Simple guide on how to brew coffee without electricity

You may go camping, or you have a blackout. Or you just want to use fewer appliances. The fact is, brewing coffee without any electric equipment is extremely easy and rather simple if you use simple tools and a little imagination. Below is  method of How to make Coffee without electricity so that no matter where you are, you will never miss your favorite drink.

1. French Press Method

This is probably one of the easiest ways of making a cup of coffee if power is not available. French press and hot water.

Ingredients

• Ground coffee-coarse-medium
• French press
• Hot stovetop, grill, or campfire
• Hot water from your stovetop, or other source, to about 200°F or 93°C.
• 2 tsp ground coffee for every 6 oz of water

Instructions

• Add hot water and stir just enough to wet all grounds.
• Steep for 4 minutes.
• Press gently to pour your coffee into your cup.

2. Cowboy Coffee Method

This is one old-fashioned method of making coffee. Save for a pot or kettle, nothing else is needed. Great to make while camping, in an emergency, or in any backwoods situation.

Ingredients

• Ground coffee-coarse grind
• Pot, kettle, or metal pan
• Water.

Instructions

• Steep another 2-3 minutes and turn off.
• Let it sit for one minute or two. Let it settle to the bottom.
• Pour over cups, leaving grounds at bottom.

This method also really does work pretty well with no electricity.

3. Classic Pour-Over Coffee

Ingredients

• Ground coffee (medium grind)
• Dripper cone (such as a Chemex or V60)
• Paper filter
• Hot water

Instructions

• Place your filter inside the dripper cone and set over the cup.
• Place the in-use filter and then add 2 teaspoons of coffee for each 6 fl oz of water.
• Pour over grounds in a circular motion from the center.
• The coffee drips slowly and you can enjoy your freshly brewed coffee.

The best thing here is that I have no claim to boiling water-meaning I can do cold brew coffee-it takes some time, but the taste at the end is so smooth and beautiful.

4. Cold Brew Coffee Method

Ingredients

• Ground coffee
• Water
• A jar or pitcher
• A fine mesh strainer or coffee filter
• 1 cup ground coffee
• 4 cups water

Instructions

• Mix in a carafe.
• Shake well and close and chill in the refrigerator for 12-24 hours.
• Strain using a filter or mesh strainer over ice, or drink to taste, adding water or milk as desired.

5. Moka Pot Method

If you have an open flame or gas stove, then this is one very practical way of brewing coffee by Moka pot.

Ingredients

• Ground coffee (fine grind)
• Moka pot
• Water

Instructions

• Fill the bottom chamber of your Moka pot with water.
• Pour ground coffee into filter basket and tamp down the coffee but not compact it.
• Assemble Moka pot and put on stovetop.
• When the rolling boiling comes in the top chamber, keep it boiling.
• When your coffee slows its effervescence then turn off the heat and pour your coffee.

6. Coffee Bag Method

This one works like a tea bag. It is easy, quick, and not traumatic as a process to make some cups of coffee without electric power.

Ingredients

• Ground coffee
• Coffee filter or cheesecloth
• String
• Hot water

Ingredients

• Spoon 2 tsp of coffee into a coffee filter or piece of cheesecloth.
• Pull tight to make a “coffee bag.”
•  Place the bag in a cup and pour boiling water over it; let steep for about 4-5 min. Remove the bag and serve.

7. Turkish Coffee Method

In Turkish coffee, the coffee grounds stay in the liquid. Sometimes this can make decoction a bit too strong and syrupy. You will need a small pot called cezve and some ground coffee, finely ground.

Ingredients

• Ground coffee: one table spoon of it per every 2 oz of water
• Sugar (optional)
• Cezve, or a small saucepan.

Instructions

• Place the cezve, or put it on the stovetop and brew in a simmer.
• Pour for a second when it starts to foam.
• Put back on heat, let foam for just a tiny bit, grounds and all, into a cup.

8. How To Make An Instant Cappuccino

Ingredients

• Add 1-2 teaspoon of instant coffee into a cup.
• Add hot water and stir.
• Add in milk or sugar if you like.

Instructions

• Pre heat Water.
• If you have reason to believe that a blackout is likely to happen, you can brew your water up and put it in your thermos.
• Use a Camp Stove or Portable Burner.
• But with a portable stove however, you can have coffee just about anywhere.
• Get a hand grinder.
• If you only grind whole beans, you can use freshly ground with no electricity at all.
• Carry instant coffee.
• As a fallback, always carry some instant coffee in your pantry or camping kit.

In fact it is quite definitely within the realm of possibility to make coffee without electricity. Whether brewing in the wild, or just following a period when a person has had to put up only for a small part of an outage of it in his home, one is sure to never be deprived of his cup of coffee when he will resort to making use of any one of these methods. Well, fun’s not over yet-the strange and fascinating ways to enjoy your cup of coffee from cowboy coffee to cold brew and beyond.

Last but not least, now that you’ve got all this information under your belt, you are ready to brew that perfect cup, even once the lights go off!