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    If Only It Had Been a Civet ...

    Iowa woman filters coffee through bat.

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    Good Coffee for Cheap

    Eight O’Clock Coffee is an old standby brand; it started at A&P stores.

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    coffee expert needed

    What is the name of the bubble in the percolator? I have a bet going...

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    Mr. K's

    i found the food to be a bit salty. but overall not bad. they serve coffee using a percolator which is pretty neat. and good pistachio ice cream.

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    recipe for thai/vietnamese iced coffee?

    Put about 2 tablespoons of Cafe du Monde coffee in the percolator, and screw the filter on (not too tight). Place the percolator on top of a cup with a couple tablespoons of condensed milk, fill the percolator with boiled water,...

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    Fancy coffee-makers (and other "fancy stuff")

    Tried everything and for the best coffee, I use an old pewter percolator on top of a gas burner. Cannot be beat. If you are a Starbucks fan, the kid working there won’t have the faintest idea what a percolator is.

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    White Tea

    Where can fin a genuine supplier or store that have white tea. Chinatown? Apparently very expensivwe by the kilo so many places sell FAKE white tea I’ve been told. Since I know nothing about it, I don’t want to be...

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    Perking Coffee

    My drip coffee maker just died, so I’m reduced to using a percolator. The first batch was absolutely horrid, and reminded me why I switched to drip in the first place. I only make 16 ounces at a time, and my coffee is...

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    Coffee shop nostalgia in Chinatown -- Uncle's

    it looked (except for the mostly Chinese faces) like a scene from a middle-American diner of the 50’s. Big plate of ham (real ham slices), eggs, hash browns, white toast and hearty percolated coffee. I wandered by this...

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    Does anyone boil their cafe the old fashioned way?

    Actually boiling then filtering is more like the old stovetop percolators. Nobody uses them anymore because circulating boiling water through the coffee grounds for a long time produces a bitter brew. For the same reason the...

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    Coffee Grind for 30 cup urn-style pot

    1. No, not worth it – use folgers. Most people, (unless they’re all under 30!) won’t care. 2. I’m no barrista, but I would grind them in between a coarse grind and a medium grind. I had an electric...

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    ISO of WearEver Coffee 'Perc' Glass "Bubble"

    If you’re going to buy on line, check out this eBay seller if he wants to sell it: http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Vintage-Wear-Ever-3008-Aluminum-Coffee-Pot-Percolator_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ350078077541

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    Detroit. Best diner coffee

    is home-percolated Columbian on the stovetop; and BOLD or EXTRA BOLD grinds in a French Press. Any recs for great local diner coffee with “signature” breakfast would be appreciated.

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    What are your C'Hound travel essentials?

    I usually bring my percolator and some good coffee if I’m staying in a hotel. If the hotel room has one of those little coffee makers, the coffee is usually vile; and sometimes they don’t have one at all. I lived in...

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    mei lai wah visit

    .)and good coffee (served from a 40+ year old percolator) but also for the quiet bustle and rhythm of the place. Sitting there and watching a 70 year old man carry tray after tray of different buns over his head, going to the...

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