Coffee with salt

[two_bit_score]

(removed), I bet you know how to use a drip sack for making coffee. And a little chicory in coffee is alright with me.

 

[user.69169]

You know I probably made coffee just about every way a man can, and a few ways a man ought not to. When we had them pots on the road tractors we did tie the grounds in a sack and let it hang into the water on a string, piece of wire ain't no good at all for doing that cause the wire gets all corroded and make bad taste. Back in the days when you could get a decent cloth feed sack it worked pretty good long as you washed the sack out first.

Dangest thing is all the coffee I drank in all the choke & pukes I know fortrue the coffee was a lot better back in the old days than it is with these fancy new Bunn machines everybody got now. There was the time when everybody had them big coffee urns behind the counter and the girl dropped a bag of coffee in the cloth thing on top and poured the water from the spiggot through the machine, good counter girl always run the water through at least twice and the night gals generally ran it 3 times so everybody stayed awake. Then seemed like just about everybody went to the glass pot with this funnl contraption that pushed into the pot. She'd ppush the funnel in the pot full of water sitting onthe heater and all the water went up to the funnel when it boiled, then dump the coffee in the funnel and shut the heat off, and give the coffee in the funnel a stirr with a wood spoon. Took a few minutes for the coffee to run back down in the pot, and she'd unplug the funnel and dump the grounds. I knew one place where the owner took all them grounds out back and mixed em up with leaves from trees and grew fishing worms in that mix. Danged if I can remember what that funnel contraption was called. We had one of them at home, pyrex pot, and a glass funnel, and it worked pretty good till that wife forgot to take the glass plug out before she went to wash dishes and that glass plug busted. Dern machine didn't work at all after that and we had to get a new coffee pot.

There was this Italian Festival thing over by Rochester this weekend, and the wife took me there tonight for supper. Dang good food, but a lot of them folks sure talk funny. We had the pasta with meatballs, and I tell you good as it was eating a meatball with a plastic fork is just a little like work. Didn't have no knives, not even plastic knives, and the little woman is death on me using my Buck knife to cut food out in a public place, so I had to bust that meatball apart with 2 of them plastic forks. After we ate that pasta we wandered around and theres 2 gals there with this fancy freezer you look into through a glass, and they got this stuff in there looks sort of like a cross between lard when its cooling down after you render and mayonaze. Well I ask what it is cause some of it looks like it might taste good and they call it Gilatto. OK whats it taste like? One gal hands me this little spoon not as big as a dime to taste, and I tell her there is just no way I can work up a taste on that, shoot I had boils on my butt years ago bigger than that sample. She give me a couple more of them little sample spoons, and that stuff is good no matter how bad it looks. The little owman and I each had us what they call a 3 dollar dish. I think they give you them little spoons so you work a lot eating the stuff and don't figure out how little you got for your money.

Then we wander around some more and listen to this fellow up on a stage pretending to sing with some silly woman jiggleing behind him like she having a epileptic fit or something. Can't say it did much for me, but the little woman enjoyed it. After that we wander past this stand where they selling coffee. I never saw so many different machines to produce a cup of coffee in my life. They got the blenders and they got some machine with what looks like the shift lever from a Peterbilt a fellow shoves this overgrown thimble full of grounds into and pulls on the handle till the coffee spits out the spigot. They got another thing where they pour milk on top the coffee inthe cup, and then stick it under a spiggot that turns the milk all foamey. Like I say I ain't never seen the likes. Little woman says she knows what's going on with all them machines, and she orders us up a couple coffees. I tell her I'll just take mine black like I always. They charge 3 dollars for a cup of coffee, and this gal behind the counter sits this cup on there that ain't got a full swig in it. I looked at the little woman and figured I best not say anything. Just grabbed my coffee and started walking away. We got off to the side and I ask her where the heck the rest of the coffee is, and she tells me this is something called dummytoss, and yo sip it slow. OK fine, this dummy feels like he got tossed and rolled for 6 bucks. I sip that sucker and I mean it's decent 300 mile coffee, but it sure ain't 3 bucks worth. I threw it back in 3 sips and licked out the little cup while she sipped hers.

Sure does seem to me this country forgot what a decent cup of coffee is and a lot of people went to calling it by fancy names cause ti sure don't taste like coffee much any more.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Back when Me and Mush got them new road tractors bosses crashhappy boys thought they was getting we figured out how to mount us up a couple coffee boilers right there next to the exhaust. You can boil up a pretty decent pot going down the road, but you gotta drive careful and stuff spout of the pot with a ball of cottin. I seen a lot of fellows with strange looks early in the morning when that Detroit smelled more of coffee than it did of diesel. Funny as all getout when you lift up the hood and pour a good myg of hot steaming coffee and watch people staring, ain't none too sure how it being done and most too scared to ask.

Never brewed coffee down there but made quite few stakes on the engine while jeepin' You wrap the meat and the fittings in aluminum foil, you wrapped it well and than leave it on the intake manifold for hour or so. It cooks it good and it's very convenient.

