Tool Tuesday; coffee

[Lincoln56]

Our coffee at work was execrable. A Vietnam War vet showed me the trick they used of using a pinch of salt on the grounds when making a pot. It really removed the bitter taste from the coffee. It changed our lives! (o.k., a bit of hyperbole there); the transformation in flavor was astonishing. We used salt when making coffee every day on every pot made at work thereafter.

We've taken to using it here at home when making our coffee.

 

[Cycom]

Did it leave an aftertaste?

 

[Lincoln56]

No, not at all. It removes the bitterness and blandness by enhancing the coffee bean flavor during brewing. We could tell just by the aroma and then of course the taste if we forgot to use the salt when making a pot.

Literally just a moderate pinch of salt is sufficient. I thought the vet was messing with me at first. I would've never believed how such a little thing could dramatically change the taste of coffee!

 

[51st Georgia]

I confess I have never heard of eating coffee grounds mixed with bacon grease

 

[johan_steele]

I confess I have never heard of eating coffee grounds mixed with bacon grease

When you are hungry nothing goes to waste. I've had them mixed with eggs, fried up then mixed in with army beans and simply fried up in bacon grease. I suppose it's like a lard sandwich... not something I'd travel too far to try but when hungry food is food.

 

[lupaglupa]

No, not at all. It removes the bitterness and blandness by enhancing the coffee bean flavor during brewing. We could tell just by the aroma and then of course the taste if we forgot to use the salt when making a pot.

Literally just a moderate pinch of salt is sufficient. I thought the vet was messing with me at first. I would've never believed how such a little thing could dramatically change the taste of coffee!

Okay - I gotta try this. Should I tell the husband or just spring it on him blind?

 

[Fairfield]

Okay - I gotta try this. Should I tell the husband or just spring it on him blind?

I'd not tell him--let him be surprised!

 

[Lincoln56]

Okay - I gotta try this. Should I tell the husband or just spring it on him blind?

Please report back on the results!

 

[Jim in Wisconsin]

I've read accounts of soldiers saying the coffee tasted a lot better when the latrines were dug downstream from the campsite.