This is great news! This could lead to the reintroduction of Postum! Yummy!

No more pretentious Arabica coffee. Drink Folgers like the rest of us.

I prefer Arabica, but I get it cheap from the supermarket and it is roughly the same price as Robusta (which they use in Folgers).

Stacy can alwasy switch to that really expensive stuff, the coffee beans they fish out of the monkey poop and sell for $25 a cup.

You know that somewhere, P.T. Barnum is laughing his ass off over that.

Hey, I drink whatever they have at the local convenience store. But I prefer the dark roast. I used to buy Columbian Supremo. If you put as much of that in the pot as you would Folgers, it will make your hair stand up.

The world’s coffee supply could be threatened….Not just No – but Hell No. This is the last straw.

Folgers? Please, we’re talking about coffee not floor sweepings.

Make Mine Guatemalan!

Ah, my cunning plan to corner the world caffeine market begins to, um… bear fruit…

Have you ever tried coffee, not roasted? The effect is much stronger than that of the beverage made from roasted beans.

A friend once said that when he lived in Hawaii he would bury raw red coffee beans and let them ‘ferment’ for a while and that would make a delicious coffee, no roasting.

Dear L&C,

First, thank you for making the trek up here to join me in learning, amid the groves of trees weighted down with the Bean of the Gods. I am not THE Coffee Saint, but a simple coffeesaint, a devotee of the Divine Elixer. Please pour yourself a cup and let us explore the mysteries together.

Coffee is indeed the Ultimate Elixer. It adapts itself to every mood and culture, from the dark snap of expresso (a perfect jolt to brighten the drive on the Autostrada) to the light foamyness of caffe au lait (ahh, Paris in the springtime), from the mud of Turkey (enough solids to tide you through until midmorning) to the sweet chocolate of Kona (Mahalo! Chill out, dudes!), and from the bitter Starbucks (Sell this! Buy that!) to the unparalleled depth of what is so casually called Cowboy Coffee.

Cowboy Coffee (also called Campfire Coffee) is the ultimate extraction of flavor from the bean. Finely ground, thrown into a pot with abundant water and boiled until the aroma permeates the environment, or until the cowboys mutiny and seize the pot. Then, a modest amount of cold water is sprinkled over the dark brew (to “settle the grounds”. Doesn’t work.) It is drunk without milk, and often without sugar, those being rarities out on the range. True Cowboy coffee will just about raise the dead, and stories concerning it are the stuff of legend. Why, I myself saw a calving heifer, struggling to deliver, who was given the meerest sip of CC and promptly birthed TRIPLETS! Truly amazing.

As far as spiritual aspects of Cowboy Coffee go, well, I’ll probably get some disagreement from Smitty and others about this, but a cup at the 5AM break will keep you from nodding off in even the sleepiest hour of the night. I once sat for 36 hours straight after just 2 cups, but that was a miracle brew, and even then, the cushion was not usable afterwards. Plus, Mrs. The Other McCain kept whacking me for vibrating too much, and in the wrong posteur. So I would not recommend this to novices.

The ritual of Cowboy Coffee is the heart of the spiritual practice of Javaism. Practice it with dedication, and also moderation, and good health, alertness and a feeling of needing to pee will be yours. Don’t forget to brush the grounds out of your teeth daily.

Thank you Anamika, for the opportunity to share my love with you.

Yours in coffeehood,

well-roasted Stacy

Can I get federally subsidized cowboy coffee at the cowboy poetry festival in Elko?

I suspect it would be about as satisfying as coffee beans fished out of Harry Reid’s poop. Oh wait, did I say Harry Reid? I meant a monkey’s poop.

Cold water does not settle the grounds. THos of us who, on the other hand, have actually enjoyed the brew that bears the label “Cowboy” also know it by another name, “Sling Coffee.” The way this works is after the brewing process has completed, the operator takes the bail of the coffee pot and proceeds to swing it at a high angular velocity through a number of complete revolutions to cause the grounds to settle to the bottom of the pot. The centrifugal force induced in the apparatus prevents the coffee from falling out of the pot while the grounds a re forced to the bottom of the pot. Thus the name “Sling Coffee.”

Trying to use cold water to settle the grounds marks one as a city slicker who must be kept under close surveillance while in the back country to ensure he doesn’t hurt himself by tripping on tree roots, or trying to feed the cute Bears.

Make mine Blue Hawaiian…Oh!…sorry, wrong topic.

And this is why I take my caffeine cold and green. If my doctor actually persuades me to give up Diet Mtn Dew, Pepsi’s In Trouble. Just Sayin’…