Never saw a "formal" recipe for egg coffee before, but putting an egg in a pot of boiled coffee to settle the grounds was common technique in our chuck wagon and camp sites in West TX.
Bob
Old School Coffee
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Never saw a "formal" recipe for egg coffee before, but putting an egg in a pot of boiled coffee to settle the grounds was common technique in our chuck wagon and camp sites in West TX.
Bob
Yep! It got better and thicker as the day went on!
And I SWORE I would never drink coffee black again when I got out.. October 1970..
....well except espresso
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Some may laugh at me, but I like Dunkin Donuts Decaf and buy it to make at home. I'm not allowed to drink the high test per my cardiologist and family Dr..
BigCityChief
Member
Remember the smell floating around an "old school" A&P coffee grinder?
MMMMMMMMMM
Thanks for the memory - the old red metal grinders and 8 o'clock coffee (the brand, if you're too young to remember).
Actually the can came in real handy after the coffee was gone. I don't know how many air regulators we could fix with one can but there were many.
I worked on Weapons Elevators on an Aircraft Carrier and at each magazine level, there were at least one regulator per door. As you may know the Navy spared no expense on buying ANYTHING and the air regulators were made out of solid brass pieces! The one weak point was the diaphragm. Over time they would crack and leak air. It just so happened that the coffee can was made out of almost the same thickness of metal! Well when your at sea and run out of parts, you have to improvise!
So, with a compass, tin snips, a small hammer, a fine file and a drill, we made diaphragms that actually lasted much longer that the original stock ones.
Is that like sewing up a crack in a Plexiglas canopy with safety wire and layin' on a bit 'o fiberglass??
You know 'dem ADJ's... always up to sumtin'
bigolddave
Member
Ah, but the A&P coffee was not limited to Eight O'Clock; remember Bokar? I believe there were a couple of others, too.
photocosmo
Member
What - no chicory?
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labworm
US Veteran
george minze
Member
In 78 while on a fugative detail to Hilo Ha. I drank Kona coffee, been hooked ever since.....However it is now 42.00 per pound so now I keep it for a special occassion. Had a young Ha. County judge that had a heart. He put off the extradition for a week, as he winked at us...It was tough duty staying there on the gov. dime but we buckled down and did our duty....Kona coffee wasn't 42 a lb. then. but it is a great coffee , but water has to be almost boiling to get full flavor..Never, Never put dryed cream substitute in high dollor coffee..It is a sin!! The Hilo cops took us out on the big canoe's every morning, I thought I was in shape...not for that!!
1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Back several years ago, about 4 or 5 of us would camp and hunt.
Coffee always seemed to run out with everyone drinking it.
To help with the supply I made a "creek water" old style coffee pot.
The pot is tapered from the 5" top to the 10" bottom. This is to help prevent the grounds from getting poured into your cut. The pot will hold 2 gallons to the bottom of the spout. I hand made the pot using 16ga 304 stainless steel.
Coffee always seemed to run out with everyone drinking it.
To help with the supply I made a "creek water" old style coffee pot.
The pot is tapered from the 5" top to the 10" bottom. This is to help prevent the grounds from getting poured into your cut. The pot will hold 2 gallons to the bottom of the spout. I hand made the pot using 16ga 304 stainless steel.
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labworm
US Veteran
Have to admit, that is one heck of a contraption you built, I really like it, 2 gallons to boot.
BearBio
Member
Learned to drink coffee on the Army orderly room as a trainee company clerk. Made a giant urn in the AM when I came in and another at night for the CQ, when I left. Drank it all day and never made a fresh pot.
My favorite now is a type called Deadman's Reach (Named after a reef off of Baranoff Island in Alaska). "Served in bed, It'll wake the dead" Producer says it is designed for "...project deadlines, long haul trucking, and Finals Week." First time I drank it, I had six cups and thought I was having a heart attack! But not very acidic--real mellow.
Day-to-day, I preferred a dark roast from southern Mexico similar to what I drank in Belize and Guatemala but Safeway doesn't carry it any more. The next best is good old Costco dark roast (Costa Rican, I think). I grind my own each morning.
Despite what you all think, we Govt employees have to provide our own coffee, so a thermos leaves with me each morning.
