So, the way I make coffee, and as far as I'm concerned the easiest and most versatile way to make it:<p>Needed:<p>1. One small to medium aluminum or steel pot (any will do, just hopefully narrow enough for an easy boil)<p>2. Obviously, coffee, preferably freshly ground by you or some seller, but bagged, ground coffee is just fine if it's a good brand.<p>3. Distilled water. You could use tap water, but damn do I hope you live in one of those few places where the stuff from the tap is great stuff, because it often isn't and tastes like lead-lined ass. Otherwise, any distilled, filtered water will make a huge difference on final coffee quality.<p>4. Heat Source of some kind. It could be a gas stove, electric stove, induction stove, campfire or even a nuclear reactor core, as long as it can boil your pot water.<p>5. Your favorite cup, or any cup really, preferably one thick enough to trap heat for at least a bit.<p>6. Something for filtering prepared coffee. Could be a tiny kitchen sieve, a spare coffee filter, or even a (preferably very clean) sock. I've used them all.<p>7. Spoon.<p>Process:<p>1. Pour water into your (preferably clean) little metal pot, measure out how many cups worth you want.<p>2. Heat said water until it boils.<p>3. Take water down from boil and just as it stops bubbling, toss in tablespoons of coffee. I prefer one tablespoon per cup's worth of water, but you can play with this based on strength preference.<p>4. Let sit for 5 minutes.<p>5. Serve yourself some fine damn coffee by pouring it into your cup through the little filtering screen of choice (see above), whether you're at home, on some mountains, or inside a nuclear reactor..