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Ingredients: 4 qt. water
1 1/2 cups freshly ground coffee (coarse grind)
1 egg shell
1/2 cup cold water
Arbuckles’ Ariosa Blend became so popular in the Old West that most cowboys didn't even know that there was any other. Arbuckles’ Coffee was prominent in such infamous cow towns as Dodge City and Tombstone. To many of the older cowboys, Arbuckles’ Ariosa Blend is still known as the Original Cowboy Coffee. Arbuckles’ has resurrected the Original Arbuckle Brothers Ariosa Blend, The Coffee That Won the West. It is packaged whole bean or ground in one pound increments with a Peppermint stick, just as the Arbuckle Brothers had done over a century before.
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Directions:Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan or coffee pot. Add coffee grounds and egg shell to boiling water. Return to a boil, remove from heat and let stand for 2 minutes. Slowly add cold water to settle grounds to the bottom. Let stand for 1 minute to allow grounds to settle. Use any remaining coffee to extinguish camp fire. Now don't be surprised if, in a wave of nostalgia for the days of the pioneer, you attempt to brew your own Cowboy Coffee and find it less than palatable. Our suggestion is that you add some sugar to this potent brew, or take your chances. We suspect that is what made Arbuckles coffee so popular: their egg and sugar glaze probably added just enough sweetness to satisfy the palate without offending the big tough ranchers 'taste for adventure'. Also, unless you normally go through a gallon of coffee, you might want to scale the recipe down a bit. Yippie Oh Kiay, podnuh!. |
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Notes: Cowboy Coffee in the Wild West has a certain lore to it: Images of conestoga wagon cookies brewing up a hot pot fireside, sheriffs having a second pot of coffee as they guard a wily prisoner long into the night, a farmer lingering over his cup of coffee in the Wild West before beginning his daily chores. If you want to enjoy coffee on the ranch in the Wild West without going back a couple hundred years, it's still possible. Any camper can tell you what it's like to experience coffee in the Wild West, as pots of coffee are still made over the open fire, cookie style. The first real modern coffee in the Wild West was Folgers. It came out west with the gold prospectors in California. But it wasn't the only coffee in the Wild West for a time, there was also Arbuckles, which was destined to give Folgers a run for its money. They perfected a way to preserve beans using an egg and sugar wash so coffee in the Wild West (and on its way out west) wouldn't spoil. But Arbuckles wasn't only innovative in preservation techniques, but advertising coffee in the Wild West as well. They used coupons and trading cards to promote their brand and the coupons could be redeemed for merchandise. If you wanted coffee in the Wild West, you had to work at it. That's because the coffee often had to be roasted first. Green beans would be roasted on an open skillet and then put into a bag and crushed, often using the handle of an axe or a wagon jack. Then the ground beans were put in a coffee pot and placed on the fire. Once the coffee had boiled for a spell, it was time to enjoy a robust, satisfying cup of coffee in the Wild West. Coffee was a very important staple for pioneers, townspeople, ranchers and farmers alike. It was in high demand and when on the trail, the camp cookie knew he'd better have several pots of coffee going at the same time as pioneers awoke from their wagons and looked for their morning fix of coffee in the Wild West. The trip was a hard one, and coffee was one of the few true luxuries pioneers could enjoy before traveling miles each day over the rugged terrain and unforgiving mountain passes. Cowboy Coffee is still appreciated, though the conestoga wagons have given way to latte stands across the wide expanse of the once Wild West. Cowboy Coffee is as much a part of our history as gunfights at high noon and cowboys and gunslingers. How we prepare coffee today is much the same as the way our forefathers did it whenever they wanted a cup of coffee in the Wild West.
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