How did people make coffee in the days before electricity?

by chimp-bro

I assumed everyone just used a french press until my grandfather said he had never seen one.

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Turkish coffee is made by heating a pot of water, coffee, and usually some sugar and spices until it boils and then quickly removing it from the heat source after it's begun to boil. Here's a video.

There's also 'cowboy coffee' which is just throwing the grounds into a pot of water and boiling it together, then filtering it out. This method is somewhat common with hikers (less so now because there are portable coffee makers). Here's another video.