Tesco. They do a strong french-style coffee £1.69 for 10 cups. I like my strong fresh coffee and I find this perfectly acceptable, very light to pack and nothing to break, nothing to bring home. Some times you just have to be practical!
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Topic: Camping Cafetiere?
