Is coffee at camp necessary or tradition

[Alan]

For those who hunt from a base camp, is morning coffee just about waking up or is it something more? I feel like there's a ritual aspect that matters as much as the caffeine. What's your camp coffee situation?

 

[Indigo22]

Coffee perking on the fire at the camp has got to be the best. IMHO ... One of my uncles would also make cowboy coffee that would turn out fairly decent.
I picked up a 9 cup fire pit stainless steel percolator this summer but I haven't put it to use yet. I need to remedy this.
Yes ... tradition.

 

[Toyboy]

Beats Ovaltine

 

[Tom L]

Just at camp? What about home, work, in the car...

 

[Tabby]

Keeping things simple, I am on Keurig's best customer list and auto delivery schedule. The darker the roast the better.

 

[Crash87]

Coffee perking on the fire at the camp has got to be the best. IMHO ... One of my uncles would also make cowboy coffee that would turn out fairly decent.
I picked up a 9 cup fire pit stainless steel percolator this summer but I haven't put it to use yet. I need to remedy this.
Yes ... tradition.

So your uncle would make the coffee the cowboy way and you, just bought a Stainless Percolator!!!!! For shame. All kidding aside, coffee made the cowboy is very good, but there are some tricks to getting there. btw, while a bit pricey Arbuckle's Ariosa course grind is a good start.

 

[Indigo22]

So your uncle would make the coffee the cowboy way and you, just bought a Stainless Percolator!!!!! For shame. All kidding aside, coffee made the cowboy is very good, but there are some tricks to getting there. btw, while a bit pricey Arbuckle's Ariosa course grind is a good start.

How the morning coffee was made mainly depended on who was at camp that year and how many. Frequently there was more than one batch going on the fire. Most common was to have a steel percolator(s), that being said one of the uncles made coffee in a tall pot and boiled the brew cowboy style. He had the talent knowing how long to boil the coffee and when to pull it off to simmer then cool. My wife and I like perked coffee best. I wanted to have the ability to make it over an open fire. There is just something about a freshly brewed hot cup of coffee that I enjoy.
Side note: My dad was a hard core instant coffee man. Water being difficult to burn made making coffee an easy task. He had a taste for strong coffee and I mean strong. My siblings and I joked that his coffee was almost strong enough to stand a spoon up in the cup. His pride was to offer any and all visitors a cup of coffee make it then sit back and talk a bit. I too like a dark roast coffee, maybe not quite as strong as my dad's though, but if he made it, it was special, and I drank it after adjusting my tastebuds.

 

[Toyboy]

Coffee perking, bacon frying, is the best damn alarm clock known to man in deer-elk or moose camp !!!

 

[Crash87]

Speaking of cowboy coffee, An interesting thing just happened to me this past week. I had ordered some Ariosa coffee from Arbucles. I always give some 1#'s out for Christmas gifts. While I'm looking into the sales and discount's I also stock up with a few pounds for myself. I had two boxes here with various types and amounts and my Wife started opening things up to start wrapping etc. I always buy the medium grind and she hands me a package and says what is this. Looking at he label didn't tell me anything, feeling the bag told me I messed up on my order, and got whole bean instead. So off to the store for a coffee grinder, so much for my holidays discount. But on the bright side of a half full cup of coffee, I can now grind it course, specifically for cowboy coffee.

 

[CZMark]

I use the cowboy method-- a percolator at camp is blasphemy.