At 430 am I need caffeine. Not sure I'd tell the difference at least on a work day. I spent 10-12 years traveling up and down the east coast and drank so much motel and truck stop coffee, I'm beyond being a coffee snob. I heat up water in a 24oz insulated mug in the microwave when I get up, throw in a few healthy spoon fulls of Walmart or Maxwell House instant coffee and I'm good to go.Starting to utilize it. Maybe it is just in my head, but the water sure SEEMS to taste better.
My daughter preps the coffee for the next day every evening, so that all I have to do is stumble in about 4.30 or so and flip the switch. She forgot last night and used tap water, but we will see if the coffee is better tomorrow a.m.
I understand. My mom and dad drank Sanka instant coffee when I was growing up. I thought it was the nastiest stuff I had ever put in my mouth (lol).At 430 am I need caffeine. Not sure I'd tell the difference at least on a work day. I spent 10-12 years traveling up and down the east coast and drank so much motel and truck stop coffee, I'm beyond being a coffee snob. I heat up water in a 24oz insulated mug in the microwave when I get up, throw in a few healthy spoon fulls of Walmart or Maxwell House instant coffee and I'm good to go.
Ahhhh....Sanka.
I loathe instant coffee, but I will drink it. We'd take the packs in the MREs (Taster's Choice, I think...) and put it between our lip and gum, like a chew. You still get the caffeine.
You can buy coffee in pouches for that purpose. I've never tried it, but should be about 25 mg a "dip."
That i want to try. Are empty pouches available?You can buy coffee in pouches for that purpose. I've never tried it, but should be about 25 mg a "dip."
Now NOW!!!! That explains Alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!At 430 am I need caffeine. Not sure I'd tell the difference at least on a work day. I spent 10-12 years traveling up and down the east coast and drank so much motel and truck stop coffee, I'm beyond being a coffee snob. I heat up water in a 24oz insulated mug in the microwave when I get up, throw in a few healthy spoon fulls of Walmart or Maxwell House instant coffee and I'm good to go.
very niceBought one also long time ago.
Here is a DIY system:
https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Berkey-Water-Purifiier/
That i want to try. Are empty pouches available?
At 430 am I need caffeine. Not sure I'd tell the difference at least on a work day. I spent 10-12 years traveling up and down the east coast and drank so much motel and truck stop coffee, I'm beyond being a coffee snob. I heat up water in a 24oz insulated mug in the microwave when I get up, throw in a few healthy spoon fulls of Walmart or Maxwell House instant coffee and I'm good to go.
Hang around long enough and all of the evidence eventually comes out!!Now NOW!!!! That explains Alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the Grinds pouches are pretty good.I'm not sure on that.
This is the one I've seen :
https://www.getgrinds.com/products/...MIwfi28ras6gIVi5-zCh0K2AndEAQYCCABEgJpgfD_BwE
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I have a Royal Berkey as well. I need to load up on the filters, as well as pick up another one or two complete systems.
I need to get one.
And the Grinds pouches are pretty good.
two things:
1. the Berkey i have looks like yours, and is slooow...but that's how it works best.
2. i used to travel, too...and brought home "free" coffee packs from the motels.
although i don't drink coffee (tried to. never "took"), when the stores are out,
someone might barter something for it.
The old house that my daddy grew up in was an old row house in a small town with a metal roof that feed into a cistern. The roof was sealed with lead and it had a cutoff on it that you flipped after it had rained for a bit to clean the pidgin poop off the roof first. Oh boy, bird crap and lead poisoning, ummm good!At the farm all the roof water runs into the cistern, never thought about what we do to it before using it, not my department.
Oh yeah, we had a switch on the downspout too, it might have been the only thing at the farm we didn’t mess with after being told not to mess with it.The old house that my daddy grew up in was an old row house in a small town with a metal roof that feed into a cistern. The roof was sealed with lead and it had a cutoff on it that you flipped after it had rained for a bit to clean the pidgin poop off the roof first. Oh boy, bird crap and lead poisoning, ummm good!
Oh yeah, we had a switch on the downspout too, it might have been the only thing at the farm we didn’t mess with after being told not to mess with it.
Tearing down the old farm house this summer, it’s been there since my family homesteaded. Trying to decide if I should buy the 2.4 acre lot with mature nut and fruit trees surrounded by thousands of acres of deer and pheasant plots.
Did I mention it’s in central Illinois? Close enough to where @gunbelt grew up that he probably had relations in the back seat of a car parked in our back 40. But that’s not what scares me, IL is a damn mess with taxes.Do it and don't look back. You are lucky to even have the opportunity.
Ordered the priming tool from Berkey for $25. I am going to use it to back flush my filters when it gets here. Will post results when I'm done.
Ordered a replacement spigot for my berkey light as well just to have a spare.
Ok, got the priming tool for the black berkey filters.
If you are buying a berkey get the priming tool with it.
Just moisten the valves with clean water to make assembly easier.
HTH
CB
I have the Imperial Berkey that is advertised as having a 4.5 gal capacity. I've found that 3.5 gal is more realistic, any more than that and I have to clean up water out of my floor.Do you guys use this for drinking/coffee/tea only? Do yo use it for cooking? What's the output volume?
I would definitely recommend the primer.Good to know. I have the big monster berkey and 6 extra filters still int eh box for shtf. Sounds like i need a primer?