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Tried cowboy coffee on a 3 day trip near Leadville and poured out the first cup
Last month I went camping near Leadville, Colorado with two buddies and decided to leave the drip cone at home to save pack space. I boiled water in a beat up kettle, dumped in about three scoops of coarse grounds, and let it sit for four minutes like the old timers say. When I poured the first cup it was basically mud, full of grit that settled at the bottom and coated my tongue. I dumped it in the fire pit and almost gave up on the whole idea. My buddy Dave told me to stop stirring it and just let it sit another five minutes so the grounds sink on their own. I tried it the next morning, poured slow, and got a clean cup with way more body than my usual camp brew. Now I want to know if anyone here has a go to ratio or steep time, because mine was pure guesswork and I got lucky.
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reese5508d ago
Your story reminds me of learning to fry fish on a river trip. I kept poking at the fillets and they kept falling apart, then a guy named Walt told me to just leave them alone in the pan. Same lesson as your coffee. Good things happen when you quit messing with stuff and let it sit, whether it's grounds sinking in a kettle or fish getting crispy.
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