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I (Vicki Skinner - aka "THE Sarong Goddess") created this blog in 2007 to share DETAILED Finds•Lists•Info•Events•Experiences to help bring more EASE to people living in, visiting or thinking of moving to Costa Rica since DETAILS are NOT easy to find!
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

CHORREADOR - the Costa Rican style of Coffee Maker & Other Ways to Make Coffee

Thinking of Moving to Costa Rica?  Visiting Costa Rica?
Learn tips on various ways to live•be•travel like a Tico•Native!

HOW TICO's MAKE COFFEE in COSTA RICA
When I had my guest house - as well as the standard Mr Coffee machine I had these various gizmo ways to make coffee - all of which were UNfamiliar to me before I moved to Costa Rica (in all fairness, I'm not a coffee drinker [it's scary to imagine Ms Naturally Wired here on coffee!!]):


This is the typical many British/Europeans heat water - with a
ELECTRIC HOT WATER KETTLE!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle#Electric_kettles

It heats water SOOO FAST (I found it to come to a boil in around 3-4 minutes - youtu.be/R2XY1aDtqe4.  Hence it saves $ on your electricity bill and helps Mother Earth!!).   This inexpensive 1 liter one runs under $20 usually and can be found everywhere from WalMart to Amazon.com.


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The 2 in the front are different sizes of a
FRENCH PRESS 
(aka Press Pot • Cafetiere • the Plunge Pot • Plunger Pot • Coffee Plunger)
MANY feel this is the BEST way to make coffee!
The BEST French Presses:
Willapse.hubpages.com/hub/french-press-coffee-maker-how-to


HOW TO MAKE COFFEE WITH A FRENCH PRESS
youtu.be/woECjF99nuU
youtu.be/YIKr2EMkm48


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(at many "typico"•typical restaurants - the waiter prepares and serves your coffee with a Chorreador right before your eyes - AT YOUR TABLE!!!)


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The funny looking thing on the back Right of the top picture is
Costa Rican's•Tico's version of a "Mr Coffee"•Drip type Coffee Maker - a
CHORREADOR
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorreador


HOW TO MAKE COFFEE WITH A CHORREADOR
youtu.be/0kBpPHLj6ok

Desperate for Coffee but don't have a machine around?
With this method it's EASY to IMPROVISE!!!
Just get a Wire Clothes Hanger and form it to hold a VERY CLEAN Cotton Sock and a Coffee Mug and follow instructions in the videos above!!

See a WIDE range of examples of Chorreador's at:
google.co.cr/search?q=CHORREADOR&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=CG5uUanAJ42a8gSgvIH4CA&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=967&bih=553

MANY I know SWEAR by this method!!



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