Have you ever made a pot of coffee over a fire before? Sometimes referred to as cowboy or frontier coffee, it involves boiling coffee grounds, often a heaping amount, in the pot over an open fire and was the common way of making coffee in the 1840s. We thought we’d show how we make it in the kitchen at Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park. After all, October 1st is International Coffee Day! Coffee, however, was not something readily available in the 1840s at Sutter’s Fort. If coffee was accessible, it meant that it was traded for, often with trading ships on the coast in Monterey. Often noted in letters and journals, roasted peas and acorns were used as a substitute for coffee beans. Would you give those alternatives a try to get your morning cup of brew? In this video, Channey shows making a pot of coffee in the kitchen over a fire in the hearth and also demonstrated grinding coffee beans with a coffee grinder in our trade store room. #suttersfort #castateparks #internationalcoffeeday ...