RE: [Philmont]: Coffee Questions

Regarding coffee preparation (and other food preparation) at Philmont, keep
in mind the high altitudes at Philmont.

These range from 6500 to 12441 feet.

As altitude increases the boiling point temperature of water decreases with
the decreasing air pressure and cooking times will have to be adjusted.

For more information see http://www.boldtech.com/Troop385/philmnt2.htm and

A good general source of information on high altitude cooking is
http://homecooking.about.com/od/altitude/

Over the years there has been tremendous change in the coffee industry, with
many more choices of flavors and blends. I'll bet there are a lot of
options for coffee that will fit perfectly with a Philmont expedition.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@MSN.COM
http://www.customprograms.info/scoutingresources.htm
I used to be an Owl.
Philmont 1965 (participant)
Philmont 1978 (advisor)

>From: emuss3@ipass.net
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: [Philmont]: Coffee Questions
>Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:25:13 -0500
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>One thing to remind the first timers is that the Philmont trail meals do
>not
>include coffee, tea, Mountain Dew or any other adult morning beverage. You
>must
>bring your own. There are some who subscribe to the idea that one should
>quit
>caffeine cold turkey, or do without the creature comfort of a good hot
>cup-a-joe. To those ideas I say  Hogwash! Some of my best memories and
>most
>compelling moments have occurred with just me, my coffee and the beauty of
>Gods country. I have had coffee with the glory of a mountain sunrise, the
>songs of the birds and even a 14 point buck. I always get up before the
>crew
>and brew my cup and have a private moment, before the crowd stirs. Never
>has
>the crew been able to get up and pack and be ready for the trail before I
>could
>do the same and have my morning coffee..
>
>To that end I am inquiring if anyone has a special blend for the trail?
>Over the
>past years I have always carried the coffee in a bag, along with equal
>tablets
>and small individual packets of creamer. While there is the issue of extra
>trash from the packaging and the wet coffee bag, it has not been a huge
>issue.
>One of my cohorts carries a premixed formula of instant coffee, sugar and
>creamer, and spoons it out one at a time. No mess and no fuss.
>
>My problem is that I am not real fond of the instant coffees that I have
>tried.
>They dont taste anywhere as near good as the bags or home brew. Any
>suggestions?
>
>For what its worth, there is always plenty of hot chocolate, the staffed
>camps
>always have an advisor coffee hour after dinner and of course it does exist
>at
>base camp.
>
>YIS
>Fred Mussler
>Scoutmaster Troop 357
>Raleigh NC
>bsatroop357.org
>Philmont, 90, 98, 00,0206-801
>Double H Charter Hiker 017-500A 2004
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Received on Fri Dec 31 23:17:34 2004