Filter coffee..... without filters

[AimlessWanderer]

A friend gifted me a hamper for Christmas with assorted treats and a few beers. In there was also a 250g pack of ground filter coffee. I don't drink coffee often, and when I do, it's instant coffee.

Seems a shame letting this go to waste, particularly as it was a gift. I feel as though I ought to at least try it even if I don't use it all, but of course I don't have a press, or filters, or any inclination to buy anything that'll never be used again.

Thoughts? Any simple hacks without buying anything or turning any of my socks brown? 

[eddie1115]

Well, you could make what's called "cowboy coffee" around here.  Stir coffee grounds into just-below-boiling water, let sit for 4 minutes, then pour a small amount of cold water onto the floating coffee grounds.  Another minute or two and the grounds should settle into the bottom.  Pour into a mug leaving the grounds behind.  This is similar to Turkish coffee I believe.

[4everYoung]

I've used a couple paper towels with ground coffee  in a funnel. Pour boiling water over the grounds. Having the funnel over your cup.

[Aloha]

What they said.   

[Grant Lamontagne]

I don't drink coffee at all, but Megan does and the only suggestions she has are the ones mentioned above.

Def

[WWW]

What they said in video format.

edit: You could also use a sock as a filter or some other form of underwear for more complex notes.

[AimlessWanderer]

Thanks all. I'll have a play around tomorrow 

[Sneider]

Turkish coffee?

[dks]

You mean Greek coffee?


I suggest you just use a small fine sieve the type that fits over a cup. Just put the sieve on the cup, put some coffee in it and pour the hot water through it, slowly.

You must have a small sieve somewhere...

I had the same problem last year, when i too was gifted ground coffee and had no coffee maker... I used a sieve.
I also bought a cheap French press, a few months later, for occasional use, in the winter.

[Gerhard Gerber]

Well, you could make what's called "cowboy coffee" around here.  Stir coffee grounds into just-below-boiling water, let sit for 4 minutes, then pour a small amount of cold water onto the floating coffee grounds.  Another minute or two and the grounds should settle into the bottom.  Pour into a mug leaving the grounds behind.  This is similar to Turkish coffee I believe.

What he said 

I drink a lot of coffee, no sugar no milk just coffee.  I now view coffee as clean (for the lack of a better word), so if a ground slips through I swallow or spit......no effect.

[ducttapetech]

Well, you could make what's called "cowboy coffee" around here.  Stir coffee grounds into just-below-boiling water, let sit for 4 minutes, then pour a small amount of cold water onto the floating coffee grounds.  Another minute or two and the grounds should settle into the bottom.  Pour into a mug leaving the grounds behind.  This is similar to Turkish coffee I believe.

What he said 

I drink a lot of coffee, no sugar no milk just coffee.  I now view coffee as clean (for the lack of a better word), so if a ground slips through I swallow or spit......no effect.

Yep, I like my coffee without impurities. Hot and black. I do the same as you. Eat or spit. I call coffee that has grounds in it crunchy coffee.
The way Mors makes coffee is how I learned to mack it years again and still make it that way out in the sticks. Mucka muck chuck!

[magentus]

I love that last slurp of hot black joe - it's like a surprise meal! 

[G-Dizzle]

Looks like everyone has the methods covered, but I will add a +1 to the fact that the only correct way to drink coffee is black!

[magentus]

Looks like everyone has the methods covered, but I will add a +1 to the fact that the only correct way to drink coffee is black!
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+1 - Black as midnight on a moonless night and as bitter as my heart.

[G-Dizzle]

Looks like everyone has the methods covered, but I will add a +1 to the fact that the only correct way to drink coffee is black!
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+1 - Black as midnight on a moonless night and as bitter as my heart.

[Grant Lamontagne]

... and pay $17 for it....

 

Def

[eddie1115]

Went to starbucks with my wife yesterday.  She ordered some kind of latte with extra shots of espresso and pumps of flavoring, even specified the temperature.  Recited a dissertation to order a drink.  I ordered a "grande dark roast".  Guess which one they got wrong...

[AimlessWanderer]

I do agree that coffee should be black, right up until the point I pour smurfloads of milk in it. How people can drink it black is beyond me.

Anyway, I've just cooked up a brew to give it a whirl. I used one on my small camping pots on the stove, cooked it up in the pot with sugar, and poured it into a large mug already laden with milk. It's a bit of a palaver when you're used to making tea with a teabag in a mug, but it worked out quite well for a first effort. I might tweak the method slightly next time, but it's heading for the gullet and not down the drain, so I reckon that makes it a success

[eddie1115]

I do agree that coffee should be black, right up until the point I pour smurfloads of milk in it. How people can drink it black is beyond me.

Anyway, I've just cooked up a brew to give it a whirl. I used one on my small camping pots on the stove, cooked it up in the pot with sugar, and poured it into a large mug already laden with milk. It's a bit of a palaver when you're used to making tea with a teabag in a mug, but it worked out quite well for a first effort. I might tweak the method slightly next time, but it's heading for the gullet and not down the drain, so I reckon that makes it a success

Congrats, glad to hear it!  Yeah, not quick and easy.  But I guess no one would buy coffee makers otherwise    Or you run into the weird folks that have coffee makers, but spend a half an hour with a kettle and measuring for a pour over instead 

[G-Dizzle]

[AimlessWanderer]

I do have one of those, and it worked quite well 

[ducttapetech]

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[AimlessWanderer]

Seconds out - round two.....

Cooked up enough for a 1 pint mug. Three level-ish spoons of ground coffee, and same of sugar. One full mug of cold water. Boil and simmer for a minute, leave to settle with lid on, then pour over an inch of milk in the bottom of the mug - leaves just enough liquid in the pan so you won't pour the sludge at the bottom.

Aye, that'll do for me 

Thanks for the insights folks

[Grant Lamontagne]

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Def

[G-Dizzle]

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Def

Hilarious movie!!

[Sea Monster]

I like my coffee like I like my women.

Slow roasted, ground into a fine powder, boiled in water and served in a foam cup.



My initial advice would be "Get some variety of coffee making device" (if you drink a lot of coffee) the cost-per-cup becomes quite agreeable.



I'll one up your coffee dickery when it comes to ordering - Instead of a "double shot" ask for a "quadruple ristretto" (4 x 1/2 Shots - instead them just putting your mug under a double-basket, make them make 4 shots, in single baskets...)


If you really want to rustle their jimmies, get them to make it with Decaf 

[jerseydevil]

 

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For the record, instant coffee is an abomination before God, Allah, Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, Vishnu, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster......

Burn in Hell ( or not, depending on who you choose from above ) Heretic.......

[chrono]

How about using a dripper like a gent?  Google for "Vietnamese Coffee Filter"

I am also among those drinking straight black coffee. Just like not adding sauce to fine steak, you don't add sweetener, milk... to good coffee. 

[jerseydevil]

And for the record, I use an ancient percolator from the 1960's at home. Got it at a garage sale around 1995 for $2. Cleaned it up, and that thing will make a brew so potent Pablo Escobar would be proud of the kick it gives ya......

[G-Dizzle]

And for the record, I use an ancient percolator from the 1960's at home. Got it at a garage sale around 1995 for $2. Cleaned it up, and that thing will make a brew so potent Pablo Escobar would be proud of the kick it gives ya......

Perked coffee is the best coffee hands down!!