I have a Rockwood Roo 19 and it doesn't have all the space of a larger hybird. Right now, I have a walmart special 4-cup coffee maker that I bring out each morning and put it away when I am done or want breakfast as we seem to run out of counter space quickly.
I was looking into a under cabinet coffee maker, but the only one I found was a B&D 10/12 cup brewer. Is that all that is out there?
Can the standard cabinets hold a coffee maker?
Any other suggestions?
We had one of those in the house years ago. I'd reccomend against one, the steam rises right onto the cabinets. And camper cabinets are usually particle board, over time the dampness may damage them.
We have a Coleman drip coffee maker that goes on our propane stove. It takes up a fair amount of room, but makes a good cup of coffee. We also have a stainless steel perk. Requires a little practice to guess the right time. Takes up a lot less room, but you need to make a full pot or it tastes awful.
Both pots have the advantge of not needing an electric site.
Bob
I second Marcy's anti-recommendation of the under-the-cabinet style. The steam will definitely ruin your camper's cabinets.
When we have hook-ups, we have a Mr. Coffee auto-drip coffee maker that is nice from the standpoints that it is convenient and makes a full pot very quickly. But even with hook-ups, we still prefer the percolator--the flavor is so much better, even though we look like this :morning: until we get our first cup in us.
We also use the Coleman Drip Coffeemaker. Makes a good cup of coffee, although it does take some space.
The Farberware electric Percolators have a smaller foot print than a drip pot and make a darn good cup of coffee, plus they are just as fast. They come in 3 sizes.
My mil gave dh a single cup coffee maker and it works great for us. She purchased it at Ralphs for about $9. It has a mug with a plastic cone filter holder on top. Add coffee, boil your water and tah dah, freshly brewed coffee. Being that dh is the only one who drinks coffee, he even uses it at home. He doesn't like to bring out the big one for just him.
I also use the Coleman Drip Coffeemaker, it makes a good pot of coffee. I store the unit in a cabinet when it's not being used.
If you really are concerned about space, and can boil water, use of of these: Melitta Single Cup Cone Filter Holder (http://www.melitta.com/cgi-bin/sgin0101.exe?UID=2005050419074858&T1=64+0008)
Or, try one of these: Chemex Coffee Brewer (http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/coffeemakers.htm)
And my absolute favorite, most entertaining pot of cofee: The Bodum Santos (http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=28&LID=258&CHK=&SLT=&mscssid=B88TV5BPRANC9JF0KB7XWA7G9259DGG9)
We also use the Coleman drip coffee maker. We have to remove a grill on our stove top to make it fit but that is no biggie. It comes with a nifty padded carrying case and sits on the floor when we pack-up. We pre-measure the coffee in baggies to carry what we require.
Dee
Thinking out of the box a little, I recently camped with some friends who bragged all weekend about how good the Folger's "tea-bag" type coffees were. (I think it was Folger's). They did say you had to leave it in the cup the right amount of time, but still bragged about how good it was.
Larry
Quote from: brainpauseThinking out of the box a little, I recently camped with some friends who bragged all weekend about how good the Folger's "tea-bag" type coffees were. (I think it was Folger's). They did say you had to leave it in the cup the right amount of time, but still bragged about how good it was.
Larry
Yuk! :eek: Have YOU ever tried Folgers "tea-bag" coffee?? For a coffee drinker, once you have tried the good stuff, it's impossible to go backwards.
The difference between a good fresh brewed cup of quality coffee, and a Folgers "tea-bag" is similar to the difference between fine wine and dishwater.
This does not answer you question.
Making coffee in camp in a perculator has always been difficult for me. If you don't keep an eye on it it boils over.
Some years ago (when you could still buy one in a store) I bought a drip coffee pot with the tank on top as big as the coffee pot itself. Put the coffee in a basket between the top and bottom tank, pour boiling water in the top tank - when the water "drips" in to the bottom tank you have perfect coffee.
My original drip coffee pot was aluminum. Last year I found a stainless steel Revere on ebay.
Its a good system.
I remember back when ... right here on PUT ... the method of choice for making a pot was ole timey cowboy coffee.
What's become of us?
Fly
I'm still old school when camping. I still break out the perk coffee maker and throw it on the camp stove. There is something about the smell of the coffee and how it spreads throughout the campground. And how you always have grounds in the bottom of your cup makes it more like campin coffee.
Quote from: flyfishermanI remember back when ... right here on PUT ... the method of choice for making a pot was ole timey cowboy coffee.
What's become of us?
Fly
Answer: Starbucks! (And many other competing coffee houses that have spring up in the past 10 years). We tasted what good coffee can taste like.
It's hard to go back to cowboy style, or even a percolator. Especially when it's really easy to prepare really good tasting coffee, even in a PU at a campsite.