Coffee
(no name) ((no email))
Sat, 18 May 1996 20:05:10 -0500
For the record, I drink Folgers in a Braun 14 cup coffeemaker,
with Melita #4 coffee filters. Both Braun and Melita are German companies,
and I found something that I wanted to share with everyone but didn't have
the topic time to do it.
When I attended InterCamp in 1984, I visited a British Troop
from the host city, Lahr. The Scoutmaster was having his
morning coffee and invited me (actually, he saw my brown merimite coffeemug
(I have to find another one of those!!)
and asked me if I wanted it filled....do I *sound* like a fool?
*heheheehee*).
He told me to place my mug on the table. He then took out
this plastic thing which looks like the top part of my coffeemaker, placed a
filter inside it, and added three tablespoons of coffee. He then went over
to the fire, picked up the coffeepot with a set of mitts, and brought it
over to the cup. He then poured the hot water through the plastic
"cup"with the filter in in, into my mug.
Once the water has left the filter and the coffeegrounds, he then removed
the holder and threw the grounds and filter into a garbage bag.
"Where did you get this?? This is just GREAT!", I told the Scouter. He
explained that he did not want Scouts to get into the habit of bringing tins
of coffee to camp, so he as Scoutmaster would control who would get coffee.
He found this "filter for one cup" at a German coffee store (I've seen them
at US coffeeshops that sell Braun coffeemakers, since
the item is made by Braun) and has used it since. He also says that it
makes a tin of coffee go a longer way because you "drink as you go", instead
of making a large pot and wasting half or three-quarters of it because
everyone only wanted "one cup".
I bought one, but when Andrew was growing up, he used outside to learn how
to sift sand. It did a good job of it, too, so I let him keep it and I
never bought a replacement one. I guess that now that all three are out of
"sand stage", I'm safe for a while to get another one.
So, for those Scouters that feel that they John is correct in
asserting that perhaps we SHOULD take a look at what we are promoting on
campouts, this MIGHT be a way to control it.
Settummanque!
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