Real coffee in the field

[Bob Hurley]

Do you guys plan on grinding your coffee beans in the field too? (Remember what happened when Billy Crystal tried it and made the cattle stampede! )

I usually roast and grind (crush, really) in the field, but then I don't camp near cattle.

A skillet works far better than a pot for roasting, and it takes a little while. I can have a campfire where I go, so that isn't a problem. Just roast until most beans are brown, tie up loosely in a piece of heavy muslin, crush with the back of a tomahawk and boil in the bag - takes a bit longer than ground.

A buddy just roasts and boils the whole beans. The coffee is weak looking and a bit milky, but it has a heck of a caffeine kick. You have to boil for quite a while with this method. It has a very different taste from the coffee you'd make at home, but it's good.

 

[suburban bushwacker]

Now (and I know this sounds daft) tap the side of your billy 3 times then leave it for a mo.

Tapping defiantly works, and works even better if you 'sprinkle' a couple of spoons of cold water onto the surface of the coffee. As the cold water sinks to the bottom it takes the grinds with it. straining through your teeth represents the last line of defense!

SBW

 

[BIG_emu]

I do quite alot of other outdoors stuuf besides bushcraft and am a big fan of the jetboil (as most campsite don't like open fires) and you can get that with a coffee press http://www.jetboil.com/Products/Accessories/Coffee-Press

but tbh for the time and effort I'd much rather use instant coffee.

Ben

 

[British Red]

Burn the heretic!

 

[andy_e]

Lyons coffee bags, no mess, no straining, no cold water tricks, just 5 minutes of bleary-eyed anticipation in the morning. Gets my vote, coffee press? Hah! Next you'll be telling me it runs on that new-fangled electricity.

BTW Kopi Luwak - is mighty fine coffee, I've treated myself to a packet every xmas for the last 3 - 4 years from http://www.edible.com

 

[British Red]

Swissgold cofffee filter - fantastic things!

No paper, no press no weight.

For car camping it has to be a proper enamel coffee pot, green beans to roast, a skillet to roast them in, a hand grinder etc.

For a wander a swiss gold works. I ahve an areopress, a metal cafitierre and all sorts - but the swiss gold wors and weighs nowt, Better and cheaper than Lyons bags!

Red

 

[andy_e]

Sounds interesting Red, where could I find one?

 

[British Red]

I hot mine for a fiver in Whitards sale - I've seen them online but they are about a tenner there - cracking bit of kit - simple and no consumables!

Red

 

[BIG_emu]

Burn the heretic!

I think I should keep well away from food & drink discussions on here. so far I've have the 'proper' oatcake discussion and now I'm being burned for drinking instant coffee.

oh well

Ben

 

[andy_e]

Instant is fine as long as it's a gourmet brand

Am partial to Douwe Egberts myself

 

[andy_e]

I hot mine for a fiver in Whitards sale - I've seen them online but they are about a tenner there - cracking bit of kit - simple and no consumables!

Red

Cheers Red, will have a look next time I'm in there. Am a fan of their instant fruit teas, just finished a tub of Turkish Apple tea..

 

[British Red]

I think I should keep well away from food & drink discussions on here. so far I've have the 'proper' oatcake discussion and now I'm being burned for drinking instant coffee.

oh well

Ben

Ben,

Camp coffee is a serious business - not to be undertaken lightly

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16039

The last time I roasted coffee in camp I was approached by a large animal. Fortunately it was friendly and went by the name "Spikey da Pikey"

Red

 

[weaver]

Life is often about compromises. Unless you want to carry paraphernalia, you might consider really high quality instant coffee instead (e.g., Dow Egberts, Carte Noire). Make sure it's fresh and kept in watertight/airtight container. Sure, it won't be as good as the very best fresh-ground coffee made under ideal conditions, but I'd far rather drink the aforementioned brands of instant than a great many varieties of so-called 'real' coffee that I've tried. Crappy coffee is crappy coffee, whether real or instant (frankly, you can keep your roasted dandelion roots and acorns and boiled donkey droppings, etc.).

Burnt Ash

AHH, but the good life is about making no compromises. Go for the best and settle for nothing less.

Of course, I'm still looking for the good life.

 

[SimonM]

Lyons coffee bags, no mess, no straining, no cold water tricks, just 5 minutes of bleary-eyed anticipation in the morning.

Same here - Lyons or Sainsbury's Finest coffee bags for me.

Individually foil wrapped - what could be simpler?

Simon

 

[Elessar]

I'm confussed as to why you couldn't take a small box of Kenco, that doesn't go stale 24hrs after you open it........ problem solved.....or am i missing the point.

J

 

[SimonM]

I'm confussed as to why you couldn't take a small box of Kenco, that doesn't go stale 24hrs after you open it........ problem solved.....or am i missing the point.

J

For me the bags are a convenience thing. I leave a few in my hobo stove all the time, so I know that I can at least have a decent brew whilst I'm out & about.

I also work in a residential special school, and like to introduce the pupils to some of the finer things in life during my regular out doorsy friday afternoon activity session - after all who else will, if not me?

 

[fishfish]

a jar of lidles coffie does me well!

 

[British Red]

Note to self, take own coffee when meeting the philistine.

You do the bacon, I'll do the coffee fishfish

Red

 

[Matt Weir]

I know that coffee is the theme but I heard mention of '''proper''' oatcakes whilst camping so have to comment that the best camp breakie has been Bodge's bacon,cheese and mushroom Staffordshire oatcake wraps followed by Andy e's Lyons coffee bag coffee.

Tasty shizzbit indeed

 

[Dr Onion]

To each their own but to me - Life's too short - I just boil some water and whack in some instant! Job done!

Dr O