Campfire Coffee

[Butts2]

Do not want to take instant but I will.
I do not know how to just throw the coffee grounds in the pot and let her boil without drinking grounds. Any campfire wisdom out there??

[Bill Turner]

Put the grounds in a clean white cotton sock. Tie the open end in a knot and boil away. Makes for interesting conversation around the campfire when you pull it out of the pot to add fresh coffee. I keep one filled ready to go while the other is in use. I might have a half to a pound of coffee in the sock, depending on how many coffee drinkers are in camp. Never let your coffee pot run dry. Add water when needed. Replace the used one with the new one and clean and dry the first. Remember, real cowboys drank coffee morning, noon and night. The first thing the cookie did after making camp was start a fire and get the coffee on.  

If you don't like the sock idea try adding cold water after the coffee has come to a boil. This will supposedly force the grounds to the bottom and make the coffee a little easier to drink without burning your mouth. I have better luck with the sock. Whatever you do have fun. We all like to hunt, but the evening campfire is where its at in most camps.

[MikeW]

And if you don't like socks in your coffee just get a paper coffee filter put your coffee in it and twist the top off with a twist tie or a tie wrap.

[Matt E]

One of those aluminum coffee pots made especially for camping works well. The old percolator type makes perfect coffee. Pure Columbian coffee any brand is my favorite.  

[Bluetooth]

All good sugestions > Never thought of the sock idea must try it on next camp out.Probablly turn some heads on that one.

[Curtiss Cardinal]

Place the coffee in a coffee pot of cold water. Bring to a rapid, rolling boil. Let boil continue for 2 minutes. Remove pot from hit and let coffee stand for 4 minutes. most of the ground should have settle. The adding of cold water now poured in very slowly will help the grounds settle. You can get a tea strainer and pout the coffee through that and be grounds free. They are cheap pack way easily and wirgh next to nothing.
I also use a polycarbonate french press to make camp coffee.It is my preferred way.

[TexMex]

I knew this old man that he would throw in an egg when the coffee was made, the egg would cook and the grounds would stick to the egg and would have clean coffee.

[Jeremy]

Get a french coffee press.  Sounds snooty, but it works well and is cheap.  Get 'em at any of the 'Mart stores for about $10.

[Frank V]

I second pouring cold water slowley into the coffee. Be sure the coffee has quit boiling. It works, I have done it many times till I broke down & spent $10.00 on an old aluminum perculator coffee pot.  

[shawnee]

I always just use the cold water trick, too.  Works just fine unless you get the pot to sloshing when you are moving it around.

However, you can now buy coffee in pre-measured self-contained pouches, and several people I know are using them and liking it a lot.  Might be worth checking into.  

I'm just too old-fashioned to use them.

[Bobby Urban]

Folgers coffee singles gives a tasty brewed cup of coffee without any clean up.  If you do not mind clean up a french press is the way to go.  Look online and you can find them made of Lexan and unbreakable.  As shawnee said you can buy premeasured and sealed coffee in filter packs that would work great but if you are going that rout you may as well get the singles and call it good.  None of these techniques are as traditional as good ole cowboy coffee so if that is what you are after your just going to pick grounds fom your teeth.

Bob Urban, East Lansing, MI

[Problem Child]

MSR makes a small wire basket that fits in a coffee cup. Just put a couple of spoonfuls of your favorite drip-coffee in it, bring some water to a almost-boil in a pan, and pour it over the grounds. Let it set for a couple of minutes, and waa-laa, you've got coffee.

[kyle]

I make mine in a plain pot at home all the time.  I pour the cold water over my fingers and let it "sprinkle" as its poured.  Pour slowly and I never have much trouble with grounds in the cup unless its the LAST cup in the pot.  I also use a little strainer that I picked up on clearance at starbucks for a couple of bucks.  Pour the coffe through and VOILA ground free java.

Kyle

[Bobby Urban]

French Press

[V I Archer]

I saw on t.v once where a guy made coffee in pot witha bucket style handle.  After it was done brewing, he swung the pot round windmill style several times.  The centrufical force pushed all the grounds to the bottom.  Give er a go if you care to, just don't stop at the apex of the swing!

[bretto]

Take the perculator guts out of your alluminum camp coffee pot and just add Maxwell House filter packs (2 or 3) depending on pot size bring to near boil and enjoy easy camp coffee. bretto