So how do you make coffee?

[GM54-120]

I like iced coffee also. Well actually iced with Wide Awake brand hazelnut creamer or with Bailey's Irish Cream!!!! A couple shots of espresso (slightly cooled first) in a milkshake rocks. You can do it with instant coffee in a pinch for a mocha shake.

 

[Fat Cat]

Back from the O Mart .Got the Maxium red box got the hot water, poured the contents of a rather large packet into the water and presto coffee with cream and sugar. Lol , not the end of the story. The guy at the store recommended some cookies that would be good with coffee. So I got them , thinking sweet cookies. I'm here to tell you these are salty and taste exactly like captains wafers/crackers. Who eats crackers with thier coffee? ha ha The coffee really is pretty good for instant with cream and sugar. Kinda reminds me of the story of a visitor to the USA buying a canned chicken only to discover it was a can of Crisco . Pictures can be deceiving. Lol

 

[GM54-120]

Its good for when you just dont want to make a full pot or in a rush. Ive tried another instant from eastern Europe. Cant remember the country atm. It wasnt bad either for instant. Sure beats nothing at all when you need a cup. I have not tried a USA brand of instant yet that was worth drinking. When i was young i would add instant coffee to hot coco.

 

[SteveH]

You guys are all wrong.

Whole beans, burr grind, moka pot, single serving, straight black. The only way to go.

 

[MrTom]

Ma scavenges the last of the pot each day for her iced coffee refresher in the evening. She says its good, but we're both on no caffeine diets and I think de-caffeinated coffee is like sucking on a brew made with burnt sawdust. The Baileys now....that might help de-caf turn an iced-coffee corner.

 

[Bob58]

Mostly black, medium roast, I occasionally put a little splash of good bourbon in for an evening treat. We have a Keurig for work days and a Bunn for company or weekend pots.

 

[Far Sighted]

I respect everyone's personal blend of coffee the way the like it. It one of the few items we can keep our way. I like my coffee to be ready for
me when I wake up in the morning. I use Hamilton automatic coffee maker that will do either a single or several cups. My blend of late as been
McDonalds Breakfast blend which is supplied at grocery outlets instead of McDonalds Restaurant. Sometimes I mix a couple of blends to get a good taste.
As long as it a good start to the morning that is all that matters. Happy Day!!

 

[snapbang]

We call it cowboy coffee. Whenever we are out west hunting we camp out. At the fire is a coffee pot as old as can be. You fill it with water from a stream and a couple scoops of coffee. No matter what brand. Let it boil for a few minutes and let it sit to let it settle. No filters. Pure into a tin cup and enjoy. Whether its good friends, good scenery, good hunting, or good coffee, its always something to look forward to.

 

[03mossy]

We call it cowboy coffee. Whenever we are out west hunting we camp out. At the fire is a coffee pot as old as can be. You fill it with water from a stream and a couple scoops of coffee. No matter what brand. Let it boil for a few minutes and let it sit to let it settle. No filters. Pure into a tin cup and enjoy. Whether its good friends, good scenery, good hunting, or good coffee, its always something to look forward to.

We do the same up at deer camp. After the first pot is brewed that thing will sit on the wood stove for up to a week just having water and coffee added as needed. Coffee snobs may turn up there noses but it doesn't get much better than that!

 

[NatureNick]

I used to keep a polycarbonate French press in my rucksack; upgraded to an AeroPress when they came out. Found a pocket-sized machined steel campers' pepper mill in Germany that also ground coffee beans well, and in a pinch I could set it to "Feingemahlen" (finely ground), grind some locally-procured beans into a canteen cup on top of the old Yukon or potbelly stove, and share some "viehzüchter kaffee" (cowboy coffee) with a buddy or two. That was a treat in the field or downrange, wherever a good heat source was available. I probably made terrible coffee, but nobody complained. I think it was the camaraderie, not the blend, that I remember most fondly.

