Ok, so your coffee maker is broken and you need a little caffeine boost. Don’t worry pilgrim, making your own cup of coffee is simple if you follow these easy instructions. American cowboys are known as rugged outdoorsmen. The iconic image of a cowboy is with his horse beside a campfire in a desert valley. Being the tough guys that they were, they could whip up a cup of coffee with the bare essentials, a saucepan, water, and coffee beans. Here’s how you can do the same.
If you’re just making coffee for yourself, grab an old saucepan, and fill it with two cups of water. You’re going to add four or
five tablespoons of ground coffee for every two cups of water. Boil the water and then quickly take the pan off the stove. Then you’re going to let the grounds naturally settle to the bottom of the pan, which shouldn’t take more than five minutes. Next, you carefully pour the water into a cup, and whala, you have a cup of cowboy coffee! To make it even more fun, make it over a real fire.
The Original Cowboy Coffee is done like this:
4 quarts water
1 1/2 cups freshly ground coffee
1 egg shell
1/2 cup cold water
Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan or coffee pot. Add coffee
grounds and egg shell to boiling water. Return to a boil, then remove
from heat and let stand for 2 minutes. Slowly add cold water to settle
grounds to the bottom. Strain if desired.
Useful Tips:
The key to any coffee is to make sure the water is hot, but doesn’t actually start boiling. Boiling might make the coffee bitter, so your best bet is to heat it enough so that the coffee grounds move throughout the water, without it actually boiling or bubbling violently.
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