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So, the way I make coffee, and as far as I'm concerned the easiest and most versatile way to make it: Needed: 1. One small to medium aluminum or steel pot (an

So, the way I make coffee, and as far as I'm concerned the easiest and most versatile way to make it: Needed: 1. One small to medium aluminum or steel pot (any will do, just hopefully narrow enough for an easy boil) 2. Obviously, coffee, preferably freshly ground by you or some seller, but bagged, ground coffee is just fine if it's a good brand. 3. Distilled water. You could use tap water, but damn do I hope you live in one of those few places where the stuff from the tap is great stuff, because it often isn't and tastes like lead-lined ass. Otherwise, any distilled, filtered water will make a huge difference on final coffee quality. 4. Heat Source of some kind. It could be a gas stove, electric stove, induction stove, campfire or even a nuclear reactor core, as long as it can boil your pot water. 5. Your favorite cup, or any cup really, preferably one thick enough to trap heat for at least a bit. 6. Something for filtering prepared coffee. Could be a tiny kitchen sieve, a spare coffee filter, or even a (preferably very clean) sock. I've used them all. 7. Spoon. Process: 1. Pour water into your (preferably clean) little metal pot, measure out how many cups worth you want. 2. Heat said water until it boils. 3. Take water down from boil and just as it stops bubbling, toss in tablespoons of coffee. I prefer one tablespoon per cup's worth of water, but you can play with this based on strength preference. 4. Let sit for 5 minutes. 5. Serve yourself some fine damn coffee by pouring it into your cup through the little filtering screen of choice (see above), whether you're at home, on some mountains, or inside a nuclear reactor..

globular-toast 1y ago
There are certainly better options if you're at home but brewing coffee like this has worked for me before. You don't even have to filter it. You can just put ground coffee in a cup, add hot water, stir it to make the bites go to the bottom and drink it very carefully to avoid churning up the sediment. It's worked for me before when travelling. If you plan to make coffee while camping you might as well bring a Moka pot, though. But do learn how to use it first.
- southernplaces7 1y ago
  Had to look up what you meant by moka pot, and see that you're talking about what we call an Italian press where I live. Agreed that it's a useful camping tool, and in general for good, easy to make coffee, also much less fragile than a french press. Though I still think a simple pot and literally any sort of straining filter screen, even a spare paper coffee filter cup, is an even easier combo. No need to ever avoid swallowing grounds like that. Anything fancier than the above for just coffee is a waste to me. Big complex devices break down and with the accumulated heat, humidity, oils and so forth, quickly turn into refuge camps for both cockroaches and bacteria..

globular-toast 1y ago

There are certainly better options if you're at home but brewing coffee like this has worked for me before. You don't even have to filter it. You can just put ground coffee in a cup, add hot water, stir it to make the bites go to the bottom and drink it very carefully to avoid churning up the sediment. It's worked for me before when travelling. If you plan to make coffee while camping you might as well bring a Moka pot, though. But do learn how to use it first.

southernplaces7 1y ago
Had to look up what you meant by moka pot, and see that you're talking about what we call an Italian press where I live. Agreed that it's a useful camping tool, and in general for good, easy to make coffee, also much less fragile than a french press. Though I still think a simple pot and literally any sort of straining filter screen, even a spare paper coffee filter cup, is an even easier combo. No need to ever avoid swallowing grounds like that. Anything fancier than the above for just coffee is a waste to me. Big complex devices break down and with the accumulated heat, humidity, oils and so forth, quickly turn into refuge camps for both cockroaches and bacteria..