So back when I was first living on my own. I of course had no money and I still needed coffee. So I just started doing what I would call cowboy coffee. Where the hot water and grounds are just combined. Then the grounds settle to the bottom. I have had a number of people find this quite uncouth and have tried to make me change. So I just got curious about what everyone here thought.

And just as a point of order. I like it and have no plans to change. Any attempt to sway me will fall on deaf ears. Though I am quite willing to accept the title of heathen if people decide so.

  • dustyData@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s poor man’s Turkish coffee. Proper Turkish style requires beans ground way finer than usual, and boiled either directly over an open flame or on a hot sand pan. Boiling coffee is fine, if you don’t have an alternative. But don’t try to upsell it as something it is not. You like it? Good. No one will take that away from you. But accept that few share your taste and some will look down upon it. There’s a reason nobody boils coffee anymore.

    If you want cheap poured coffee, get a cloth filter. They sell them for like, a dollar. Or you can improvise it with a wire cloth hanger and a piece of cheese cloth filter (also absurdly cheap) or just a piece of an old cotton T-shirt with no stamped graphics. Cut it in a square and fold it in two, tie it as a cone around a loop of wire about the size of a cup or pot. Put the coffee inside the cloth then pour the boiling water into it while holding it over a pot. That’s how we improvise it in South America, and with practice you can get a quality brew that will rival any fancy method and will leave anything Starbucks in the dust.