How to Make Coffee on Shabbat

I'm not Jewish, and I'm not a coffee expert, but I like the idea that if I could find a way to make Jews more Jewish, I want to help. Since it is super hot here in the northern hemisphere, I attempted to make sun coffee with the coffee that comes in bags and putting them in Mason jars along with water and I put them out 11am Friday, then in the evening I transferred the jars into the steaming hot closed up garage, but if you don't have a garage I think you could build a simple greenhouse box. It was a bit warmer than lukewarm and tasted a bit stronger than an ice coffee method. But definitely not hot enough for those that like it steaming hot. Reply

What about stirring the instant coffee once when using this method , is that allowed after you pour over? Reply

AFAIK, this article is giving two different opinions on what is necessary to make coffee.
The first is that water from a kli sheini cannot come into contact with anything that could be cooked by it - You have to use a kli shishi. The second is that you can pour into a kli shishi from a kli sheini that already has something in it that can cook. The second example of pouring over the coffee grounds is cooking by pouring from a kli sheini into a kli shlshi. I believe that the second example would be assur using the first opinion. Otherwise, the first opinion should say that you could put your coffee into the kli shlishi before you add the water. Reply

Isn't it a requirement to dump out all of the unused pre-boiled Shabbat coffee and tea when Shabbat ends? You would have to make fresh coffee and tea, no? Reply

How about a thermos flask made before sun down? Reply

I don't think you can cook instant coffee. With tea, you pour the hot water directly on the leaves, so its a type of cooking. But with instant coffee, the beans are roasted, then ground up, then brewed into coffee, then freeze dried. Since you can't "cook after cooking" for something dry, don't think using a secondary cup applies. Reply

Get one you can program. Then the percolator starts on its own.

Load it and forget it. Coffee made from a commercially available coffee maker, does not boil.

This would fall under the elevator rule. Where it is otherwise not permitted to use an elevator on Shabbat but one that self-operates and stops at every floor is permitted; subways would also be permitted if within tolerated limits. In this case, the elevator is programmed on a timer; same with the programmable percolator. Reply

What about the use of a pre-installed "Insty-Hot?" It's a under-countertop reservoir that maintains water temperature at just about the boiling point, and holds 1 gallon; the faucet is installed on the counter top, just like a sink faucet, with a lever to dispense. I admit, I've used this for coffee, instant mashed potatoes, ramen for the children or other things that do require boiling water, but this is already pre-heated and there is no cooking involved (i.e., the children may do this themselves and love it for hot cocoa...). Reply

Ice tea works better if I unscrew the light bulb in the ref. Reply

If avoiding "cooking" on Shabbos is the goal, why not make sufficient (instant) coffee the day before, and put the fully prepared coffee in a crock-pot especially reserved for the purpose, set on low, no different than cholent?

(There are nice, inexpensive 4 qt. "Crock-Pots" available.)

If you add cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg there is no need for sugar, nor cream, and it should not take on an "old" coffee odor, nor taste, nor smell particularly coffee-ish throughout the day; but, rather nicely, gently aromatic of the spices.

It also will be healthier.

You'll just need to ladle it into cups.

Be well. Reply

Pour-over coffee doesn’t really work- it doesn’t taste as good when the water isn’t boiling hot. Better use instant coffee for Shabbat, pour the water from the urn in an empty cup first for it to lose some of the heat and then in your coffee cup from there. Reply

I wondered about cold brew. Some coffee brand have coffee in little bags like tea bags, which makes it easy to seep out overnight and since it hasn't been boiled it won't be as bitter. Reply

What if a person were to make a liquid concentrated coffee "essence" in advance, then simply pour the hot water over it? Reply

I think it is also allowed to prepare cold brew before Shabbat as the coffee will be ready to drink (although it won't be hot). Is that correct? Reply