Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 05:59.
Atmosphere. Many forget that. Drink your coffee in the desert and it tastes better.
Here's the best way: grind it (you might even want to pregrind it before your journey, despite lack of freshness, the air will make the stale go away). Put it in the bottom of the cup. Boil water. Cool the water (slightly). Pour it over the grounds.
If the grounds are too big they'll float and keep on floating. No good. If the grounds are too fine, they'll stir up on every drink, again, no good. You want a medium grind, or a grind about like for drip coffee (french-press style too big).
Stir it. Wait.
After a bit, the ground sink. Drink slow. The coffee is fantastic. Drink slow. The grounds stay sunken and slink into the corner of the cup. Meditation!
Never sophisticated, not lame: cowboy coffee in the desert is the best ever.
Cowboy Coffee
Atmosphere. Many forget that. Drink your coffee in the desert and it tastes better.
Here's the best way: grind it (you might even want to pregrind it before your journey, despite lack of freshness, the air will make the stale go away). Put it in the bottom of the cup. Boil water. Cool the water (slightly). Pour it over the grounds.
If the grounds are too big they'll float and keep on floating. No good. If the grounds are too fine, they'll stir up on every drink, again, no good. You want a medium grind, or a grind about like for drip coffee (french-press style too big).
Stir it. Wait.
After a bit, the ground sink. Drink slow. The coffee is fantastic. Drink slow. The grounds stay sunken and slink into the corner of the cup. Meditation!
Never sophisticated, not lame: cowboy coffee in the desert is the best ever.
Steven Smith
http://realtaiji.com