Kokekaffe and the Tias Kettle

[krimke]

You Never ever go on a hike without "svartkjelen/sooted kettle", the kettle that has been submerged in the campfire for years and years and never stops delivering delicious black coffee 😁

[Rägarded]

Kokkaffe is my favourite type of coffee, but the way I do it and the way I think is most common here in Sweden is that you add the coffee while the kettle is still on the stove and let it boil with the coffee for around 4 minutes, that is why it is called kokkaffe (boiled coffee) if you just steep the coffee without boiling it it will be more acidic and less smooth. And then you just put some cold water on top to make most of the grounds sink. But some of the grounds will still be in the coffe and you will have the ''sump'' at the bottom of your coffee cup when you're finished drinking it. It is part of the experience.

[danielpiolet]

This also exists in Finland... it’s called Pannukahvi, old times coffee but still when camping many people drink that way ...you can get a a preground coffee marked as ‘“pannu” for this method until today, very old school.

[christiangard]

Always my preferred method of making coffee in the woods (I'm Swedish btw). Using my Trangia kettle over open fire and putting a little spruce branch in the spout as a strainer when pouring.

[blanchjoe]

Dear James, Some years ago when I was living San Francisco CA USA I had a close friend who had worked with some NGO's in Egypt. He brewed what he called "Bedouin Coffee". What is Bedouin Coffee one asks? He said that it is coffee beans that are stored green, and then roasted on the spot, crushed against a flat stone by the butt of an AK47 Rifle until a powder, then scooped up and a portion loaded into the bottom of a small metal cup, then boiling hot water poured over the top, a plate put on the top of the cup, and there it sits ( how long it steeps is dependent upon the tastes of one's host ) but generally until most of the scum at the top has sunk to the bottom of the cup. Total volume 150 to 175 ML's of what could be stylistically defined as "sludge". When he got back to The States, he had gotten into the habit of drinking several cups a day of this "brew".

[Orgel]

Anyone else here working through James' back catalogue of videos?

[gunillatait]

My grandma, boiled coffee...I would like to know the best way. Everyone says that you destroy flavour if coffee is boiled. Grandma boiled up the water, poured in the coffee, did not stir only put kettle back on the heat to quickly boil it up and then put aside for 5 minutes about, poured coffee in a cup and poured that cup of coffee back in the kettle...and then she served it.
I drank coffee or Kaffee, from early age, dunked heaps of buns and biscuits in the black coffee yum yum was like a meal for me 😄

[Hvantmiki]

Here in norway you can even get it pre-ground for "kokekaffe"

[derwaechter]

Cowboy coffee: empty a bag of coffe into a cup, add boiling water, put a horseshoe in the cup, if the horseshoe sinks it wasn't enough coffee :-)

[kaboomsihal]

"But it makes me wanna go camping" you make it sounds like that's a bad thing.

[JohnHawkins]

I watched a bunch of Norwegian bushcraft videos and noticed them making coffee in a kettle (on a fire) then pouring it straight into a cup, seemingly without filtering. I was curious about this technique and wondered if James Hoffman might have made a video about it. Of course he has!

[Cuandoman]

Kent Rollins has the ultimate cowboy coffee ☕ video. You all should watch it.

[ricksandstorm]

You might want to look into "VisselJohanna" ("Whistling Johanna"). It is essentially the same type of pot but with a small cap on top of the spout with a small hole that makes a whistling sound when the water starts to boil. I can barely find any info about this type of pot on youtube despite it being the standard type of coffee pot in Sweden for almost 100 years until perculators started taking over.

[sanoj]

They didn't even have to pay for the endorsement, now that's a good commercial

[YourLordAnon]

Have you ever made a video discussing "cowboy coffee"?

[MaramaGitz]

It was popular in Sweden to back in The days
It’s a nice way to make coffe

[kingsgambit]

@James Hoffmann could you please elaborate on this brewing method in a longer video? Like, actually test it (and test the various ways of doing it, like keep boiling or only boil once etc)?

[abelon]

you wouldnt really need the strainer, when camping you just beat the bottom of the kettle against a rock after its cooked and the coffee falls to the bottom.

[june_yah]

This is really cool. What was the grind size you used for the steeped coffee?

[MCDreng]

I believe that the history of coffee in the US involves Scandinavian influence - "cowboy coffee" IS kokekaffe; both populations know about the "egg trick" to get the grounds off the surface - called "Swedish egg coffee" - Scandinavian migration to America is known to exist (just talk to Minnesotans). I bet the old school percolator comes from an attempt to innovate on kokekaffe - "ok but what if we could keep the grounds out?"