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Message started by solotripper on Oct 20th, 2014 at 3:11pm

Title: DYI Coffee Filter
Post by solotripper on Oct 20th, 2014 at 3:11pm
I did something I've never done and brought some premium ground coffee on my fall trip.

Since I knew I would be base camping, that meant I could take my time in morning and have a decent cup of coffee instead of single serving coffee packs I favor when I'm traveling everyday.

I hate grounds in my coffee and after some experimenting at home, I found that once of those 2 piece tea diffuser's would hold enough coffee to give me a couple of decent size mugs.

I also found that if I ground beans at the coarse's setting, I eliminated the grounds/sediment issue.

Well somewhere along the line, I forgot to pack that diffuser ball and had to channel my inner McGyver. ;D

I've mentioned how I use those knee high granny nylons to pre-filter my water.
I took one of them and filled with ground coffee.
Tied a knot in it which gave me a round coffee filter pack.
Put in pot with appropriate amount of water and brought to slow boil. When water started bubbling I dunked the granny filter like you would a tea bag.
Once the color was right, I used spoon against the side of pot to squeeze all the liquid out of
bag.

I set used filter near fire pit to dry/drain.
No sediment at all. When bag was semi/dry, I undid knot, turned inside out over fire pit and all the coffee grounds came out clean as a whistle. Burned right up in that nights fire.

Dried the nylon over tree branch and put back in cooking kit.
A great way to re-cycle and simple as can be.
You can turn any pot into a gourmet coffee brewer.

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