On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:36:54 -0500, BubbaBob
> wrote:

>John Kuthe > wrote:
>
>
>>
>> A percolator flagrantly violates one of the cardinal rules of coffee:
>> Never boil coffee!
>>
>> Now I know why all those ads back in the 1960's had housewives
>> fretting about not being able to make a good cup of coffee! ;-)
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>>
>
>It also violates the rule about never running the coffee through the
>grounds more than once.
>
>The coffee in America was bad in the sixties because the big can coffee
>companies only dealt in Robusta beans.
>
>Now that they mostly use 5th rate Vietnamese beans (mostly Robusta, as
>well) the coffee from cans is every bit as bad as it was in 1960.

True, I'd never thought of that!

Did you used to frequent alt.drugs.caffeine? I think that was the
group years ago that had an FAQ on how to brew good coffee, and the
first rule was to obtain good coffee, and a note about everything in
the grocery store was rubbish! I was reminded of that last weekend
being at a hunting cabin and all we had was a can of Folger's in the
freezer, unopened, so I piled a lot in a drip machine and it was
strong enough, but not good tasting like my Sumatran.

John Kuthe...