Cowboy Coffee Recipe: Campfire Method with Eggshells

Name: Campfire Coffee Recipe
Ingredients: 1 cup ground coffee; 1 quart water; 4-6 eggshells

Here’s how to brew a pot of coffee over a campfire with a special ingredient… eggshells! Eggshells make coffee cooked over the high heat of a campfire less acidic and they help keep the grounds out of your cup. Placing your coffee pot between two rocks as shown avoids having to place it directly into the fire. This recipe is from Western Americana cookbook author Jackie Alpers.

Recipe for a pot of cowboy coffee brewed with a secret ingredient from cookbook author Jackie Alpers.

Campfire Coffee Recipe

Servings: cups of coffee

Author: Jackie Alpers

Eggshells make coffee cooked over the high heat of a campfire less acidic. Placing your coffee percolator between two rocks as shown avoids having to place it directly into the fire. The eggshells help keep the grounds out of your cup.

Ingredients

1 cup ground coffee
1 quart water
4-6 eggshells

Instructions

Bring the water to a boil in a campfire-safe coffee pot.
Break the eggshells into pieces and mix in with the ground coffee.
Remove the pot from the heat and add the coffee and eggshells.
Let steep for 5 minutes, then carefully pour into mugs to not disturb the grounds and eggshells at the bottom of the pot.