coffee pot question

[Longhunter]

This was at the TMA Tree Rat Rendezvous last fall. The camp coffee pot sits on the ground to the right of the fire pit.

[snake eyes]

Well, I guess I might be the village idiot here.....But when in the
woods hunting and such,I always have a mouthful of coffee beans in
my mouth. Chew,spit etc.

No one else.I always have coffee beans in my pocket when hunting,scouting,hiking
and fishing......Must be an old guy thing!My dad did it when I was his hunting dog :cry:
snake-eyes

[prairie dog]

Ron,

whoowee, those ribs look tasty!

[rickevans]

Prairie Dog. They were magnificent. Better than you can imagine.  X2.

[No Rod]

I sure do love those chocolate covered espresso beans!

[Loyalist Dave]

The caffeine in coffee beans is water soluble..., so it's not the darkness of the beans but the amount of beans, how well ground, and how long they are in the boiling water that makes the caffeine level.  The roasting just gives flavor and color.  So the old school percolator actually gives you more caffeine from the same amount of ground coffee than if you made the coffee a la espresso.  In espresso, the water goes through once, but percolators recirculate the water over and over.  

That's why when I made several test batches with green coffee beans that I roasted myself, although the coffee looked and tasted "weak"..., itmademetalkveryfast and gave me the jitters.  The "coffee" that I made was full of caffeine, just lacking color and flavor.  

LD

[sse]

but percolators recirculate the water over and over.

Which is why percolator coffee tastes lousy.

[greyhunter]

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That's why when I made several test batches with green coffee beans that I roasted myself, although the coffee looked and tasted "weak"..., itmademetalkveryfast and gave me the jitters.  The "coffee" that I made was full of caffeine, just lacking color and flavor.   :rotf  :rotf  

[prairie dog]

The new pot is officially "broke in".  I am impressed with the craftsmanship that went into this coffee pot.  I was a little hesitant when I ordered it due to the price but now that I have seen and used it, the quality is well worth what I had to pay.  I can recommend Backwoods Tin, Bob's work is good stuff.



The new kettle has a venison stew cooking in it.  The venison was from a deer I killed with my 50 cal Lyman GPR last season.  Now I can return all the blue enamel cook ware back to my deer camp and leave it there. Next, I will replace the cast iron skillet with something a little more proper.

[greggholmes]

http://www.mtmen.org/mtman/RuslPaper.html

The darker the roast the less caffeine.
boiling water is to hot.
If you want the grounds contained tie them up, loose, in a piece of linen or cotton and use it like a tea bag.

[sse]

Great links added to a great thread.  I espcially like how the pics give a little window into the appearance of the camps.