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How to Make Coffee with a Portable Camping Stove, a Bandana and a Beer Can

September 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Coffee, Filters, How To, Tricks of the Trade, Videos

Below is a video showing how to put together a mini portable camping stove, heat up coffee in a modified beer can (by boiling it) and then sift the grounds using a bandana (cloth).  This is probably how Macgyver would have made coffee if he was ever trapped out in the wilderness and he got [...]

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How to Make Turkish Coffee without an Ibrik

September 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Coffee, Coffee Accessories, How To, Tricks of the Trade, Turkey

If you don’t feel like buying any new coffee hardware and you would still like to know what Turkish coffee tastes like, then you may be in luck.  It is possible to make Turkish coffee using a few basic household items: A small saucepan, super fine ground coffee, water and sugar.  Standard Turkish coffee recipes [...]

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How To Make Perfect Cappuccino Foam

September 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Cappuccinos, How To

Making cappuccino foam is a skill that takes practice.  But you can most likely learn how to do it well enough at the end of your first day if you have an experienced barista around to instruct you.
What you need:

Cold Whole Milk, ideally.  2% will work, as will soy milk.  Skim milk does not [...]

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