By Cheri Sicard
Our favorite campfire cooking expert, Cowboy Kent Rollins, produced the video below to teach the world how to make cowboy coffee.
Besides simply showing us how to make cowboy coffee, Kent goes into all his tips and tricks to make what he says is “the smoothest cup of coffee around.”
Kent says this coffee has health benefits, especially for those who say coffee exacerbates their acid reflux disorder and causes stomach issues. Kent says if you cook this coffee right, it’s low acid and smoooooth!
He also busts some often-repeated myths about cowboy coffee, such as it’s too dark, too stout, or too burnt. Kent says cowboy coffee is NONE of those things, providing you make it correctly.
You will need a well-seasoned coffee pot, and Kent has a separate video about how to season your coffee pot for great flavor.
More details Kent covers in the video:
• Cooking times for different grinds
• Cowboy coffee amounts and ratios
• Tips for buying vintage coffee pots
• How long to boil the coffee
• How long to steep the coffee after boiling
• How to strain and serve the coffee
• How to keep your campfire coffee pot clean
• What to do with leftover brewed coffee
• Tips for making cowboy coffee at home
I have long since lost count of the campers and RVers I have met who lovingly rhapsodize over their fond memories of cowboy coffee. I am not sure why these folks act like campfire coffee is a fond memory that has to stay lost to the mists of time. You can still make this great coffee today. Watch the video, and Cowboy Kent will show you how.
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RVT1253
1st campout for our Boy Scout toop there 3 adults me SM Arnold
&my fellow ASM Ron As we were turning in Saturday night they came to me & asked me t make coffee in the AM I said Are you sure you really want me to-Ed fixes my coffee every day They said Sure, it’ll be fine In the AM I looked around There was a huge coffee pot w/o any guts Thinking how to mae it when I recalled the Cow Hunter living history actor from Kissimmee River SP. He had said to use eggs or cold H2O to settle the grounds. Our eggs were needed for bkfast so I used cold H2O Didn’t work We spent bfst straining grounds out of our coffee w/our teeth They never asked me to make coffee again.
Very impressive.