 

[sodamo]

I likes my coffee like I likes my wimmin - fresh, hot, and natural. :licking:

My grandmother ALWAY drank her tea from her saucer. Always overfilled the cup with milk until the saucer was full.

About the only time I remember really liking instant coffee was when it was in my C rations.

Most of you have probably heard of Kona coffee, but I have to tell ya, they sure grow some really good stuff in Ka'u, Puna, and even here in Hamakua.

 

[polo1665]

I likes my coffee like I likes my wimmin - fresh, hot, and natural. :licking:

My grandmother ALWAY drank her tea from her saucer. Always overfilled the cup with milk until the saucer was full.

About the only time I remember really liking instant coffee was when it was in my C rations.

Most of you have probably heard of Kona coffee, but I have to tell ya, they sure grow some really good stuff in Ka'u, Puna, and even here in Hamakua.

Spent a couple of weeks on the Big Island back in 2005. Sure did like the Kona coffee, took a few pounds home (along with some Macadamia nuts).
If I get to go again I'll definitely check the other areas out.

 

[Bird]

tie the grounds in a sack and let it hang into the water on a string

The little Indian community of Overbrook, OK (on I-35 between Ardmore and Thackerville) started an all night gospel singing on a Saturday night in August as a memorial for the Indian soldiers killed in WWII. Of course, Dad & I had both gone to school where there were as many Indians as non-Indians, so when I was a kid most of those Indians were friends of ours, and we always went to that singing at a little church back in the woods. They took a break at midnight for coffee and donuts, and in the late '40s and early '50s, coffee and/or water was the only thing available to drink. And the coffee was made in one of the big black "wash kettles" on a wood fire. They got the water boiling, then dropped in a cloth sack of coffee grounds tied with a rope. The coffee was so hot and so strong, I think most of us had to only get half a cup, then finish filling it with cool water.

 

[RavensRoost]

After you "de-scale" your coffee maker by running white vinegar through it, and after you have rinsed it and the pot, run at least one cycle of clean water through it. Then add a couple of tablespoons of baking soda to the coffee maker tank and to the pot itself, and let it sit. DO NOT run it through heat cycle, just dump it out and rinse one more time. Gets rid of vinegar flavor.

Of course, you could probably skip the above baking soda trick and just add more salt to the coffee in the first batch after the de-scaling.

 

[Bird]

Saturday I visited my local Ford dealer for oil & filter change in each vehicle, and they have a new coffee maker in the customer lounge that's so fancy and elaborate that I can't even remember what all it does.:laughing: You do a lot of selecting on a touch screen. First it's whether you want coffee, espresso, tea, hot water (or about 4 other choices). If you select coffee, then you have to decide if you want house blend, Columbian, or French roast. Then you select strong, medium, or weak, then half cup or full cup, then of course whether you want sugor or cream. When you get through selecting, you can hear it grinding coffee beans (you can see at least a couple of kinds of beans at the top of the machine), and it has a bar across the screen as we're accustomed to seeing on computers showing what percentage of the job is done. And it eventually pours you a very good cup of coffee.:laughing:

 

[brin]

I likes my coffee like I likes my wimmin - fresh, hot, and natural. :licking:

My grandmother ALWAY drank her tea from her saucer. Always overfilled the cup with milk until the saucer was full.

About the only time I remember really liking instant coffee was when it was in my C rations.

Most of you have probably heard of Kona coffee, but I have to tell ya, they sure grow some really good stuff in Ka'u, Puna, and even here in Hamakua.

My wife and I flew into Oahu and because of connecting flights and delays we had been up for 24 hours by the time we got to our hotel and got to sleep the next morning we woke up on our time not Ha. time..so nothing was open and we were wide awake at 3AM in the hotel room...Since we were leaving on a flight later that day to Maui where we had a condo rented we had some coffee and filters with us ..so I went into the bathroom with our carafe and put some grounds in the filter and got the water from the faucet as hot as I could and stooped over the sink as it slowly dripped into the filter..I managed to get us 2 Luke warm cups of what passed for coffee ..anything in a pinch..:laughing:

 

[tallyho8]

Most of the time I drink my French Market New Orleans blend coffee with chicory. You must use way less coffee when using coffee with chicory.

I just picked up some Kona coffee in Hawaii but haven't tried it yet. At the supermarket there it was $32 a pound. I bought an 8 ounce bag! I'm hoping that it's not too good because I can't see myself spending that much money on coffee.

Right now I'm sitting here eating some semi-sweet chocolate covered Waialua coffee beans from Oahu. $7.50 for 2.5 ounces. Things sure are expensive in Hawaii.

