Boiled coffee has been the preferred morning beverage on GREEN DRAGON for most of the 53 years I’ve owned her. On fishing vessels it was/is the way to go as well. About fifty years ago I was aboard the dragger DELAWARE when provisions, including a boxed, new giant percolator, arrived from Gloucester Grocery. Bert Cluett was the cook. The first thing he did was unbox the percolator and fling the innards over the side at the state fish pier. The general feeling was that sooner or later some of the parts would go missing, not to mention the extra work of cleaning them, so you might as well get rid of them forthwith.
It just came to my attention that my neighbor of long ago, Joseph Burnett, patented a product for discerning coffee drinkers. Only ½ cent per day per family.
The patent likely expired long ago, so here is an opportunity for someone to challenge the K-cup market and add value to cod landings.
Al Bezanson
Good Morning Gloucester 