[shhrubbery!]

We switched from a press to a percolator. Stainless steel, 12-cup model made by Coleman (the camping supply company). You can look at a photo of it on amazon.

Percolating the coffee gets it really hot - a much higher temperature than you can achieve with a press or drip machine. Critics of this method claim it makes the coffee taste burned - we disagree. The process actually brings out the flavor.

After seven minutes of percolation we pour it into a stainless steel thermos.

[miss marmelstein]

Your post is so interesting - I grew up on perc and still long for it. The smell alone is worth the price of admission. But I use a Mr. Coffee now and while the coffee is perfectly fine it does lack something...

[RayChuang88]

A word of warning: if you use a coffee percolator, make sure the coffee beans are ground at a coarse level. And use a decent percolator filter if necessary.

Done correctly, a percolator made coffee can be quite good.

[Jeff Chandler]

After seven minutes of percolation we pour it into a stainless steel thermos.

And that's why yours doesn't taste burnt: you don't leave it on the burner like everyone else.