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Been through various coffee making scenarios while camping.....what do you use for
1) more than one cup eg cafetiere? Any robust ones?
2) one mug?
Simple is best any ideas?
aeropress
Cafetiere.
You can buy unbreakable ones (Lexon? )
Starbucks via sachets.
I have an aeropress, but why carry such a lump around when a handful of tiny foil sachets produces good coffee?
I have stainless steel cafetiere for when I am canoeing.
I use coffee bags for carrying with light and uberlight stove (one pot, how do you pour?).
I use instant sachet(!) and no milk for uber-ultralight.
We had an in breakable one ... The wife broke it
Drink too much coffee for sachets would cost me a fortune I will add a bit to my original post it's family camping rather than backpack/lightweight camping
I have a wife like that.
4 glass cafetieres later, I got two of these stainless steel ones.
http://www.bodum.com/gb/en-us/shop/detail/1303-16/?navid=87
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So far Mrs Atilla the Stoner hasnt killed them.
Oooooo shiny I like......so SS cafetiere for multiple cups and an aeropress thing when I just want a quick cup. Are they really as quick and as simple as the advert says? Do they fit over a standard cup/mug?
Aero press + 1
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Depends how long and what sort of camping.
Car camping for a week = aeropress. If I was carrying everything on my back I'd be considering posh sachets I think
We got given a box of these which we use on expedition races - they are pretty magnificent really for what they are. http://www.growerscup.com/eng/
Swissgold one cup. It weighs grammes and is indestructible with no papers easy to wash and hygienic
You need something to tamp the grinds onto the gold filter or it's not so good. I use a cork from a whiskey bottle which weighs nothing. Makes coffee at least as good as caffitierre
Stove-top for us
Stove top espresso pot for me.
Starbucks Via sachets here too. Though, I've taken Millicano for longer trips - I've tasted far worse from stove-tops.
It has to be an aeropress. Only £21 on eBay right now.
One of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smartcafe-Cafetiere-Hot-Graphite-Grey/dp/B0007MTNGS/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url
Ground coffee in a zip lock plastic bag (rationed out at one cup per day) plastic funnel and one filter paper per cup. Use the funnel to hold the paper and coffee . Pour boiled water through slowly . A nice little morning ritual and an excellent cup. If not Lakeland plastics do a combined mug and filter caffetiere thing.
^smartcafe I've found to be the best solution as it can also be used as a tea/general mug as well. Also used it to make a couple of mugs for others. depends tho, whether you are car camping or bike/backpacking.
Aeropress every where, home, camping, bivi.
I've got both a Smartcafe and an Aeropress, and it's got to be the Aeropress every time.
The Smartcafe is good, but it can't match the quality of coffee the Aeropress kicks out. Plus the Aeropress is bombproof if you bash it about while camping.
something like this. Cheap tough and effective....
percolator
Camp Coffee
Stove-top here for the caravan, sachets otherwise. Although I do have a single version of what nobby posted. It's ok, not really any different to a stovetop though.
Mud?
Choose the size you want
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Jet boil with coffee press
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Stovetop here. For lighter weight trips I usually just go cowboy style - grounds in cup, pour water over, wait a minute for grounds to settle to the bottom, don't drink too far down
deadlydarcy - Member
Starbucks Via sachets here too. Though, I've taken Millicano for longer trips - [u]I've tasted far worse from stove-tops[/u].
You're doing it wrong then...
LOL at the large jetboil photo. The plunger has been mounted the wrong way round........see small photo for the correct way!!
Pedants corner.
Damm you Chrisdw 😡
<removes credit card>
You're doing it wrong then...
I'm not. I don't use one.
LOL at the large jetboil photo. The plunger has been mounted the wrong way round........see small photo for the correct way!!
Jetboil seem to disagree with you, it's the small photo that's wrong.
[url= http://shop.jetboil.com/index.php/coffee-press.html ]http://shop.jetboil.com/index.php/coffee-press.html[/url]
Personally I go with the Moka pot but each to their own...
One of these when bivvying
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On my 9 month tour [as a coffee addict]
Just pour boiling water over grounds in a cup. Wait a couple of minutes and stir - THEY ALL SINK!
