Creating a Great Cup of Coffee by the Campfire

Although many people enjoy roughing it in the woods on a camping trip, they often do not want to be without their morning cup of coffee. You may think that your are destined to go without your caffeine fix since you can not plug a coffee pot into a tree. Thankfully however that is not true, there are many wonderful methods for making a great cup of campfire coffee.

There are a large number of delicious recipes that will allow you to create coffee in a plain pot right over top of a campfire. You can experiment with the different recipes to find which one that you like the best.

For an exceptional pot of traditional campfire coffee you first need to get a good fire going. The next step is to bring about two quarts of water to a steady, rolling boil in a camping coffee pot.

Once the water is boiling, remove the pot from the fire and add about two handfuls of finely ground coffee. If you want your coffee stronger or weaker, you can of course adjust the amount of coffee that you toss in to your water.

Allow this mix to steep for approximately four minutes or so. A secret for campfire coffee that many people swear by is to add a couple of tablespoons of cold water to this brew after the steeping step.

The cold water encourages the coffee grounds to drop down and settle to the bottom of the pot. Thus preventing as little floating grounds in your cup as possible.

Next, you want to pour your coffee into your cup very slowly so that you are less apt to end up with coffee grounds in your cup.

Another very similar recipe for campfire coffee involves adding about six teaspoons of ground coffee to a camping coffee pot, and then pouring in 3 pints of cold water over top of the grounds. You then place your pot on top of the fire and allow it to reach a rolling boil.

Once your mixture has a steady boil, remove the pot from the fire and allow your mix to steep for about three minutes. This campfire coffee recipe also calls for the step of adding your few tablespoons of cold water to allow the coffee grounds to settle on the bottom.

This particular recipe should yield about six cups of wonderful coffee to sip around your campfire.

A number of people use campfire percolators pots to create their campfire coffee. There is a very simple and popular recipe for making campfire coffee using a campfire percolator pot.

You will need to begin with about two tablespoons of finely ground coffee per six ounces of water. If you wind up with a lot of grounds in your coffee, simple make a hole in a normal coffee filter and place in in the percolator basket.

Keep your eye on the color of the coffee while it is perking. The longer you allow your coffee to perk, the stronger the brew will be. Using a percolator to create campfire coffee is not hard; it just takes a little practice. In no time at all you will be enjoying wonderful campfire coffee.

It is very important to remember that because coffee is made up of over 98% water, it is important to use the best water possible for your campfire coffee. If you can, use fresh water brought with you from home. If you are forced to use lake water, no matter how good your campfire coffee recipe may be, it will probably leave you with an unpleasant taste.