It is Not Peralta that loves the Burro excretions type coffee, not Real de Tayopa. Eggshells do not harm the coffee in any way, and if you have any "foot odor" in your sock coffee, you used the WRONG sock!
Was this "Not Peralta" one of the compañeros in Sir Tayopa's expedition party? If so, I'm afraid the poor fellow may have been scarred for life.....Yes, I saw that post when I visited your camp yesterday. But STILL, I refuse to drink downstream of the herd.
You gave him up for lost, then "forgave HIM" when he brought you fresh victuals after surviving on his own?
I think I'm beginning to understand the sock coffee.
Hola Dit, cause it was his stupity that caused the problem, .We looked for three days, only taking time out for sleeping and re replenishing our ( ugh ) water supplies in 130 degree weather...
Stupidity?He doesn't sound stupid to me. Got lost in brutal country, traveled miles all alone in the wrong direction, found his way back by using only his wits, and even managed to bring back provisions for his so-called companeros. All 299 miles in blazing hot sun without having to resort to drinking mule pee, I might add. Sounds to me like someone I'd like to have on My team.
No offense, of course. I'm sure it was hot out there....and dusty....and your backsides were sore....and it was...hot....
Well, you did say "ACCOUNTED FOR" after all, didn't you. Yessir, I'd say he accounted For Himself pretty well.
Coffee? My pot, if you don't mind.
hi DIT, your pot
So yes,we forgave him .
I see. My apologies, obviously I wasn't in possession of all the facts ( as are you regarding my weight ). Details are important, you know. Something to remember when writing a book, which I've gathered you are, slooowly. Without them we are left with only half the picture.
" ....we left him at an old Yaqui,campsite with most of our water to wait for our return, n0t to move.... "
I have to ask, have you considered adding a female to your team? A female wouldn't have let you leave camp under-provisioned to begin with, much less without clear instructions on what to do should you not return within a specified time. While your companero may have used poor judgement in his original flight from your deserted camp, I still believe he acquitted himself heroically in face of those omissions ( and "out of condition" at that). It appears your team lacked organization and adequate survival skills, not to mention competent leadership. Skills a female was designed for. ( Btw, mother nature provides the perfect way to purify urine for drinking, a Solar Still. Boiling only kills bacteria, it doesn't remove sediments or other impurities. Distilling also removes the "flavor" ). Survival skills are a must when exploring hostile environments.
G'd morning people, in Mexico they make a strainer of flannel , put their coffee in it, then pour boiling water over it. Thay also roast their coffee in a fryin pan with sugar. AND I agree with ORO on the cow/.mule/.burro/ tainted water.
Needless to say the sock is to keep you from filtering the coffee grounds with your teeth. Glad to have you with us on this thread and enjoy your White Chocolate. BTW when cooking dinner and having baked Potatoes, always cook 3-4 extra at night, so you can cook good quick Hash Browns for Breakfast. Learned that as a "busboy" at a restaurant in Sunny Slope, Az., now part of North Phoenix. All tricks/magic are simple when you know how it is done.I may be able to tolerate a clean sock, lol. But I can see I am going to need plenty of white chocolate to navigate this thread unscathed.
Lead on, Sir!
Lead on, Sir!
Needless to say the sock is to keep you from filtering the coffee grounds with your teeth. Glad to have you with us on this thread and enjoy your White Chocolate. BTW when cooking dinner and having baked Potatoes, always cook 3-4 extra at night, so you can cook good quick Hash Browns for Breakfast. Learned that as a "busboy" at a restaurant in Sunny Slope, Az., now part of North Phoenix. All tricks/magic are simple when you know how it is done.
So YOU must be the originator of the " Sock Coffee ", I presume? I've been hearing that it's a staple in your camp, and there are widely disparate opinions as to it's merits, lol.
Once again, my apologies, I can see I should have included the rest of the conversation from the other thread ( which we inadvertently hijacked ). I will remedy that omission now.
But I am still a bit confused.Plenty of burro juice
PS, always add onions to everything.
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I will have to bake you some of my famous macaroni and cheese, in the dark! 
<Complete with moths, June bugs, beetles, ashes, dirt, leaves and God-knows-what ever falls into the pot in the dark!>
Hola amigos;
Yes it was Mrs O that 'invented' sock coffee, and it was of necessity. What are you to do, when you are miles from any kind of road, it is getting dark and too late to head back to your vehicle, you start to make coffee and discover that the basket/innards of your coffee pot has been somehow forgotten? There was no instant coffee, and while I have had 'cowboy' coffee more often than I would like, Beth had a pack of brand new socks (all cotton only! Any other kind may give your coffee an unwanted taste) so she came up with it. Or she re-invented it, I don't really know. To my surprise it has even appeared on TV now, in an episode of 'He11 on Wheels', in a scene with two men in a caboose, one tastes the coffee and says it tastes terrible, the other one looks at his coffee pot complete with sock hanging over the edge and says "I must have used the WRONG SOCK"! Fortunately that mishap has not YET happened for us. Anyway please keep that part a secret, about using only a new cotton sock, as it is more fun to watch the reactions from people that imagine some manure-soaked, dry-sweat-caked sock brewing up coffee! (haha)
As for the burro juice, aka donkey excretions, I would think that would only be in the most extreme of emergencies, otherwise I will stick to the sock coffee and brick tea!
By the way, as a Yankee, I am deeply offended by your statement there ProspectorMikel, the correct statement is "DAM Yankees!"
To each their own of course, in the meantime coffee anyone?
Grits with butter, a little pepper and the yolks from the over easy/medium eggs with buttered toast. Yummy.Tis those from Wisconsin are cheese heads.
One test for identifying Yanks ,myself included , is facing a bowl of grits for breakfast ,even with cheese!
Coffee though can vary, at least the first pot, before getting picky.
