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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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This was my morning sunshine but yours sounds great too ! Might have to get one.

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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.
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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.

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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:



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:



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.
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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.
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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.

Why does everyone have to think it is some sort of modern gadget needed to make fresh coffee ?

The "coffee sock" is the future
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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 ....
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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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