South African “Burned” Coffee

Here’s a fitting conclusion to our tour of Planet Barbecue and a tribute to the primal campfires where barbecue—and humankind—began. In a nutshell, it’s coffee, brewed as it has been for hundreds of years by cowboys, herders, fishermen, and other stalwart souls who work, cook, eat, and sleep under the stars: in a pot perched on the embers. Here’s how they make it at a seaside fish camp south of Cape Town called Die Strandloper. The secret is to plunge a burning stick into the coffee right b