I killed it :(

[coffeenutdesigns]

The coffeemaker. I tried to clean it and now it doesn't work...which just proves my theory that no good comes from me cleaning so I should just stop doing it Having to resort to the keurig, which I detest on principle but my husband got it as a gift, while I am waiting for water to boil in the teapot to make some coffee manually. I have a backup coffeemaker, but I want to make sure this one is good and dead before I break out the backup.

 

[LilacGal]

You do realize in our home that's a crime punishable by death? Do you have a french press that you're heating water for?

 

[coffeenutdesigns]

No, I keep thinking I will buy one. I am just using the coffeemaker, just pouring the hot water into the funnel over the coffee. I'll put it on the stove to stay warm because the hot plate part doesn't work either. Funny thing is I have a collection of antique coffeepots if I actually wanted to percolate coffee.

 

[PSFAngoras]

I have a vintage Pyrex glass 6 cup coffee maker. I LOVE it! I threw my coffee maker away after I got it, the coffee from the machines just isn't the same!

Hope you get your coffee fix soon!

 

[dayna]

French presses make amazing coffee. It seems you could duplicate that without a press? Pour boiling water over grounds, let sit for a few minutes, then put through a wire mesh strainer?

 

[LilacGal]

Or through a filter placed in the strainer....

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Our stupid coffee maker is rather finicky too. We just had to run vinegar through it (twice!) the other day, but before that it was having issues with the heating element, which spontaneously resolved.

Building a quality coffeemaker isn't rocket science- you'd think they could make one that lasted more than a year or so.

 

[coffeenutdesigns]

I just put the coffee grounds and filter in the basket to the coffee maker and poured my boiling water over it. Worked the same as using the coffeemaker, except I had to heat and pour the water instead of the coffeemaker doing it for me. I just can't really deal with these things without having coffee first, lol. I'm kinda mad because I skipped out on getting a black friday coffee maker because I already had a backup from last black Friday. Now if I open the new one there is no back up and if it goes out I would have to *gasp* pay full price!

 

[MamaSheepdog]

We usually have backup coffeemakers, too.

But for those emergency situations when we don't, or there is a power outage, we have a Coleman Camping coffemaker that you can put on a gas stove. We had to break that out during the mysterious heating element failure.

 

[DogCatMom]

Uh...Melitta filter with ground coffee, pour boiling water into the filter and filter holder, coffee drips into the cup? No power required (unless you have an electric stove; ours is gas), simple enough for even a technophobe like me to manage. We have a one-cup-at-a-time filter basket, but 4-cuppers are available.

I'm very fond of stuff that doesn't *require* electricity. That ice storm back in Atlanta when I was in college cemented this feeling: no power for five days, but BF and I had gas stove, gas heat, and gas hot water, so we were OK. This has been my absolute guiding principle ever since w/regard to these items.

(Oh, yeah: we *have* a fancy-dancy coffee maker: DH knows how to use it. If I need coffee when he's at work, it's Melitta for me.)

 

[Zab]

Oh all the ways to make emergency coffee..

Frensh pressers, are those the ones where you mix ground beans and water and then press a filter down through the can/thingy? I've had several.. I keep breaking them. I don't quite get how I manage to do that but I do..

I have a one-cup coffee machine too. Not the new tassimo stuff but a mini thing that looks luxuary.

I've made coffee over fire in the viking camp, roughly ground beans and filtering through dry grass. That was an interesting method... but I'm a severe coffee addict. I'd eat the beans dry if it was my only option, just to relieve the coffee-headache I get within a day without coffee. Someday I might have to deal with that..

 

[coffeenutdesigns]

yeah, I don't do caffeine headaches. They are the worst! I have a fireplace if worse comes to worse, but this was just a (relatively) minor inconvenience. I should get some chocolate covered espresso beans to have on hand for emergencies, lol.

 

[coyotejoe]

I enjoyed how they made coffee in Ethiopia. The beans were roasted on a tin plate over a charcoal fire, then pounded to dust with a mortar & pestel. Coffee & water were brought to a boil in a long neck ceramic vase over the same charcoal fire. When it boiled out the top they pulled the vase off the fire and stuck a wad of fibers like hemp or flax into the neck of the vase and that was the filter through which the coffee was poured. It was a very muddy espresso since the fiber wad only filtered out the big pieces of beans.

 

[bobqdevon]

We have a regular 12 cup, a smaller 4 cup, and a keurig. If all of those fail, or the power is out, I have our wood burner and a old fashioned perc coffee pot. I can NEVER be without coffee :coffeebath:

Note to MC and MAGGIE... WE NEED MORE COFFEE RELATED SMILES! It's almost a crime.

 

[LilacGal]

If the power goes out I'm using a fire outside to boil a pot of water and using my coffepot that way. Sadly our rental is all electric.

 

[TMTex]

The coffeemaker. I tried to clean it and now it doesn't work...which just proves my theory that no good comes from me cleaning so I should just stop doing it Having to resort to the keurig, which I detest on principle but my husband got it as a gift, while I am waiting for water to boil in the teapot to make some coffee manually. I have a backup coffeemaker, but I want to make sure this one is good and dead before I break out the backup.

Since it seems all of the electical parts quit, maybe there's still some moisture in it. Simple electrical appliances like coffee makers can recover from being wet, even if they were totally submerged if you let them dry out completely. I'd suggest using your backup for a while and come back to this one much later. Maybe a month or so from now.

We have a collection of coffee makers, but have found that those that make coffee under pressure are the best. All of our drip coffee makers are in storage now.

French presses make amazing coffee.

I've heard that. I'll have to get one for my wife for Christmas. She only drinks Keurig coffee, but a French Press might be a good backup. If we lose power there aren't many backups for emergency coffee here. I have a stovetop espresso maker that I brought back from Italy, but it takes a long time to brew and you have to be watching it the whole time. A French Press still uses pressure to make coffee, so I bet it would be awesome. Might save a few bucks along the way too.

 

[bobqdevon]

Oh, I forgot to add, that if for some reason I can't use the wood burner, I have the 41,000btu propane cooker I could put the perc pot on... Or use the inverter in my truck to power the hotplate to use the perc, or if it's just the electric out, I can plug the coffeepot into the inverter. IF ALL ELSE FAILS, it's to the gas station on the ATV for cups of coffee... NEVER without coffee...

I don't like coffee much...

 

[JDWest]

Coffee percolator all the way for us. Fresh ground beans in it; smells sooo good. We like the robust flavor it produces. Straightforward device that helps keep my sanity for the day. It never dies and i dont need filters.