Cowboy Coffee

Ok, this was my first try at cowboy coffee. I wanted to be able to have coffee in the field with out having to carry out filter packs or...shudder...drinking instant.

Cowboy coffee is nothing new so finding tons of different preparation methods on the web was no problem at all. I read and u-tubed a bunch of different styles and basically picked the one I liked best. I ignored any that wanted egg shell to sink the grounds.


My recipe:

2/3 crusader canteen cup of water

Tablespoon and a half (ish) ground coffee

Fire

5 minutes


It is, as you would think, pretty simple; bring the water to a rolling boil, dump in coffee, stir, cover the cup and wait 5 minutes, the grounds sink to the bottom.


That's it! Drink!


I have to admitt that the coffee was pretty damn good, even for a first effort. Way better than instant AND the crappy little filter packs. Just remember that you can't drink "to the last drop" unless you want to chew your coffee.


The details and errors:

This whole precession is so simple that I only made one real mistake and it was recoverable.

I wanted to go as basic as possible so I wrapped up whole coffee beans in a bandana and used the poll of my gransfors bruks mini hatchet to bash them into grounds. It worked ok but as you would expect there were a bunch of beans that ended up chunks instead of grounds. Here is he deal. After the 5 minute wait the grounds all sink, the chunks do not. I had to skim them from the top. Like I said, not a real big deal.

I am doing an overnight soon and plan on trying the coffee in the field. What will I do different?

I am bringing the coffee pre-ground so I don't have to worry about floaters. Down the road I will try whole beans again and just be real careful with the bean bashing.


I will post some pics of the process after the overnight so stay tuned!