Campfire Coffee Pot

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There was a tent in the orchard: An occupied tent. I knew it was there somewhere yet I couldn’t find it. The enticing, heady scent of wood smoke from a campfire was spiced with the wonderful aroma of coffee brewing in what I knew to be my treasured, yellow enamel coffee pot — veteran of countless campfires in a number of countries but … where on earth was the tent, and more importantly, its occupant?

Not by the top lily pond, not beneath the spreading boughs of the apple tree in the pumpkin patch, not nestled amongst apricot, plum trees and grape vines either. Suddenly it was dark, with a crimson full moon appearing and disappearing through scudding grey clouds. The wind was bitterly cold, carrying glistening blue snowflakes on its breath. I was barefoot and, fsor some reason, voiceless. There were pug marks in what was suddenly a deep blanket of snow, so there was a leopard in the orchard too. I was unarmed, as was the occupant of the invisible tent. A high pitched squealing rent the prickling atmosphere, something distinctly furry hit my face and, needless to say I woke up absolutely panic stricken to find a quivering Hell-Bella crouched on my head!

Heart pounding like a tom-tom drum, breath coming in laboured gasps, I groped around for the torch which wasn’t where it was supposed to be and encountered Lucy, the smallest of the miniature dachshunds, cowering on top of books crammed in to a most convenient shelf built into the head board.  Another ghoulish scream, accompanied by thudding bangs and crashes, reverberated through the ceiling directly above the bed and sent Bitsy and Pedro fleeing for their lives out through the open door in to the living room with me close on their heels guided by electric blue flashes of lightening. Joe, Mrs Joe and Biggles decided to add shrieks and whistles to the hullabaloo and I tripped and fell over a squeaky rubber duck lying in wait on the kitchen rug. Cursing, loudly, I grabbed the battery powered emergency light as, as is often the case these days, the dammed power was off, selected a large wooden staff from behind the front door and, screaming like a banshee, charged in to battle.

Mungo the mongoose had beamed himself into a tiny bit of crawl space in the roof again and he was not alone. By the sound of it there were mice, maybe even rats, in there too and Mungo was in attack mode. Banging on the ceiling with the staff I silenced them for a moment or two but didn’t, as I had hoped, send them beating a retreat back to the great outdoors where they belong. I banged again… climbing on and off furniture as I went as one side of the ceiling is a bit difficult to reach. Bang, crash, wallop, bang, bonk, thump and, eventually silence. With a sigh of relief I crawled back in to bed, all four frightened dogs on top of me, and had just got comfortable when the circus resumed. I banged, crashed and thumped harder this time, crawled back in to the dog sandwich and managed all of a five minute snooze before the bloody beasties started up yet again. It was 2.45 am with a raging thunderstorm going on outside; I had to be up at 5 am to get things organised prior to setting off for Nathia Gali at 7 am and I was getting more than a little annoyed to put it lightly. Grabbing the staff I stood in the centre of the rumpled bed and gave the ceiling an almighty thwack, then leapt back in horror as the staff went straight through the roof. Shit, shit and double shit … the beasties might fall in and the ensuing pandemonium didn’t bear thinking about!

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Campfire cooking recipes coffee

Recipe 1. Bring two liters of water to a boil in a good coffee maker for camping. Take from heat and add 2 handfuls of coffee grounds end. Keep in mind that whoever makes the coffee will change the results of this traditional recipe. Steep for 4 minutes. The secret to good campfire coffee is to add a few tablespoons of cold water to the mixture after steeping. This sets the grounds at the bottom. Then pour slowly to keep as many reasons for your cup as possible.

Recipe 2. Add 6 teaspoons of ground coffee into a camping coffee pot, and pour 3 pints of cold water over the grounds. Put the pot on the fire and bring it to a boil. Take it off the heat and let steep for 3 minutes. Don’t forget the secret. Add those few tablespoons of cold water to the mixture after steeping to settle the grounds. This makes about 6 cups of good campfire coffee.

Campfire Perculator Coffee Pot

Recipe 3. This is the most common method of making campfire coffee. Start with 1½ tablespoons of coarsely ground coffee for each 6 oz of water when using a perculator coffee pot.Here's a tip if you end up with grounds in your coffee. Drill a hole in a regular coffee filter and put in the basket Perk. Watch the percolator for the coffee-colored. The more it benefits the stronger your coffee will be. A pot of coffee perculator takes practice but they campfire coffee great.

Good Tip

If you use the lake unpleasant, good or tap water your coffee will never taste very good. Coffee is 98% water using a good water makes all the difference in coffee good or bad. Bring water well with you and you can enjoy your coffee a lot more fire.

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