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Date:         Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:19:02 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: coffee (was Joshua Tree snow scene)
Comments: To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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Dave,

Just a little egg shell will settle the grounds, and three grains of salt or so (or to taste) will remove any bitterness. Alaska fall moose

camp coffee, but works most anywhere!

John

John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 2/22/2011 11:43 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > ---- "Mark L. Hineline"<hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET> wrote: >> On Feb 22, 2011, at 7:27 AM, John C... wrote: >> >>> Man! I can almost smell the coffee brewin' inside that bus !!! >> http://ocotillofield.net/blog/2011/02/22/coffee-in-the-westfalia/ > Nothing beats coffee on a cold morning. Tea is great later in the day, for those that like it (I do, especially when camping and it is cold, but it has to be coffee in the morning). > > To each his own so far as making coffee is concerned. I see from the picture that Mark uses the filter and brew one cup at a time method. FWIW, the best way to make coffee, whether at home or on the road is with a tall pot, three generous scoops of finely ground coffee (I prefer the darkest roast I can get)., water to nearly fill the pot (about 1.5 liter), put on the fire with the pot cold, and bring to a slow boil for a couple of minutes. Then remove the pot from the fire, quickly stir the coffee while adding a quarter cup or so of cold water. This settles the grounds. Pour into crockery or metal cups. There will not be any grounds, or what little there are, if you use a fine grind, will settle to the bottom of the cup. > > Ahhhh.......... . Enjoy (and you should have started enjoying the aroma as soon as the coffee neared boiling. > > If you are camping, and there is a natural water source handy, use the water from that. If you genuinely like coffee, you will drain the pot of coffee made this way over the course of a morning, whether active or just enjoying the morning. > > I knew all these things, having grown up with my father and camped numerous times on various rivers in Texas (Pecos, Devils, Colorado, Brazos, Trinity, Neches, Angelina). All those listed made great coffee, but for those with an aversion to salt, the Pecos would be a bit on the salty side. I cut my teeth on it, so until recent years would, like my father, add a bit of salt to the pot when away from that home stream. I no longer do that, but last summer in Nevada and Utah, I found that making coffee from some creeks I encountered brought back a taste and enjoyment I had forgotten. Despite early knowledge of the best way to make coffee, I spent most of my adulthood fooling with such things as electric percolators, electric drip devices like "Mr. Coffee" and various others, vacuum makers, filters, French presses and on ad infinitum. But, I never used any of those except the French press while camping, and usually just used the pot. One day, I said, no more paraphernalia -- I make excellent coffee camping, and that's how I'll do it at home. I found an old stove top percolator of stainless, took out the guts, and that's where the coffee on the desk in front of me right now was brewed. I make it the same way camping, different pot. > > My wife, who doesn't drink coffee, keeps a French press at home and one in the camper. When she makes coffee, for some reason, she uses the thing, which is a pain to clean. The coffee is good, but lacks something -- maybe the aroma of the coffee brewing. Or maybe just my prejudice toward my way. I don't complain though. Anyone who'll make coffee for someone else while not drinking it herself is a jewel. > > mcneely > >


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