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Post by armando on Jul 12, 2020 14:40:05 GMT -7
So I have an inexpensive farb corn boiler with a hinged top and want to make coffee 18 century style on the trail.
I’ve read about the process but unsure still. Do you bring just grounds or beans? Do you use any type of filtration?
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Post by paranger on Jul 12, 2020 16:10:32 GMT -7
My group usually brings pre-ground coffee in a linen sack. Then we put a few handfuls in another smaller linen sack tied with a string and just throw it in a kettle of boiling water to let it steep like a teabag. We usually leave it on the fire and just keep adding water as needed until it gets too weak, then change the grounds.
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Post by spence on Jul 12, 2020 17:38:02 GMT -7
I have done the whole-bean-smashed-with-a-tomahawk bit just to see how the coffee was, but I routinely carry it already ground. That's historic, a lot of ads offering ground and roast coffee for sale in the 18th century. To make it I boil an appropriate amount of water in my tin boiler, take it off the fire and add an appropriate amount of ground, (about 1 tablespoon for 1 cup of water for me), steep for about 5 minutes. I have made boiled coffee in the past, I prefer steeped. Getting grounds in my cup isn't a problem for me. Coffee grounds count against my daily quota of vegetables.  Spence |
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Post by hawkeyes on Jul 13, 2020 6:31:28 GMT -7
So I have an inexpensive farb corn boiler with a hinged top and want to make coffee 18 century style on the trail. I’ve read about the process but unsure still. Do you bring just grounds or beans? Do you use any type of filtration? I'm in the process, or quest for roasting, grinding and brewing coffee in a correct manner. Once this covid crap subsidies I'm awaiting for my coffee wear to be salt glazed. However coffee is an absolute must for me, much like oxygen. I'm in the group that will carry a ration of whole bean and crush/ grind when needed then prepare accordingly. |
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Post by ewoaf on Jul 15, 2020 11:10:25 GMT -7
Which way? There's probably no wrong way. Jefferson's notes call for staining thrice through flannel.
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Post by spence on Jul 15, 2020 12:25:15 GMT -7
No wrong way is right. Here's a nice strong one.
Valuable Secrets in Arts, Trades, &c, 1816:
"The liquor is made by putting an ounce [6 tablespoons] of that powder to three quarters of a pint [1 1/2 cups] of boiling water to make three full dishes. And, after an infusion of ten minutes, during which it is kept boiling, the coffee is fit for drinking.”
Spence
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 15, 2020 17:33:34 GMT -7
A pot of hot water, a couple handfuls of ground coffee, let steep and settle the grounds with a drizzle of cold water....
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