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Im with you Bruce, i brought one of these home from Japan: http://www.zizzyshop.com/ebay/cloth-...fn-3-front.jpg

This one is made by a company called Hario and is designed to fit in the glass coffee pots popular in some countries: http://www.greenbeanery.ca/bean/cata...ages/DPW-3.jpg
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In my quest to balance saving weight and keeping highly caffeinated, I elected to get this:

View the Coffee Filter at http://www.ortliebusa.com

It's cheap, neigh indestructible, ultra light, packs small and will make great coffee. The local coffee shops which brew specialty beans always use pour over, as it makes great coffee (not to mention has an aspect of showmanship about it).

My only problem was getting one in the US, I had to order it online and have it delivered from the UK. ProBikeKit is where I found mine, but as of yet it hasn't come in the mail so can't give it a full review.
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All - read this discussion thread with great interest and amusement. I actually have one of those little things as described in post no 2.

Not currently on the road, but fresh-ground coffee was very important to me when I was. So I used (and still use, at work, every day) one of these:- Accessories - Travel Coffee Plunger - Kathmandu UK

To heat the water on the road, I used THIS:- Medium 'Scout' ALU Kelly Kettle

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I used to drink Instant Coffee, but in a different county and don't like the taste here (different coffee formulation methinks). I like the idea of these caffetiere type devices, which just use a plunger in a JetBoil pot, or perhaps the Primus 1.1l Eta Pot.

I looked at the very simple Expresso coffee percolator in the second post, but they seem very small volume and I like to drink a decent sized cup, if I do drink coffee. Also, the percolator is a single function bit of gear, unlike a pot. The advantage of the plunger devices, is they don't take much room and are very light in weight, assuming I am taking the correct sized pot anyway. I don't like drinking out of the pot with the plunger still in it!

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While we're on this deeply important and highly emotive subject, can any of the seasoned old Africa hands out there shed any light on why oh why oh why the only coffee you can get in Libya is bl00dy Nescafe?!

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I gave up with all the coffee makers and gadgets. Too much fuss, too much weight and volume.

Now when traveling, I tap my instant coffee into my pot. Add water. Put lid on pot. Shake vigorously. Pour into cup. Delish!
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You've spent too much time drinking instant and not enough drinking the real thing if you find instant delish

And you a California man as well
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I did a little review of the little GSI espresso maker over on youtube... incidentally before you watch it...

1 - I now know that you need to compress the coffee in the filter
2 - There's a debate raging as to if this is actually an espresso machine



The Robert Dyas cup is really good BTW - saw one in action this summer and got quite jealous at the standard of coffee that came out. A lot less fiddly than the the GSI as well.
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Oh yeah, I've got one of those. Had it since 1994!

It was a bit fiddly and I found it was hard to avoid overheating the plastic jacket around the spout. But a neat little gadget.

Actually, if I can go a little off-topic, I can recommend this for boiling water.

Large 'Base Camp' Kelly Kettle Alu. (1.5 ltr / 2.6 UK pints)


You can use absolutely anything combustible to power it eg leaves / rubbish / twigs.
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Love camp kettles - just not great on my motorbike... now I wonder if there's a way I can convert a part of my bike so that it's also a camp kettle?
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Well, to be honest I wouldn't have thought it would be too hard to put a water jacket around part of the exhaust, and if your engine is watercooled there should be a variation on this theme for those who are handy with a welder

http://www.arb.au.com/onlinestore/st...dProduct=17589

And if you were on 4 wheels the possibilities would be endless:- How to Cook Food on Your Car's Engine: 9 steps - wiki How
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in australia you can purchase 'coffee and milk' - a tube of instant coffee mixed with condensed milk. not overly glamorous and probably not for those that are fanatical about 'good' coffee, but super easy

i also picked some of these up in vietnam How to Make Vietnamese Coffee | Vietnam Travel

use vietnamese coffee if you can get it. they're ultra light and the vietnamese coffee leaves you with a very strong cuppa
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use Vietnamese coffee if you can get it. they're ultra light and the Vietnamese coffee leaves you with a very strong cuppa
I want to try the Weasel coffee which consists of coffee beans that have been eaten and partially digested by small, weasel-type animals.

Do I have to carry a weasel around with me?

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I want to try the Weasel coffee which consists of coffee beans that have been eaten and partially digested by small, weasel-type animals.

Do I have to carry a weasel around with me?

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PS - the Vietnamese coffee device looks quite neat. Can you buy them outside Vietnam?
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PS - the Vietnamese coffee device looks quite neat. Can you buy them outside Vietnam?
It looks like you can.
Trung Nguyen Online: Vietnamese Coffee and Tea

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