All you have to do is maybe catch a couple of floating grounds, [usually less than 10], don't agitate it, and stop before you hit the bottom.
I found that when the grounds are exposed at the bottom of the mug a few little bits will float again, simply press your lips against the edge of the mug and sip gently from below the waterline so as not to slurp in the air/groundsontop.
No equipment required!
I'm not. I don't use one.
How would you be able to form the opinion that the sachets are better then?
Fracking Conran mug...... I forgot about that. It is insulated though, so it may not be good for quick coffee in the AM, and also is bulky.
I use [url= http://www.millets.co.uk/activities/107986-rosker-plastic-camping-mug.html&cm_mmc=googleshop-_-shopping-_-feed-_-all?gclid=CObL3KCDtLgCFdMQtAodeTwAsg ]this[/url] myself.
Got a [url= http://www.bodum.com/gb/en-us/shop/detail/K11102-01/?navid=61 ]Bodum Travel Press[/url] very happy.
Went with the aero press, thanks for those recomendations, quick, simple, nice coffee and easy to clean afterwards...
oh and a SS cafettiere to see if the wife can break it
Just pour boiling water over grounds in a cup. Wait a couple of minutes and stir - THEY ALL SINK!
This works well with coarser ground coffee but not with fine ground like Lavazza. Good method though 🙂
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BTW, Bernard, I find making the aeropress "upsidedown" works well and gives you a bit more control.
Lyons Coffee bags:
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Basically ground coffee in a t bag. Brew it like a tea bag (3-5 minutes dunking and stirring for a stronger flavour).
About £3 for 18 bags in Morrisons.
Lovely 😉
Just pour boiling water over grounds in a cup
Had never tried that until I went on a horseback elk hunting trip with an old-time guide. He just put course grounds into boiling water on the fire, let it sit a bit and voila, you have coffee that will make your hair stand on end---might not rival that served by the coffee shop barista, but sure as hell woke one up in the morning.
@ Nobby. I'm bringing my stove tops but I have some Italian sourced coffee I can share in your device at the Bonty?
What Rossi46 said. Lyons coffee bags.
I carry them round at work all the time, so much so I've got half the staff of HMP W******* on them. Ok, so the snobs with sensitive/dodgy taste buds may think they taste 'like mud/awful/crap/dog poo'.
But they don't & for about 12p a bag they're pretty ace actually, & dead handy.
& I'm not even on commission!
Handpresso
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chortle chortle,
anyone got the profanisuarus to hand? look up 'cafetiere, the'
I'm with slugwash - much of our camping is cycle touring so don't really want to carry anything extra. Used to do cafetiere but it wasn't strong enough. Now I just use the mini trangia pan for turkish style or 'cowboy coffee'.
Snowpeak Titanium French Press.
Works well, works very well if you use coffee ground for a french press and it's made from titanium. Win win.
+1 for the Lyons Coffee bags. Use them at work and converted a few people over to them.
Lyons Coffee bags:
What Rossi46 said. Lyons coffee bags.
I carry them round at work all the time, so much so I've got half the staff of HMP W******* on them
+1 for the Lyons Coffee bags
Oh dear, and I thought that STW forumites were proper coffee connoisseurs! 😉
Throw your insipid Lyons ball bags in the bin and get down to Sainsbury's.....
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Thought here more care and more would care
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Our nearest Sainsburys is 12 miles away whereas Morrisons is 300 mtrs away. 😆
I'll stick to the featherweight handiness of Lyons.
I find the Lyons bags are just short of a camping mug of coffee for me. I knows I could buy a smaller mug or do a half cup, but I likes what I likes. i do have them at home if I want a quick refreshing cup without the buzz and shakes.
What I def don't like is the Starbuck's sachet things, it's the gritty after taste in yer mouth.
Our nearest Sainsburys is 12 miles away whereas Morrisons is 300 mtrs away.I'll stick to the featherweight handiness of Lyons.
If you're not up to cycling 24 miles then you'll be pleased to know that the Co-op are selling the same Colombian coffee bags as Sainsburys in their own branded packaging 😉