COWBOY COFFEE - ITALIAN ALPS STYLE

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    No book on camping would be complete without the author's favorite coffee recipe. There are literally THOUSANDS of coffee recipes out there, but NONE of them beat THIS recipe (trust me). This is a REAL MAN's (sorry ladies) coffee. If you prepare coffee as described here, be prepared for the best-sustained caffeine "rush" you ever had in your life. Reserve this recipe for special occasions only. You will like it so much, that you'll be tempted to do this at home. My advice to you is DON'T. Keep it for special trips only, or before you know it, you'll get so caffeine-addicted that you'll be grinding up the beans, and pushing them raw, into an open vein. This recipe makes EXCELLENT iced coffee.

INGREDIENTS:

[] El Pico™ or Medaglia D'Oro™ brand espresso coffee.
[] Your favorite (brown) coffee - I like Folger's™  for this recipe.
[] Un-refined "Sugar-In-The-Raw" (powdered Dextrose optional).
[] Pinch of salt (fresh egg shells - if you have 'em).
[] White cotton or denim cloth, spool of white sewing thread.
[] A handful (or two, or three, depending on size of your pot) of clean stones, 1/4" to 1/2" in diameter, preferably freshly taken from a cold, running river. The key to this is that the stones should be as COLD as possible.

PREPARATION:

[]     Mix 3 parts of brown coffee to 2 parts espresso, and a pinch of salt. Add 1/2 fresh eggshell - do NOT crush it  (if you have it) and wrap the mixture up in a tightly-woven, white cotton or denim cloth. Use white sewing  thread to tie the cloth shut.

[]     Bring your pot of water to a rolling boil, and put the sack of coffee into it, and let the grounds sit in the fiercely boiling water for at least 3 minutes (the longer you boil the sack of coffee, the stronger the brew will be).

[]     After the grounds are soaked, use a knife to cut open the bag and spill the grounds into the water. Turn the stove off and cover the pot. Wait 5 minutes, remove the cover and lower in a handful or two of clean (cold) stones. Re-cover the pot. The stones will make the grounds settle to the bottom of the pot.

[]     After a few minutes, carefully remove the lid, and WITHOUT MOVING THE POT, take the coffee out with a small LADLE.

[]     Use copious amounts of UN-REFINED sugar, (I use "Sugar-In-The-Raw"), or if you want to induce a REAL sugar "high" to go along with the caffeine "kick", drop in
some powdered DEXTROSE as well. Now go out into the woods and haul in a few extra logs, 'cause it's gonna be a LONG night around the campfire.

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