I have been using a French Press for almost 20 years. I love it but this month I broke 2 of the glass container and I hate seeing waste. I am now considering purchasing a metal one that would last. In the meantime, this morning I made my coffee in a percolator that I found in my “magic” laundry a few years ago. I thought it was so pretty and kept it on top of my cupboards as part of my kitchen decor.
I don’t make purchases lightly. I hate wasting my limited income on things I don’t need and purchasing something that I have to throw out 2 weeks later makes me crazy.
The coffee was perfect – it was easy and took less than 10 minutes. The average time to percolate is 7-10 minutes according to my google research at 6am this morning. I used the same measurements as I do in my French Press.
I love my coffee to be dark, full bodies, with lots of intense flavour – French Roast and Sumatra are my favourites. Whenever I am in London, Ontario I like to purchase my coffee at Fire Roasted. They are in the East End Market on Dundas Street, East.
Make that fair trade and organic and we are off to a very good start. I prefer to grind my own beans for optimum flavour too. Even beans ground the day before leave the taste wanting in my opinion.
When I started using Traditional Chinese Medicine as my healing therapy, the first thing Emily, my practitioner, recommended was only 1 cup of coffee per day. I am good at sticking to that. I want that cup the first thing in the morning – before food and I spend about a half hour sipping it and enjoying the start to my day. I love mornings.
I put the beans in my grinder measured to the 1.5 cup level. I grind and count to about 30 for the coarse grind recommended in a French press. I then add 12 ounces of boiling water. I stir it and let is sit for 5 minutes. Often I add a dash of cinnamon. I enjoy coffee with cardamon but not as my morning beverage with cream. Each morning I add 2 tablespoons of 5 or 10 percent cream.
Each morning this is my routine – it feels so luxurious, costs me about $1 per day and leaves me feeling like a pampered diva.
How do you make the perfect cup of coffee?
Sixty in the City 
Sounds delightful. Your wisdom is so needed in this mixed up world. Thanks for sharing your insights.
A friend bought me some REAL Ethiopian fair trade coffee from….Ethiopia! It is called Moyee and it is perfect for me. I don’t drink hot coffee, but I do drink iced coffee – year round. It levels my moods and helps with mitigate depression. I make mine in a French press, and then it goes in the freezer. By early afternoon it is mostly frozen, and I sip slowly, allowing all of it to come to the right temperature. It is medicine for me, and a pleasant medicine at that.
I love your laundry finds. It is so pretty. Is it a perc or an espresso Maker? I have never had any success with espresso makers. Maybe I’m just not doing it right. I think my favourite method is the French press . I love that first sip of hot dark rich coffee in the morning.
I’d do like iced coffee in the summer and will definitely try Joy’s freezing method .