Coffee Thread

[Phloating Phlasher]

Something in the well water here eats "dripolator" innards.
Its not just cleaning, I've tried white vinegar at a 50/50 mix, tried only using water already boiled in a kettle & commercial coffee maker cleaners.
I'm on my third dripolator & my second espresso machine in 2 years.


I just bought one of those hourglass pots & pour hot water in the top.

[Allen]

Something in the well water hear eats "dripolator" innards.
Its not just cleaning, I've tried white vinegar at a 50/50 mix, tried only using water already boiled in a kettle & commercial coffee maker cleaners.
I'm on my third dripolator & my second espresso machine in 2 years.


I just bought one of those hourglass pots & pour hot water in the top.

Our water here is a little alkaline (sweet).

I use full strength bleach (name brand) to clean our coffee pot. It only takes a few minutes. I then pour the "used" bleach down the a/c drain to keep the condensate line clear of mold/algae.

[Phloating Phlasher]

Is that a stove top pot or an electric dripolator?

[Allen]

Is that a stove top pot or an electric dripolator?

Electric. Black & Decker brand from Walmart for only $50 ($60 now). I only use the thermal pot types now with no heater under the pot. A heating element just cooks the coffee. The thermal pot is SS and the coffee stays hot and drinkable for 2 hours or longer. I've used more expensive coffee makers but like this one best. Previous models (other makes) have leaked. The only downside is it is slow---takes about 10 minutes to perk a half pot.

[PWC]

San Angelo, TX...1968, no name brand 5 cup stove top percolator. Set Gas by eye...just when it full perks turn off gas, let it sit and drain down.

Best Folgers I've ever had.

[lyman]

electric kettle,

and a clean cup,

tea bag in, (currenty yorkie gold) fill with water, (once the kettle shuts off, just pour it right in) let set a bit and drink

I don't like scalding tea,


hot day, do the same, but have a pint glass of ice , once the tea has steeped a bit, pour it over the ice, may add a cube or 3 later, and some dayum good iced tea,

use honey as a sweetner if needed, I usually don't

[Mark in Ottawa]

There's what the forum looks like on the main page for most of us on Win 10 after the latest round of up-dates from M/S.
The rest of it is much similar.

Forum is normal on my Android based phone, which is a real pain to post with due to the smaller screen and key-pad.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

I get that image if I open the site with Google Chrome but I found that the site works properly if I open it using Firefox. I was reluctant to download another browser but in fact there have been no problems

[lyman]

on my ancient Dell, running chrome (Windows 7) no issues

my other laptops, I get that funky white skeleton like site,

Pat said she should have put out for some update or upgrade but did not,
I need to reach out to her again and get the password and info for the host and see if it can be corrected with out spending an arm and a leg

[Allen]

on my ancient Dell, running chrome (Windows 7) no issues

my other laptops, I get that funky white skeleton like site,

And for me, just the opposite.

Win 7 stopped with just about everything and I started getting the funky site shown above on Jouster. Win 11 using "Edge" did OK for about a year, then the same started happening.

Switched over to Firefox and all is OK.

On my Chromebook (laptop) it works flawlessly plus on sites like the Daily Mail I don't get all those thousands of popups and that annoying little video running in the bottom right corner.