People will think you are a dinosaur for using a percolator, especially a stove top percolator, but that's OK because no drip coffee maker can match the taste and aroma of percolated coffee. If you're old enough to remember the smell of freshly brewed percolated coffee that filled the house when it was time for dad to head off to work and you to school then you know exactly what I mean.
You will have to get a Farberware coffee percolator because they seem to be making them the old school way. The Yosemite model (doesn't that create an image of brewing a pot over a campfire in the mountains?) is thick gauge stainless steel and it feels it too. That's exactly what you need on the stove top or on the side burner of your gas grill.
Maybe you do not make a habit of brewing coffee on your barbecue but it is something you will dearly appreciate if you get caught in bad weather that knocks the power out for a week or two and everything in the house is electric.
How long do you let the percolator go after it starts? There is no absolute, certain answer but for four or more cups about eight minutes of percolating time seems to be optimal. Be sure to turn down the heat after the first perk. You do not want to boil the coffee and it is not necessary to do so either. The lower you can get the heat and still keep the coffee bouncing up into the glass bubble on the top the better the coffee will taste. Too much heat will cause a nasty burnt taste.
You will also want to use coarse ground coffee in a percolator. That's no problem if you grind your own coffee but it can be if you buy grocery store coffee. Most brands only offer drip ground coffee and if you use this grind in a percolators more porous filter you may end up with some of it in your cup.
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