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Cowboy-coffee is just a pot with water and coffee grounds on a fire. Apparently there is a trick involving adding egg-shells to the grounds to make them settle
by nescioquid 4y ago
Cowboy-coffee is just a pot with water and coffee grounds on a fire. Apparently there is a trick involving adding egg-shells to the grounds to make them settle more quickly (never tried it, though).
Glad you prevailed! My nightmare scenario is having coffee, but no way to grind it.
- 13of40 4y agoThe trick for that is to use two identical bowls, one as a mortar and the other as a pestal.
- sgtnoodle 4y agoThat's a very common misconception. The egg shells are for their calcium carbonate, in order to cut down acidity and improve the flavor. The classic trick to causing the grounds to settle quickly is simply to add a little bit of cold water at the end of brewing.
- nanomonkey 4y agoThe egg whites that remain on the shells also acts as a flocculant for suspended solids.
- dskinner 4y agoBeat the coffee grounds into an egg while bringing water to a boil, then get the whole mass into the water. Can boil for an extended time (say 3-5 minutes) and use old stale coffee and it will improve the flavor and keep the grounds suspended in the boiled egg making the pour off easy.