This thread is fascinating! I thought I’d share the way I do it for my husband and myself each evening (in preparation for the next day’s drinking.)
Into my large stainless steel Dutch oven, I pour about 1/4 cup of freshly ground coffee. I fill my stainless steel teapot with about 2 1/2 quarts of filtered water and bring it to a boil, then pour all of it onto the ground coffee in the Dutch oven. Let that sit until it’s cool enough to put my hand against the pot without getting burned.
At this point, I have two filtering option: (1) my cone-shaped stainless steel coffee filter or (2) my small, fine-mesh (plastic or nylon?) filter from Cultures for Health.
Before filtering, I slowly drag the bowl of a cereal spoon all through the top inch of my newly-brewed coffee in the Dutch oven. This sinks the floaters. All of this coffee is filtered into my now-empty teapot. I set aside my 20 ounces in the fridge, and the rest stays on the stove, ready for my husband to heat it for his cup and thermos the next morning.
