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Fresh Coffee in the Morning at last
For me a fresh mug of coffee, first thing, when camping watching the world wake up.
I used to lug Instant coffee, so imaged my joy when I saw this in Robert Dyas. The SmartCafé Cafétière Mug, designed by Sebastien Conran. Made of plastic, it's double walled, so keeps your coffee warm, is light and so far, seems unbreakable. How does it work? Well you simply boil your water, put you fresh ground coffee in the bottom, poor the water on and rest the plunger on top, while it brews. After a couple of minutes, push the plunger down, add whatever, and drink. The coffee grounds stay at the bottom. I picked mine up in the sale for £ 3.50, usually they're around £6. Google reveals a load available everywhere. If like mgr you like fresh coffee, I'd thoroughly recommend one. I end up using mine everyday. |
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If you're tight-fisted and overly self-righteous like me there is another option. When you're freezing cold on a motorway go into a Ritazza coffee place in one of the captive-market-exploitation centres and order a god-awful one person cafetiere of coffee that tastes worse than Nescafe Red. Fill with indignation at the amount you've forked over for the mud-water and pocket the cafetiere.
I find these great for weekend trips as you can load them with some decent grounds, just pop some hot water in in the morning and hey-presto, decent wake-up juice! You can even drink straight from the spout if you don't mind the plunger handle poking you in the eye. |
Aeropress
Hi,
My sister and I have experimented a lot with propper coffee on long trips, but have been using this for a few years now. It's head and shoulders above any other method we've used and is one of the first things on our packing list! Very small, totally indestructible, requires next to no cleaning and produces barely any waste. Highly recomended. AeroPress | Coffee and Espresso Maker Happy travels Sam |
We've tried several possibilities to make coffee in the morning since both, me and my wife, are convinced that there is no life before coffee. About two years ago we've purchased this for around five bucks:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...8L._SS500_.jpg A washable coffee filter that fits a regular sized mug perfectly. The only downside is that it requires a lot of ground coffee and a long time, but once the coffee is brewed it tastes great. Before, we've used one of these: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Coffee tastes great but it's large and heavy. For practical reasons we've returned to instant coffee - you can get it anywhere and don't need anything other than hot water. And I guess one can get used to it eventually. |
My alter-ego (who knew I had one?) failed to post any pictures, so HERE'S some from my, now plagiarised, original post on ABR.
And to Selous our OP, thanks for copying it over here, I was going to cross-post but you've saved me the bother. |
Great gadget tip. Thanks.
I've just ordered one off Amazon. £5.80 delivered :thumbup1: |
Hmmmm, that does look rather good
Still love the aeropress, but for under £6 I reckon we'll be giving this a try. Thanks for posting |
+1 on Aeropress
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I'm currently looking at these
Collapsible Silicone Coffee Dripper This looks compact, but dunno about the faff of bringing filters Buy Aladdin Aveo Travel Press, Tea and Coffee Flask, Black online at JohnLewis.com - John Lewis this seems like a top quality item |
Drinking out my new Coffee mate right now.
It's fabulous. Really well made and the cup is nicely insulated. It makes a large brew too. Man sized. This would be also great for drinking loose tea. In many places, you can only buy tea loose. This is going to make mornings in the tent much more fun bier |
I'll have to add one to my letter to Santa!
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Just ordered one from Amazon - £3.50 if you choose graphite!
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Why does everyone have to think it is some sort of modern gadget needed to make fresh coffee ? The "coffee sock" is the future http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tst...offeemaker.jpg Cheap, light, washable. Can be bought in all good South American countries, or cooking shops in Europe. I just can't remember what the official name is in Europe .... |
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 |
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. |
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 www.overlandcruiser.net |
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! Grey Beard |
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?!
www.overlandcruiser.net |
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! jeiger |
You've spent too much time drinking instant and not enough drinking the real thing if you find instant delish :nono:
And you a California man as well doh |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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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Do I have to carry a weasel around with me? daryl |
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Civet Coffee: One of the World's Most Expensive - Bali | Demotix.com PS - the Vietnamese coffee device looks quite neat. Can you buy them outside Vietnam? |
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Trung Nguyen Online: Vietnamese Coffee and Tea daryl |
Great, I'll just hop on a plane to America ;)
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NEW, Vietnamese Coffee Filter Set, Coffee Infuser Set, Slow-Drip, Single-Cup Serving, Stainless Steel Could there be a Vietnamese product store in or near London? daryl |
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Mark |
coffee is like life, it doesnt have to be complicated.
there is no substitute for real coffee. Keep It Simple Silly..... i use a plastic cup, 6" x 3". doesn't burn my lips nor will it break when i drop it. maybe half an inch of grind in the bottom, pour boiling water into it. grinds float on the surface, after a few minutes, lightly agitate the cup (no need to stir), and now the grinds will naturally sink to the bottom. for me its still way to hot to drink, by the time i can, all the grinds have sunk to the bottom and you have a perfect cup of coffee. how hard was that? no messy filter, bury the grinds next to bush for some fertilizer, and bobs your uncle |
I bought a themos style cup that doubles as a plunger you can by them in camping stores for around $50 AUS.
I bought mine at the local post office for $20 seems to be the same.works well. Size 3'' wide 5'' tall so you just need one cup for everything including beer. Need to wash well or beer has coffee flavor (which could be good) |
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