Boiled eggs and coffee

[naefearjustbeer]

Late evening musings and thinking of different breakfast options when I am out camping. I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but does anyone make use of the boiled water after making boiled eggs to brew a coffee. I am quite partial to eggs for breakfast when out camping and using a trangia mini I reckon I could boil up a couple of eggs, use the same water to brew a coffee and then cook some sausages and bacon in the frying pan? Would boiling eggs affect the water and spoil my coffee?

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[Nice65]

Probably not, it’s pretty common in parts of the world to put your eggs in the kettle to cook.

 

[birchwood]

If you boil eggs in aluminium pans it will turn them black.
Wouldn’t fancy the coffee.

 

[naefearjustbeer]

I will maybe stick to frying my breakfast eggs.

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[Pattree]

I will maybe stick to frying my breakfast eggs.

Given the origin of the eggs I don’t think I’d make coffee in the bidet.

 

[Jared]

Doubt there is any risk, but could always put in eggs in a sous vide type bag first.

 

[Nice65]

If you boil eggs in aluminium pans it will turn them black.
Wouldn’t fancy the coffee.

In over 50 years that has literally never happened to me.

 

[birchwood]

In over 50 years that has literally never happened to me.

That’s surprising, my mate asked me why his pans were black , I said it was because he was always boiling eggs.
Happened to one of my pans.

 

[Herman30]

For me aluminium has gotten dark from just boiling water.

 

[Nice65]

That’s surprising, my mate asked me why his pans were black , I said it was because he was always boiling eggs.
Happened to one of my pans.

The pan that was always referred to as ‘the egg pan’ when I was growing up never did that. What’s the black? The only thing I thought it might be is aluminium oxide, but there aren’t any compounds in the eggs that would react to make anything black.

We have very chalky alkaline water here, as hard as it gets, maybe that’s a factor?

 

[birchwood]

I am in Kent, very chalky water, lines the kettle and you don’t drink the bottom of the coffee mug.

 

[Nice65]

I am in Kent, very chalky water, lines the kettle and you don’t drink the bottom of the coffee mug.

Weird, you’re on the same pile of shrimps as me

 

[naefearjustbeer]

I have light discoloration from only ever boiling water so far. Good soft Scottish water.

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[The Frightful]

Late evening musings and thinking of different breakfast options when I am out camping. I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but does anyone make use of the boiled water after making boiled eggs to brew a coffee. I am quite partial to eggs for breakfast when out camping and using a trangia mini I reckon I could boil up a couple of eggs, use the same water to brew a coffee and then cook some sausages and bacon in the frying pan? Would boiling eggs affect the water and spoil my coffee?

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For me it would depend how much water i had with me. Squaddies often heat tinned food in water, then use water for a brew and maybe have enough for a shave. Personally id put the cackle berry in a mylar bag to avoid eggy Tea, sometimes they crack and leak a little white

 

[Broch]

If you're making your coffee from powdered/granulated, no difference at all, it taste awful anyway. If you're making fresh ground coffee, yep, you'll taste it. I can taste the difference in my coffee if someone has not refilled the kettle with fresh water let alone water that has boiled soiled calcium carbonate and mixed proteins

 

[naefearjustbeer]

If you're making your coffee from powdered/granulated, no difference at all, it taste awful anyway. If you're making fresh ground coffee, yep, you'll taste it. I can taste the difference in my coffee if someone has not refilled the kettle with fresh water let alone water that has boiled soiled calcium carbonate and mixed proteins

I make real coffee so yeah I think you are right. Good water makes a better brew.

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[TeeDee]

If you're making your coffee from powdered/granulated, no difference at all, it taste awful anyway. If you're making fresh ground coffee, yep, you'll taste it. I can taste the difference in my coffee if someone has not refilled the kettle with fresh water let alone water that has boiled soiled calcium carbonate and mixed proteins

< Broch looking at us Instant coffee addicts >

 

[Broch]

< Broch looking at us Instant coffee addicts >

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Oh, if only I was that pretty

 

[Nice65]

If you're making your coffee from powdered/granulated, no difference at all, it taste awful anyway. If you're making fresh ground coffee, yep, you'll taste it. I can taste the difference in my coffee if someone has not refilled the kettle with fresh water let alone water that has boiled soiled calcium carbonate and mixed proteins

I’m exactly the same. My sister came round the other day and I began grinding a delicious Peruvian washed Bourbon and Caturra, and she asked if I had any instant!

Honestly, I flinched as if struck.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Late evening musings and thinking of different breakfast options when I am out camping. I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but does anyone make use of the boiled water after making boiled eggs to brew a coffee. I am quite partial to eggs for breakfast when out camping and using a trangia mini I reckon I could boil up a couple of eggs, use the same water to brew a coffee and then cook some sausages and bacon in the frying pan? Would boiling eggs affect the water and spoil my coffee?

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This is where a 12cm Zebra billy is your friend. Lightly oil and add a spoon of water to the small pan of the billy, fill the billy with a little more water than you need for your coffee, crack an egg into the small pan, put small pan back in billy. put on lid, then put the whole thing on your cook kit of choice. 7-10 minutes later you have boiling water for coffee and 1 or 2 poached eggs. I use this method a lot. No pics from in the field, so I took some in the kitchen. Hope this helps.