Nowadays I mostly stumble downstairs to the Keurig in my Crocs & fleece lounge pants at my dog's bladder's urging, with nobody to share that first cup with since nobody else in the house is up at that hour. Having a single-serving machine instead of the old drip or percolator means I don't have to worry about whether anyone else likes what I make for that morning pot. I now prefer BRCC's "Beyond Black," $62.50 & free shipping on a bi-monthly subscription for a 5 lb. bag of whole beans. I grind the next day's ration to baby powder before I go to bed each night, & load 2 or 3 of those reusable filter cage contraptions that let you use loose coffee instead of K-Cups. BRCC's "Murdered Out" is my favorite but a bit beyond my budget. "Blackbeard's Delight" is great, too. My wife got me a trial pack for my birthday - one pound each of BRCC MO, BD, and CAF ("Caffienated As F^@%").

That last one tastes somewhere between burnt leather and used fifth wheel grease, and I don't care to explain or justify the label to my 9 y/o daughter. So, I gave the 90% full leftover bag to my Millennial neighbor to help him break his hipster chai latte habit. Over the following month I noticed the Blue Apron boxes stopped appearing on his porch, a Silverado replaced the Fiat formerly parked in his driveway, I've seen him raking his own lawn, and when his wife's declawed indoor hairless cat died he asked me if I knew any local Labrador breeders. I'm going to get him another bag for Christmas, along with a Caterpillar or Carhartt hat to cover the spot where he'll hopefully have clipped off that "man bun." One step at a time...

 

[scare]

Farmer bros. coffee is great if you can find it!

 

[Idaholewis]

I have used Drip makers for years But just recently switched over to a New Stainless Stove Top Percolator Pot, And Whole bean coffee freshly Ground Just Before Making, NIGHT N DAY difference! NO REGRETS

 

[Dave James]

now that I'm old and broke down I use the wife's Keurig, back before I was civilized, it was a French press in the field, when allowed time, on a secured area it was a 12 cup percolator in camp it was a 14 cup version, questionable water, a rolling boil double hand full of ground coffee, a couple of egg shells, more boil then pull it off and let settle, always what I liked, BLACK and HOT, as we used to say Like our women

 

[snapbang]

Yeah Mossy, you added a little dimension to the flavor. We also do not wash and continually add water and coffee. We may throw it out once in a while to make room for coffee. Never had a complaint and always hear, "I'll have another cup".

 

[Rockman]

We call it cowboy coffee. Whenever we are out west hunting we camp out. At the fire is a coffee pot as old as can be. You fill it with water from a stream and a couple scoops of coffee. No matter what brand. Let it boil for a few minutes and let it sit to let it settle. No filters. Pure into a tin cup and enjoy. Whether its good friends, good scenery, good hunting, or good coffee, its always something to look forward to.

I remember as a kid going to Grandpa and Grandma's farm, and Grandma making coffee in the percolator on the wood stove in the kitchen. Kind of like cowboy coffee without the open fire. It sure was as strong as cowboy coffee, from what I was told. Gramps drank it every day before heading to the fields, so it must have been good.

 

[talon_dfa]

I have done it all... Lived in West Africa for almost 3 years (no electricity)... fresh roasted local coffee boiled 3 times over the fire to settle the grounds... I drank the thickest bitter sludge and loved it... Now in my old age, I am a coffee snob... I roast my own green beans (buy on eBay) and make one good cup every morning... Either forum or Instagram doesn't like my instagram photo of coffee beans.

 

[Fat Cat]

Well look what I got for Christmas.
I guess I'm getting lazy but this thing works great. I like that it's fast and gives me a consistent cup of coffee when I want it. Or I can make a pot of whatever roast I like.

 

[Retiredusn]

Hot,Strong, and Black

 

[Webfoot]

I stayed in an elk camp once and there was a guy there that would pour a quarter inch of black pepper on top of his coffee in the cup.

 

[Potato boy]

1.5 litre French press