How does one make acorn coffee?

Answer 1

Here are some things you should know before you begin:

• Pick only the brown acorns without holes in them. If there is a hole - there is something that made the hole. Unless you want to get acquainted with a worm inside, it is better to just throw the acorn away. Besides, even if you don't notice any holes, a worm might still be there, so start preparing the acorns as soon as possible, otherwise the worms might ruin them.
• You will need a lot of acorns - you can only use the insides, and some may still contain worms, so you'll definitely throw some acorns away.
• You'll need a lot of time to shell the acorns.
• The coffee is worth it.
• You'll have a whole lot of acorn caps.

Here are the steps to make acorn coffee:

1. Pick some acorns
2. Wash them and boil them. Bring the water to boil, let it simmer for 10 minutes, the change it and repeat 4 times.
3. Shell the acorns, leave them to dry for at least a couple of hours.
4. Grind the shelled acorns with a coffee grinder
5. Spread the ground acorns on a baking pan and put them into oven to dry for fifteen minutes on 170 degrees C.
6. Put 2 spoonfuls of acorn powder, pour some boiling water on them, let it sit for a minute, then pour in some milk and add some honey/brown sugar.