Cafetiere?

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Just having a cup of instant coffee and dreaming of a nice cup of 'real'... Cafetiere is an obvious solution but there's so many to choose from on Ebay etc.

Any recommendations for something that will do say 2/3 cups, won't break if it falls over, and won't corrode away in a couple of weeks?

TY
 
A Bialetti espresso maker.
I have a 6-cup one on board. If you don't want an espresso, then just dilute the coffe that it makes. Make from Aluminium, it is very very tough and has survived being bashed about without any bother. You can get similar s/steel versions and different sizes. Not expensive either.
Well worth it.
 
I use a plastic "Bodum" type cafetière - seems totally unbreakable. Have used the Biallatti type but it was not too stable on the cooker and the aluminim tended to corrode after a while. I had a plastic "thermos" type cafetière but it was too bulky to get under the salt water tap for rinsing out the dregs and almost impossible to clean + being a tad too tall and bulky for the locker. I do have a single cup drip thingy - fill compartment with coffee, place over cup, fill with hot water, wait - but it is also unstable and produces luke-warm coffee.
 
CaptainBob said:
Just having a cup of instant coffee and dreaming of a nice cup of 'real'... Cafetiere is an obvious solution but there's so many to choose from on Ebay etc.

Any recommendations for something that will do say 2/3 cups, won't break if it falls over, and won't corrode away in a couple of weeks?

TY
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Expresso and cafetiere are entirely different flavours. You need to decide which you prefer. Filter is the other way similar to cafetiere. If money is not a big problem have you tried the plastic filter things they sell in supermarkets with coffee inside? Douwe Egberts if that is how its spelt are good. The Dutch had to find something to be good at, after the demise of the windmill and dyke, and they finally succeeded.
 
No special kit - just a jug

The admiral needs a couple of cups of real coffee in the morning to complete her daily transformation back in to a human being.

No equipment - just make it in a jug. If you really want to push the boat out use a wide neck vacuum flask. When pushed we have just used a saucepan.

Use a rounded desert spoonful for each mug of coffee (we use 3 desert spoons for about 1000 ml - your mileage may vary)
Pour on boiling water and stir
Wait a few mins and stir the crud on the surface to make it sink. Don't stir too vigorously or too deep.
Wait a few mins for crud to settle and pour
Don't give guests the last cup 'cause it can get a bit muddy.
 
we've got a stainless steel cafetiere and one of these as well:

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Just looked in the cupboard - we have EIGHT of the bleery things!! Two large cafetieres, two small (one-cup), one double-wall insulated, two metal mesh top-filtery things, and one of those Italian boily cans....

Then there are two more electric jobs, hidden away somewhere, still in their boxes.

How on earth did we accumulate all those? I worry about me sometimes.....

:D
 
Personally, I much prefer filter to cafetiere and its much simpler in terms of kit and cleaning up afterward.

I use a wide mouth thermos, a plastic funnel and disposable paper filters. Coffee keeps hot in the flask, clean-up involves chucking the filter and grounds in the bin, or overboard if offshore.

In a crisis you can improvise a filter with a sieve and kitchen paper, I couldn't drink unfiltered coffee like shmoo; that must be really gritty and bitter!
 
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Choosing Cafetiere

If you go down the cafetiere route be careful when choosing. We had one that we bought from Asda or Tesco, consistnig of a Pyrex jug inside a plastic body. The first time I used it, when the coffee had been drunk I removed the lid and topped it up with cold water to rinse the grounds out. Up on deck I inverted the assembly to tip the grounds over the side. The grounds/cold water duly tipped into the sea, closely followed by the pyrex jug, which wasn't held captive in the plastic body.

Our new cafetiere is a cheapo, but the jug is fixed to the handle.
 
whipper_snapper said:
Personally, I much prefer filter to cafetiere and its much simpler in terms of kit and cleaning up afterward.

I use a wide mouth thermos, a plastic funnel and disposable paper filters. Coffee keeps hot in the flask, clean-up involves chucking the filter and grounds in the bin, or overboard if offshore.

In a crisis you can improvise a filter with a sieve and kitchen paper, I couldn't drink unfiltered coffee like shmoo; that must be really gritty and bitter!
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Good system but I expect you also have had the dubious pleasure of cleaning up the grains from the cabin sole
 
CaptainBob said:
Just having a cup of instant coffee and dreaming of a nice cup of 'real'... Cafetiere is an obvious solution but there's so many to choose from on Ebay etc.

Any recommendations for something that will do say 2/3 cups, won't break if it falls over, and won't corrode away in a couple of weeks?

TY
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on board & @ home we use a s/s insulated Jobbie from Whittard first rate coffee that keeps hot for an hr
 
We have a selection of combined insulated mugs / cafetieres. Good size; strength to suit you; not managed to break one (yet!); keeps hot for ages; top can be closed if you have to put it down so it won't spill even if knocked over; wide mouth so easy clean; ... .

Definitely the mutt's nuts. :)
 
cafetiere

We use a 1 litre stainless steel vacuum cafetiere made by Judge. I bought it at the local hardware shop but they were also available at Amazon. It's fairly sturdy and we use it in the evenings when moored up, but I think you might have to store it carefully if using whilst sailing.
 
Keep it simple and go for either the Rombouts filter pots or coffee bags (like tea bags). Nescafe capuccino mix is also quite good. We've NEVER had a jar of instant on board! That's sacrilege to a real coffee drinker :D:D

When we get our big Moody we'll probably get rid of the chart table and fit a proper coffee bar, with grinder, steam expresso machine, comfy chairs, cake stand, etc, etc...much more useful methinks ;)
 
CaptainBob said:
Just having a cup of instant coffee and dreaming of a nice cup of 'real'... Cafetiere is an obvious solution but there's so many to choose from on Ebay etc.

Any recommendations for something that will do say 2/3 cups, won't break if it falls over, and won't corrode away in a couple of weeks?

TY
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See if you can find a Thermos Cafetiere - ours is 4 mug size and keeps hot for 4 hours.
£1 from a charity shop.
 
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