Melissa... wonder if you tried the percolator? Frankly, I remember having had some really enjoyable coffee from a percolator. That's all we had in the 60's. For Brasilian cafe' each morning, we brew tropeiro style, which is basically nothing more exotic than dumping the grounds into water brought to temperature, adding sugar, stiring and steeping for a moment, and then filtering through a cotton sock filter into a serving device; we use a small thermos/vac-pot. The entire nation of Brasil does it that way to this day. Hope the percolator provides some interesting and tastey brew!