# Drip Coffee

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drip-coffee/55409>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 22, 2001, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drip-coffee/55409 "2001-02-22T02:31:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drip-coffee/55409/21 "2001-02-23T03:31:43Z")

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I use an electric perk. It dates back to, lemme see…the dawn of electricity, I think. It’s an ancient Corningware, with the classic blue cornflower pattern.

In the last five years, we’ve had two automatic drip coffeemakers. They’ve both died. I’m not sure why. But who cares? I like the electric perk better. I like the coffeemaker better. How can I not resepct a coffeemaker that not only gives me good, strong coffee, but just refuses to die? I know, it’s not regular perk (now THAT’S some effin’ coffee!), but this coffeemaker just makes me happy.

So you just rock on with your regular-perkin’, eggshell-drinkin’ bad self, **Scylla!**

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drip-coffee/55409/22 "2001-02-23T03:58:05Z")

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And I hope all of you coffee-lovers are drinking _fair trade_ coffee…

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**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drip-coffee/55409/23 "2001-02-23T05:11:35Z")

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Any good Boy Scout will tell you that you add egg shells to campfire coffee to settle the grounds. Another trick is to put a stick across the top of the pot to keep the coffee from boiling over. (breaks the surface tension)

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drip-coffee/55409/24 "2001-02-23T07:27:04Z")

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Living in a country where anything other than instant is a foreign commodity, I have no sympathy whatsoever for you, Scylla 🙂 I would _kill_ for some drip coffee right now.

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