Ok so I commute over the South downs some days and I have a hankering to leave a bit earlier occasionally and sit atop a down drinking a nice brew watching the inversion clouds drift away and prepare myself for another day dealing with the general public.
I could just take a flask but thought it might be more fun to make it there and then
What is the best method - I was thinking of the Planet X stove with a press. Any alternatives or better methods?
Staresso.
A lightweight gas stove and Snow Peak titanium kettle, grinder and Field dripper.
Lightweight, packable and titanium!!
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I use a filter basket in the mug. eg http://www.finum.com/portfolio/brewing-basket-m/
Just check whether it fits your mug, there's a couple of sizes. You can store it inside the mug, so its not taking up much extra space.
It is the same as the MSR Mugmate, which costs over twice as much.
A light gas stove and a mug with a plunger.
I'd go with my bodum press mug already pressed.
But msr spider a Coleman's c100 canister and a press that works for you. The relaxation is in the process as much as the caffeine.
I have a filter funnel thing. Metal with holes so no paper (that's actually plastic pregnated / to throw away.
Save the faff, just make it like they do in Turkey without a filter.
I use one of these silicon filter holders: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolecok-Silicone-Collapsible-Camping-Dripper/dp/B01CI0UYF0/ref=asc_df_B01CI0UYF0/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=256194461012&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8166585707750777847&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007383&hvtargid=pla-426572288398&psc=1
I load up some filters with nice coffee, fold them closed and seal with micropore tape. I take a ziploc bag for carrying out the used filter and never have to deal with trying to clean out a plunger mug while camping.
Total set-up costs less than a tenner if you have a stove.
I use one of these
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183831405178
Means you have to either take or find fuel but it uses so little it's not a problem if your near woods. Just needs a couple of strips of cardboard and a few pine cones and twigs to boil up enough for a brew.
Great fun with the kids on a hike who gather twigs for a hot choclate, it's light and no bulky fuel to home after..
I've got one of these, some sticks pass coffee & a micro stove
https://kurasu.kyoto/products/munieq-tetra-drip-01s
Save the faff, just make it like they do in Turkey without a filter.
Thumbs up for this. Most of the world makes coffee by putting smashed up roast coffee beans into water (either preheated water or brewing them). Owing to gravity the coffee grounds sink to the bottom leaving drinkable coffee. It's really only fairly recently and in a few counties that we've made such a song and dance about it.
Some interesting suggestions here - I especially like the look of the Staresso.
I've been using something similar for the last couple of years: https://www.wacaco.com/pages/nanopresso, so I can tell you it's makes good espresso and is reliable.
I don't usually like nespresso capsules, but for your use I think they'd be pretty good as they're so quick and make no mess. You could also get the flask that fits directly onto the nanopresso to make things even easier (I just use a normal flask).
This sounds like a load of faff and extra weight to carry, prepare coffee at home and stick it in a flask that fits your bike's bottle cage!
I didn't have a coffee with me, but thread has made me recall when I climbed Old Winchester Hill for the first time two years ago almost to the day, sat on a bench just east of the fort at ~0800. Absolute bliss and tranquility.
Least faff for fresh coffee IMO would be a jetboil with the french press attachment.
The best coffee the mini espresso https://gsioutdoors.com/miniespresso-set-1-cup.html
A little moka pot on the stove can be fun. Though maybe a bit more bulk and faff.
Gaggia classic in your backpack, run it off e-bike.
https://www.chateaurouge.uk/products/swissgold-coffee-filter
I've had a few things like this over the years... I just brought this one for.my last.trip pretty good...
https://www.alpinetrek.co.uk/msr-windburner-coffee-press-kit-10-l
https://www.functionalself.co.uk/aeropress-coffee-maker.html
Not used the msr windburner but all msr products are expedition ready with out a doubt they make the best products out there...
The aeropress make a amazing cup... Im.a.total.coffee.snob...