coffee

[crockett]

I know this was discussed before and I did a search but couldn't find the old thread so...
I'm not sure when the percolator was invented. To make coffee with a plain pot- do you boil the grounds? Try steeping them through cheese cloth? What is the best method? Thanks.

 

[coloradoclyde]

In 1880, Hanson Goodrich invented the coffee percolator. His percolator was one of the earliest coffee brewing devices to use percolation rather than infusion or decoction as its mode of extraction, and he named it accordingly.

I like percolator coffee...But if all I have is a single vessel I simple boil the grounds...
The harder and longer you boil, the more bitter they will become....I've never had a problem with grounds settling .....although many seem to....

Coffee pots were like mouse traps....someone was always trying to come up with a better one....from the simple, to "Rube Goldberg" elaborate.

 

[coloradoclyde]

One thing I have found very helpful for making simple campfire coffee is.........To grind your own coffee and increase the grind size...Todays store bought coffee is made for automatic coffee makers with filters....the grind size is to small.
You will go though more coffee but the flavor and lack of floaters will be much improved.

 

[George]

I find boiled coffee a bit bitter, so I no longer do that. I simply bring the appropriate amount of water to a boil, add about 1 tablespoon per cup of ground coffee, take the pot off the fire and let it steep for 5-10 minutes. At home I use what's called a French press, and it works the same way, makes good coffee.



Spence

 

[coloradoclyde]

But if all I have is a single vessel I simple boil the grounds...
The harder and longer you boil, the more bitter they will become....

I should have elaborated more....I "boil" the water, add the grounds and remove from direct heat......Very much like your method....I also am not averse to a touch of sugar to balance it out.
:grin:

 

[Kansas Jake]

My grandma always made boiled coffee on the stove. The coffee in the morning was pretty good, but strong. As the day wore on she simply added more grounds and more water. An afternoon cup of coffee at her house was more like hot syrup and it was bitter. She never added sugar or cream to her own cup of coffee. Of course her homemade coffee cake in the afternoon took the edge off that coffee.

 

[Crewdawg445]

I'm a coffee hound... don't operate without it. That said, my personal favorite style of coffee indeed is camp coffee.

What I do in camp and at home around the fire is similar to what Spence10 previously mentioned. One little trick I've found that works to settle the grounds is to pour a little cold water in the freshly brewed pot.

IMO though, store bought and ground coffee just doesn't cut it. Certainly worth the efforts to roast and grind your own. :thumbsup:

 

[Mort Scott]

now put a mule shoe in it and when the shoe floats it;s done.

 

[BullRunBear]

I had a few tragic weeks between my old electric percolator's death and saving up for a new one. I learned coarse grounds steeped for about 10 minutes in boiling hot water worked out well for my taste. Just poured it carefully to avoid most of the grounds. I now have a stove top percolator as backup to the electric AND a French press. (Safety in numbers. Right?)

Turns out that French press does a good job making loose leaf tea.

Jeff

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I often take Coffee Filter Packs and just put them into the pot of hot water.

I have made fresh roasted and ground coffee, and made the beverage from that but my cohort were a bit dismayed by a few grounds in the bottom of their mugs.

:idunno:

LD

 

[tenngun]

I had a friend who used a sock, put coffee in the sock and tossed it in the pot. He had a few coffee socks. Could let air dry brush off the grounds and reused. Got to say grounds don't bother me much. Will chew beans on a woods walk or trek.

 

[George]

I had a friend who used a sock, put coffee in the sock and tossed it in the pot.

Sounds familiar:
http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/coffee.html

Spence

 

[Crewdawg445]

Got to say grounds don't bother me much. Will chew beans on a woods walk or trek.

Used to eat beans when I was in high school before running events in track. Still do, wife thinks its weird but it does work.

 

[crockett]

Thanks on a Percolator date. I'll do as you all have suggested. Boil, add coffee, set in warm nearby spot.

 

[nhmoose]

Chocklet covered beans are like METH!!!!!

 

[Tallswife]

You can add a pinch of salt to your water/grounds, that should help take some of the bitter edge off.