Gonna mix ground coffee in water and drink it unfiltered from now on

Naer

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Dunno, seems more potent and natural this way

terpenes are good for you right?raises cholesterol, like fatty foods, so it's bad for you good type thing. terpenes are in cannabis as well

So drinking unfiltered coffee is more recreational I think

thoughts?
 

lxskllr

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Do what you want. You're gonna die anyway :^P

Paper filters are convenient, but an added expense, and they don't compost quickly. I'm currently using a metal permanent filter that leaves sludge at the bottom of the pot. Not the worst thing in the world, but not so great either. I've been regularly drinking coffee since I was single digits in age, and the majority of that was without paper filters. I'm doing alright aside from my fucked up back. It might make your back hurt :^P
 

IronWing

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Aught to come in little pillows you can suck between your cheek and gum like chaw.
 

lxskllr

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Aught to come in little pillows you can suck between your cheek and gum like chaw.
I think there may be something like that. I vaguely remember seeing that as a dip substitute somewhere.

realtime edit:
The name came to me as I was typing. Grinds...

https://www.getgrinds.com/

actual edit:
I'd rather just munch coffee beans if it came to that. They're good as-is, and no stupid paper to get in the way.
 

destrekor

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"Recreational"
lol no that's not how this works

Terpenes are in basically everything that grows from earth. They can have their own non-psychoactive health effects, or in the case of marijuana they can modulate the effects of the cannabinoids. [that at least seems to be the suggested method of action at this point]


As for coffee: what you are describing is called "Turkish coffee." Prepared like most variants of something like a french press (grounds fully immersed for steeping during the brew, unlike a drip-type maker) but it doesn't have the filter step at the end.

Yes you could say it's a touch more natural, but filtering for teas and other brews has been part of the otherwise common steeped extraction process, and has been for ages. More rudimentary as you go back in time, but of course it was patchy in reality, as some areas would do it whereas others either never thought of it or never cared or found themselves bothered enough.

You generally weren't going to drink/consume the grounds in the end, not in large quantities mind you. Typically brews were of larger quantities in ancient times, as you poured you generally decanted and naturally kept much of the grounds at the bottom of the cooking and/or serving vessel as the liquid was portioned out.

As for the natural properties, you don't need to keep the grounds, you just need to mind the filter. I *think* different paper filters tend to invariably block extraction of some of the terpenes and flavonoids. But a mesh screen won't block the chemical molecules, just the majority of the particulate matter (i.e. the grounds).
[and back to marijuana, some flavonoids and especially cannaflavins (those flavonoids unique to cannabis) may even be key to some parts of the entourage effect as well as pharmacologically active in their own right.]

In other words, you don't gain anything natural by keeping the grounds when compared to the more rudimentary filtering methods. I mean you can gain some more potent flavor, sure, because the steeping is constant even in the cup -- but more often than not, you don't tend to want the more bitter extractives that generally don't leech out during less prolonged exposure to water. I highly doubt too many of these are beneficial terpenes or flavonoids though I haven't dug too deep into that research topic (if that's even been explored before...).
 

destrekor

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I think there may be something like that. I vaguely remember seeing that as a dip substitute somewhere.

realtime edit:
The name came to me as I was typing. Grinds...

https://www.getgrinds.com/

actual edit:
I'd rather just munch coffee beans if it came to that. They're good as-is, and no stupid paper to get in the way.

Dark Chocolate covered coffee beans are literally ambrosia of the most divine plane of existence.
 
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destrekor

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Pumpkin spice! :D

Don't be a basic bitch, go with real pumpkin!

May the gooey pumpkin flow into my fall foods. I don't want pumpkin spice everything - I want pumpkin everything! They just havin' a spiced coffee of ordinary origin, just add cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and sometimes ginger. Don't tease me with the word pumpkin and entirely neglect to include the actual pumpkin!! Rotten bastards.
 

Red Squirrel

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I feel this would make the throat very scratchy and make it hard to swallow the coffee. I find when some stray grounds do make it in my coffee it makes me gag a little, not because it's gross or anything, but because it just seems to trigger that reflex.

Though I always been curious to let coffee steep like tea, would probably make it stronger. I guess this could be done by slowing down the flow rate as it's going through the grounds.
 

NuclearNed

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Welcome to the wonderful world of cowboy coffee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_preparation

"Cowboy coffee" is made by heating coarse grounds with water in a pot, letting the grounds settle and pouring off the liquid to drink, sometimes filtering it to remove fine grounds. While the name suggests that this method was used by cowboys, presumably on the trail around a campfire, it is used by others; some people prefer this method.
 

thebestMAX

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Welcome to the wonderful world of cowboy coffee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_preparation

"Cowboy coffee" is made by heating coarse grounds with water in a pot, letting the grounds settle and pouring off the liquid to drink, sometimes filtering it to remove fine grounds. While the name suggests that this method was used by cowboys, presumably on the trail around a campfire, it is used by others; some people prefer this method.

They left out breaking a raw egg into the pot just before drinking. Settles the grounds. Throw the shell in there too.

We made coffee like this in Montana.
 
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BurnItDwn

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When I think unfiltered "good" coffee, I think Greek,Turkish, or Cuban style coffee.
Otherwise, there is always french press, which technically is filtered, but, not at all like how a drip brewer filters.
 

NuclearNed

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They left out breaking a raw egg into the pot just before drinking. Settles the grounds. Throw the shell in there too.

We made coffee like this in Montana.

I've made cowboy coffee on backpacking trips... it's actually pretty freaking great (everything tastes better when you're constantly ravenous). I sort of like chewing on the grounds.

I sometimes carry a small jar of instant coffee on backpacking trips & climbs... a dry spoonful of it gives a great energy boost
 

Denly

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Do what you want. You're gonna die anyway :^P

Paper filters are convenient, but an added expense, and they don't compost quickly. I'm currently using a metal permanent filter that leaves sludge at the bottom of the pot. Not the worst thing in the world, but not so great either. I've been regularly drinking coffee since I was single digits in age, and the majority of that was without paper filters. I'm doing alright aside from my fucked up back. It might make your back hurt :^P

French press or metal filter?
 

destrekor

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I sometimes carry a small jar of instant coffee on backpacking trips & climbs... a dry spoonful of it gives a great energy boost

Someone enlightened me with this during training, using the little packets of instant coffee in some MREs and just pouring the powder into the mouth. Sometimes letting it work like tobacco or just downing it with a little water. A life saver for a caffeine addict like me.
 

Muse

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This thread's a little deep for me.

A friend's father used to put ground coffee in a sauce pan and simmer, then drink the liquid, called it "hobo coffee."

I been using the same Italian stainless stove top "espresso" machine for 30+ years, repaired multiple times, in good shape now. Made 40,000+ cups of brew in it.