Whaddya all do for coffee, camping, bivvying, touring?.
Ground coffee and a wee tea strainer? Those dodgy looking latte sachets?. I quite like the aeropress for a coffee, but it’s too big, even the travel one looks bulky.
I tried instant but no good. The coffee bags from Taylor were OK as long as you wring the arse out of them. Currently trying a washable ultralight drip filter from gsi which seems best so far but does mean I need to take a mug to heat the water and another to put the filter over.
I use a wee silicone collapsible cone – similar idea to what rocketdog has up there but IMO easier to pack. I pre-load some filters with ground coffee at home and tape them shut (micropore tape is strong enough but doesn’t rip the papers).
I haven’t tried the washable filter idea that sweepy mentions, but when I thought about it seemed like a faff to dispose of the grounds. I like being able to pop the whole used filter in my bin bag to pack out.
Depends on what your attitude to weight is, but I usually take sachets of microground coffee like Starbucks Via, because they weigh virtually nothing and taste ok – better than instant.
You don’t need the blue holder thing – it’s just a basket on the end of a stick. Coarse grounds in there, stir in water til you’re happy. Weighs very little indeed.
I just bought the travel aeropress, size wise it’s about the size of a can of coke, and a touch lighter. It’s never the brewer that’s the heavy or bulky part, it’s the means of boiling the water that I find a pain. A basic MSR pocket rocket style burner might be small and light, but the second you encounter some mild wind those kind are defeated.
Coffee bags are OK but take a while and you do have to squeeze them out for max impact. A mug cosy helps keep the water hot while you’re waiting for it.
I love good coffee, but **** me if I’m going to piss about going full barista in the hills, boiling water on a little meths stove, starbucks Via sachets, done. Tastes shit but it’s warm and has caffeine. I might consider an AeroPress go, if someone buys me one for Christmas, but its still an extra lump to carry about.
I’ve got a cafetiere thermal cup thing from Bodum. I’ve not used it for lightweight camping but during lockdown it’s been my source of hot drinks for days doing labour at the sailing club and while out on day rides. Can supposedly be used for leaf tea too.
Maybe a bit too bulky but you can carry warm coffee in it for a good few hours (as I will be tomorrow on a day ride).
Usually take a can of iced coffee then cut off the top with swiss army knife then heat up with either mini stove or burners. Not to everyone’s tastes I admit.
Makes a mini pour-over coffee, but is as convenient as a teabag.
I can’t vouch for the quality of the ground coffee in the above, but quite a few specialty roasters are doing these now. These are the ones I bought (Australia) which were delicious, and I’m a full-on coffee snob: https://shop.singleo.com.au/products/tarrazu-costa-rica-parachutes
A drip filter that sit on top of a cup for touring. Bit bulk and not foldable like the one ^^^^^^^ but it is washable rather than using throw away filters as I didn’t want waste.
As above, when walking Jetboil with plunger. It is then a kettle, cafetiere and mug in one. If I’m on the motorbike I take an aeropress and insulated mug too.
Yes, in that it’s flat and flexible. I can spooge mine inside my jetboil alongside the fuel can for example. I’ll admit it’s not that big a deal though!
@ everyone else
For me, the faff of making the coffee is part of the point. I don’t want it to be something that I rush.