My favorite now is a type called Deadman's Reach (Named after a reef off of Baranoff Island in Alaska). "Served in bed, It'll wake the dead" Producer says it is designed for "...project deadlines, long haul trucking, and Finals Week." First time I drank it, I had six cups and thought I was having a heart attack! But not very acidic--real mellow.
Day-to-day, I preferred a dark roast from southern Mexico similar to what I drank in Belize and Guatemala but Safeway doesn't carry it any more. The next best is good old Costco dark roast (Costa Rican, I think). I grind my own each morning.
Despite what you all think, we Govt employees have to provide our own coffee, so a thermos leaves with me each morning.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
Cowboy coffee yup had it a few times when camping.
Being retired for 10 years and sick of the garbage coffee that my local dunkin donuts sold me which i threw every cup away i gave up drinking coffee until i seen the fool proof, idiot proof way of making the perfect cup of coffee everytime, every cup(keurig). I purchased a keurig for every family member too. I purchased about 7 keurigs now. I even gave one to my misses for her people at work too. There's nothing like having a perfect cup of coffee everytime. It just makes my world a whole lot better.
Since all our childern love to cook I also purchased everyone a Kitchen Aid mixer too. I figure i can make there lives a tad better with the proper kitchen tools.
I love to cook too but i can't make that cup of coffee perfect. With the keurig i'm a coffee pro now.
favorite blend of K cup coffee, my misses likes the breakfast blend as most people do, I like the stronger, robust lake & lodge coffee.
I did contact Keurig about offering a 12 volt keuri coffee maker too. This way on a trip or at my camp which runs on 12 volts i can still have my perfect cup of coffee. I'm 62yo and as i get older its the little things that matter like having a perfect cup of coffee.
Being retired for 10 years and sick of the garbage coffee that my local dunkin donuts sold me which i threw every cup away i gave up drinking coffee until i seen the fool proof, idiot proof way of making the perfect cup of coffee everytime, every cup(keurig). I purchased a keurig for every family member too. I purchased about 7 keurigs now. I even gave one to my misses for her people at work too. There's nothing like having a perfect cup of coffee everytime. It just makes my world a whole lot better.
Since all our childern love to cook I also purchased everyone a Kitchen Aid mixer too. I figure i can make there lives a tad better with the proper kitchen tools.
I love to cook too but i can't make that cup of coffee perfect. With the keurig i'm a coffee pro now.
favorite blend of K cup coffee, my misses likes the breakfast blend as most people do, I like the stronger, robust lake & lodge coffee.
I did contact Keurig about offering a 12 volt keuri coffee maker too. This way on a trip or at my camp which runs on 12 volts i can still have my perfect cup of coffee. I'm 62yo and as i get older its the little things that matter like having a perfect cup of coffee.
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No Keurigs
I ran the math on using K-cups a while back. A cup of coffee from a Keurig costed the same as making a full-12-cup pot of coffee the old way.
I use a Black & Decker Brew & Go. I get the coffee at the strength I want, it's freshly brewed and I'm not paying for the expense of those effin' K-cups.
I ran the math on using K-cups a while back. A cup of coffee from a Keurig costed the same as making a full-12-cup pot of coffee the old way.
I use a Black & Decker Brew & Go. I get the coffee at the strength I want, it's freshly brewed and I'm not paying for the expense of those effin' K-cups.
just don't get a perking ticket.
venomballistics
Member
they also have an insert for the Keurig that allows the use of loose grounds.
between that and a coffee grinder for an old school meets new approach, it makes a fine cup of coffee
mkk41
US Veteran
I normally use a drip maker in the morning and fill my Thermos for work. Makes a decent pot , but for off-days when I'm in no hurry , the electric perk comes out. Saw a History Channel - Modern Marvels episode on coffee that said the old fashioned percolater was the absolute WORST way to make coffee. But it comes out stronger and hotter than any drip machine.
And I recently switched to Costco's house brand. Grrrreat stuff!
Supposedly made for them by Starbucks.
And I recently switched to Costco's house brand. Grrrreat stuff!
Supposedly made for them by Starbucks.
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Depends. If you smell burning coffee that's not good. A certain fellowship I belong to includes a percolator full of coffee as a central fixture at our meetings. Some of it gets pretty nasty. I like to use a filter in the basket and remove the grounds as soon as the coffee is ready. Generally though boiled coffee is ruined coffee.
We use Costco beans by Starbucks with a drip maker. The pre ground Kirkland Colombian is pretty good too.
