Ok, its just sock coffee, I threw the monkey in to see if you were paying attention. As I mentioned yesterday, this is the most magical coffee ever. Again, this is something that Timmy told me about from the summer he lived in Costa Rica. I had pretty much the same reaction that everone does when you tell them about sock coffee. What the hell is that? Its a little weird to explain and his first description was basically. You put coffee in this thing that looks like a tube sock and then pour hot water through it. Which is actually a very good description, but anytime you hear the phrase "pour hot water through a tube sock" its a big turn off.
Its not actually a tube sock. Its made out of cotton flannel and has a metal ring sewn in the top and is actually the shape of a tube. (It's sole purpose in life is making coffee, no feet involved.) You place this in a wooden stand and the ring holds the tube in place. Then you put finely ground coffee into the tube and slowly pour hot water through it into a pot waiting below.
It makes a very strong (and delicious) coffee. We enjoyed this every morning on our trip to Costa Rica and we still make it here at home. It goes much better since Timmy made this wonderful stand to put it in, instead of trying to hold on to it with one hand and pour boiling water through it with the other one ...
0 comments:
Post a Comment