Kinda cool.
Today's my regular day off and tomorrow is November 11, Remembrance Day in Canada, so I have it off too. It's been a long time since I've had two days off in a row.
So Laura and I ran some errands. We had $22.00 worth of Canadian Tire money, so we went up to Canadian Tire to look at their Coffee Percolators. We are in constant pursuit of a good coffee maker. Our last one, a filtered drip deal, sprang a leak a while ago and waters the whole counter every time we make coffee.
So, we saw a stove top Percolator for sale. We've been thinking we'd like to try one like that, see what it does to the taste of coffee. The 22 bucks knocked most of the money off it, so we got it.
We tried it for supper and, so far so good, (Which means, good and strong, which is how we like it!!)
Micah's washing the dishes upstairs, then we're going to watch the movie "Chicken Run"
...maybe I'll make some coffee for the movie, put a little eggnog in it and, instant party!!
Hope you're happy with the percolator, and that you can get better coffee in Canada than in the US.
ReplyDeleteEver tried a cafetiere? It's essentially a glass cylinder that you push a filter through to strain out the grounds. Easy to use and less to go wrong than a percolator. And if you need to make more ina hurry then just rinse the (steel mesh) filter and do it again. Thanks to a petrol promotion we picked up ours for the equivalent of about $7.50 a couple of years back. Lots of use since then :-)
BTW chicken run is great. Ever seen "The wrong trousers" or "A close shave"? A little less refined (esp TWT) but quite entertaining in a uniquely 1950s English fashion.
Toni is right about the coffee maker. We've had one like that - we call them a Bodum here - for years and I would never go back to perked coffee or to an electric coffee maker, both for speed and for taste.
ReplyDeleteHi, Randall - Can you send me your email address? I tried to email you by clicking on your Contact Me area, but it came back undeliverable. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe have been talking about that, Bodum thing, it seems like a good thing. The one we found at Canadian Tire was about a 1 cup deal, so it really wasn't big enough. We didn't want to dish out alot of cash and be disapointed. You both like them??
ReplyDeleteToni: A couple years ago Lauralea got me the whole Wallace & Gromit collection on VHS. I love the genre.
The movie was great. We laughed the most over the Star Trek references "We have a cling-on!"
Thanks Cathy, it's on the way
ReplyDeleteHad a feeling you might be into that sort of thing, you old Anglophile!
ReplyDeleteBodum is one of the makes available over here, but there are others. Are they very expensive in Canada? A one cup jobbie would be ?4 or ?5 in a discount hardware shop here. The bigger ones about double that or more, depending on whether you want chrome/gold or can make do with brown plastic. Of course coffee always tastes better in a flashy expensive one ;-)
Most of the makes here are the Bodums. You can get he bigger ones - we have a ten cup one. Nutters has them and I am sure I've seen them other places not as expensive as Nutters. The good thing about getting the Bodum mark which seems to be the most common here is that if the glass carafe breaks, it can be replaced. Definately go for one with a metal strap around the glass. Not sure if the plastic types are as easy to change if the glass breaks.
ReplyDeleteWe had a Bodum which made about 4 cups of coffee, and we loved it until it broke, and we decided to switch to a drip machine rather than replacing the glass cylinder. These coffee presses make the best tasting coffee, but it's a mess to clean, and there is no way to keep it hot.
ReplyDeleteCurrently we have a "Bunn" drip coffee machine - one of the home-sized (10 cup) models. We love it because it is fast due to a tankful of pre-heated water... takes just 3 minutes. Expensive but worth it.
I don't like coffee from percolators - Cooking coffee is sacrilege, a shameful abuse of one of God's good gifts.
I see that the Mountain Equipment Co-op catalogue has a "Bodum-type" coffee press made of lexan (the indestructable plastic that can be dropped off cliffs and survive). Great for camping trips as well as in the kitchen. Go to www.mec.ca and type "GSI Lexan Java Press" in the search box. Christmas is coming. (MEC also has lexan wine glasses, for camping in style)