Topic: How do you make coffee...

[Just plain old Punisher]

Jezz what else do you do...filter it through a month old jock strap ?

[Sirgod]

Jezz what else do you do...filter it through a month old jock strap ?

LOL, well there was the time I .... Never Mind Blade just told me to shut Up. 

Stephen

[J. Carney]

It's Funny, the wife and My Mother usually wakeup before I Do, and the Coffee just Magicly appears on my desk Every Morning.
Anyone remember sneaking the Instant Coffee out of your MRE's during basic? I'd fill one canteen with It, and Carry It with me all day. The next morning I had the Nastiest Excuse for Coffee you could ever Imagine.

Stephen

I did it a couple of times. Also later on in AIT we would go to the PX and buy the clear Gatoraid and pour it into our canteens and keep one of them in our lockers in our duffels.

For the smokeless tobacco users on the forums...

Anyone else ever been in the field and run out of dip, so you started 'dipping' the instant coffee from the MRE's?

I will admitt to having been that desperate once or twice.

Right here. I still Go through about 1 can Of Cop every other day.  Then again, I've been dipping since I was around 8 (No laws back then) , and Practicly Eat the stuff Now.

Actually, I do Eat the stuff, Haven't had to have a Spit cup in almost 20 years.

Stephen

I started at 8 or 9 myself... kicked the habit last Oct.- while DEPLOYED no less. The fact that the export snuff tastes funny helped out quite a bit!

I was 2 cans a day (ain't but 2 1/2 good dips in a can of Cope, 3 in Cope Long Cut) but after dehydtating BADLY (it took 4000 mL of saline to get me back up and running), I decided that snuff and running convoys in 130+F temps didn't mix!

[Mike Nevil]

eeww!!! Thats so gross and its just wrong.

I wonder if there is a way to pulverize, and steam the tobacco plant?

Nicotine expresso?

Ever try sassafras chew? The Indians used too use it as a stimulant.

Gives you a nice tonic Acid buzz. According to the Old timers I talked to. (In large amounts mine you. With Alcahol consumption during chew.) Parsley, nutmeg for exp. also is a "trip" as well. Note to others, don't try it. 

Nutmeg tea mixed with Suger is a Natural "euphoria" drink. (Don't purchase the Dutch kind though.) Fill two teaspoons of nutmeg into a coffee cup filled with boiled water. Let set 15 minutes. Strain out Nutmeg particles by using a coffee filter. Add "Suger". Add ice or drink "hot". (please note, do not use more then 3 Tablespoons or 3 beans. It will kill you. Moderation.) Its great for a hangover for some reason.

It's Funny, the wife and My Mother usually wakeup before I Do, and the Coffee just Magicly appears on my desk Every Morning.
Anyone remember sneaking the Instant Coffee out of your MRE's during basic? I'd fill one canteen with It, and Carry It with me all day. The next morning I had the Nastiest Excuse for Coffee you could ever Imagine.

Stephen

I did it a couple of times. Also later on in AIT we would go to the PX and buy the clear Gatoraid and pour it into our canteens and keep one of them in our lockers in our duffels.

For the smokeless tobacco users on the forums...

Anyone else ever been in the field and run out of dip, so you started 'dipping' the instant coffee from the MRE's?

I will admitt to having been that desperate once or twice.

Right here. I still Go through about 1 can Of Cop every other day.  Then again, I've been dipping since I was around 8 (No laws back then) , and Practicly Eat the stuff Now.

Actually, I do Eat the stuff, Haven't had to have a Spit cup in almost 20 years.

Stephen

[Ferretlxix_XC]

Making Coffee...
Well in my Shipboard days, I was an Engineer and the Foldgers
was always set on PLAID (1/2-3/4 cup per filter) and in all truth, you needed it.  It was the only thing
that kept you up during the long watches checking gauges and making sure your watchstanders was keeping up with the regular routine. The coffee tasted like crap but after 10 years and three different ships well, you get used to it.  Now on shore duty I scaled down and nowhere near to the amount to what I used to drink on the ships.  At home, I'm a whole bean person and grind my coffee down now.

[Grand Master of Shadows NCC37385]

eeww!!! Thats so gross and its just wrong.

I wonder if there is a way to pulverize, and steam the tobacco plant?

Nicotine expresso?

Ever try sassafras chew? The Indians used too use it as a stimulant.

Gives you a nice tonic Acid buzz. According to the Old timers I talked to. (In large amounts mine you. With Alcahol consumption during chew.) Parsley, nutmeg for exp. also is a "trip" as well. Note to others, don't try it. 

Nutmeg tea mixed with Suger is a Natural "euphoria" drink. (Don't purchase the Dutch kind though.) Fill two teaspoons of nutmeg into a coffee cup filled with boiled water. Let set 15 minutes. Strain out Nutmeg particles by using a coffee filter. Add "Suger". Add ice or drink "hot". (please note, do not use more then 3 Tablespoons or 3 beans. It will kill you. Moderation.) Its great for a hangover for some reason.

There are any number of plants in the US that can be used as stimulants. There are also many that have "non-medicinal" effects. hehehe. Heck, Native Americans have had their own "Viagra" for centuries. If you have a flower garden, chances are that there are plants growing in there that have some "unusual" effects.