Using Your Coffee Maker Without Electricity

By

payrollgenius

I discovered this trick for myself a couple of years ago when my electric coffee maker just stopped working one day and I didn't want to throw it away since I don't use it that often anyway. Heated the water on the stove and it worked great.

By (Guest Post)

I live in Oklahoma & we have power outages year round due to high straight winds, tornados, electric storms, & ice or snow storms. On our coffeemaker, the basket won't sit flat onto the top of the glass pot & you have to stand there & hold it the entire while. Otherwise, you can only add about 1/2 to 3/4 c. of water to the basket at a time before the basket starts to tip over & you have a dangerous &/or messy situation on your hands. My solution was simple. We are camping fanatics & I use our campfire percolator to make the most excellent coffee on top of my gas kitchen range when the electricity goes off. To reheat, I don't have to pour into a saucepan or anything--just turn the burner on under the campfire percolator. Of course, it usually doesn't last long enough to have to reheat it & I just make another pot.

By Jean from Mississippi (Guest Post)

I made coffee for over a week like this after Katrina hit. (Our power was out for 8 days, and I live 175 miles inland from the coast!)
I don't have a gas stove, so I used my gas grill to heat the water.
It was truly a life-saver. I can do without a lot of comforts if necessary, but I MUST have my coffee!

By (Guest Post)

Awesome tip. Cathy from ma.

By

Micheller1

I don't have a gas stove, but I have a butane burner I can put outside. I have my parents, (both deceased) old percolator. I go outside and use that and all these great memories come back. Now if I could make it as good as my mother did.

By

Micheller1

I don't have a gas stove, but I have a butane burner I can put outside. I have my parents, (both deceased) old percolator. I go outside and use that and all theses great memories come back. Now if I could make it as good as my mother did.

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maliboo99

This is brilliant! I love my coffee and if we lost power, now I know how to make some. Thanks a lot!

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Butterflytouch

That is awesome. I would never have thought of that! Thanks for the great tip!