 

[sodamo]

My wife and I flew into Oahu and because of connecting flights and delays we had been up for 24 hours by the time we got to our hotel and got to sleep the next morning we woke up on our time not Ha. time..so nothing was open and we were wide awake at 3AM in the hotel room...Since we were leaving on a flight later that day to Maui where we had a condo rented we had some coffee and filters with us ..so I went into the bathroom with our carafe and put some grounds in the filter and got the water from the faucet as hot as I could and stooped over the sink as it slowly dripped into the filter..I managed to get us 2 Luke warm cups of what passed for coffee ..anything in a pinch..:laughing:

Kinda like having a snack of dried peaches in Hartsfield. :licking:

 

[Cat_Driver]

Now I'll tell you about picky. I used to drink one cup a day of Starbucks coffee and I was picky about the temperature so when I ordered it I always ordered it 180 - which meant 180 degrees.

Well one day after I got my cup it felt less than 180. I explained to the coffee maker that it didn't feel 180 because I get a 180 every day and this is not 180.

Well the coffee maker took a stand and argued that it was IN FACT 180 because he just made it.

I just happened to have a digital thermometer in my pocket, I shoved it in the cup ( by this time a few people were gathering watching this back and forth) The thermometer only went to 145 and I said how's THAT FOR PROOF?

I looked around at the crowd who half looked at me like I was nuts and the other half were showing delight that the coffee maker was not only rude but wrong.

The manage apologized and gave me some free coupons and it made me think of carrying that thermometer to all the buffets I go to where the food is ice cold. It sure is an argument stopper.

 

[sodamo]

Most of the time I drink my French Market New Orleans blend coffee with chicory. You must use way less coffee when using coffee with chicory.

I just picked up some Kona coffee in Hawaii but haven't tried it yet. At the supermarket there it was $32 a pound. I bought an 8 ounce bag! I'm hoping that it's not too good because I can't see myself spending that much money on coffee.

Right now I'm sitting here eating some semi-sweet chocolate covered Waialua coffee beans from Oahu. $7.50 for 2.5 ounces. Things sure are expensive in Hawaii.

Me either :laughing: Just last week the wife remarked as to why do we drink the "cheaper" stuff and save the good stuff for company... I only get Kona when gifted by someone visiting. Buying an eastside bean like Hamakua or Puna at the farmers market is much more reasonable, but not quite up to being given some homegrown by friends. I'd like to plant some, but picking that cherry one by one is hard work.

I too, sure do love those chocolate covered beans, MMMMMMMMMMMM. Problem is I can polish off the whole bag at a sitting :licking:

I drank the French w/ chicory whenever visiting NO. It always sparked the memory of my parents talking how coffee was extended with chicory back in WWII days.

 

[czechsonofagun]

I just happened to have a digital thermometer in my pocket, I shoved it in the cup ( by this time a few people were gathering watching this back and forth) The thermometer only went to 145 and I said how's THAT FOR PROOF?

I looked around at the crowd who half looked at me like I was nuts and the other half were showing delight that the coffee maker was not only rude but wrong.

The manage apologized and gave me some free coupons and it made me think of carrying that thermometer to all the buffets I go to where the food is ice cold. It sure is an argument stopper.

Very funny, I would treasure that moment!

And I like your thinking - now how about a radar to prove the cop wrong?

 

[bullbreaker]

I just picked up some Kona coffee in Hawaii but haven't tried it yet. At the supermarket there it was $32 a pound. I bought an 8 ounce bag! I'm hoping that it's not too good because I can't see myself spending that much money on coffee.
Right now I'm sitting here eating some semi-sweet chocolate covered Waialua coffee beans from Oahu. $7.50 for 2.5 ounces. Things sure are expensive in Hawaii.

"YIKES" If thats the case I'd hate to find out how much the HULA-HULA ladies are just to watch them dance!
Boone

 

[ncredleg]

I'm not really clear about when that pinch of salt is added to your coffee. Was it added to the cup after the coffee was brewed, or was it added to the coffee grounds before brewing? We don't do it, but I can remember when my mother put a pinch of salt in the coffee grounds before brewing it in the old stove top percolator.

Added to gounds before brewing.My grandmother swore that it cut down on the oils which gave her terrible indigestion as she got older.It seemed to work .

 

[user.69169]

I drank the French w/ chicory whenever visiting NO. It always sparked the memory of my parents talking how coffee was extended with chicory back in WWII days.

Roasted chicory was only 6 bucks a pound last time my shipment came in. There's a real good company in La, seems like they moved out of NO right after Katrina, maybe to Metterie or someplace close to get back in business quick right after Katrina. I just call them on the phone and they ship me 6 pounds and I only pay for 5. They got all kinds of coffee. I won't post the name though cause somebody might get upset.

Roasted chicory was used when coffee couldn't be had long before World War II, dang good if you boil it up right. You guys eating chocolate covered beans crack me up. When I was a kid we'd go to the store and if we was lucky storekeeper would have a dish there next to the grinder with some beans you could help yourself to and chew on. Moma never got her beans ground, just took em back home in the sack and crushed them up when she made coffee.