…and I’m wondering what is the best way to make coffee in the great outdoors?
There will be no electricity. We have a camp stove and of course there will be a fire. We’ve done instant in the past and well, it just don’t cut it.
How do you campers satisfy your coffee needs while camping?
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Get something like this
If it’s car camping, a french press would be the easiest.
If they make one with plastic sides of some sort, that would be more camper friendly though.
These are my favorite… just a good ol’ granitewear coffee pot. Just set a couple of rocks for it to sit on above the coals and you’re good to go.
A Bialetti Moka Express. All of $20 to $30 and makes the BEST coffee. I bought it off Scamazon and people had expressed a preference for bringing it camping.
Plus, it has a cool backstory.
Yeah, a french press is good, though I’d just use a filter holder over a thermos. The filter holder would be much easier to clean than a french press when camping.
Oh, and grind the beans at home. Crushing enough beans for a pot between two rocks isn’t much fun (though you do what you have to do).
I’ve shoved a bunch of coffee grounds in a sock, tied the opening in a knot and dropped it in a pot of boiling water before. To quote the previous poster… you do what you have to do.
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Maybe a less cryptic thread title would be more likely to get you a relevant answer.
REI carries a french press that fits in a big mouth nalgene bottle:
I haven’t used it, just saw it in the store the other day.
You can experiment and see what you like best. “French Press” works OK and it’s quick. I managed to break one the last camping trip. But a nice big graniteware by the fire is excellent. It’s not like you’re in a hurry all day when camping, at least I hope not. I start with coffee in cold water and bring to a simmer, and then just set near the coals enough to keep “very hot” for a few hours or so.
Starbucks makes coffee pouches for drip machines. If you throw one pouch in a nalgene bottle and add boiling water, wait a couple of minutes, it makes a pretty good cup of coffee for camping.
If you are camping, you make Cowboy Coffee. Fill an enamelware coffeepot with water, heat to boiling over a campfire, throw in a few handfuls of coffee grounds and remove from the fire. Add crushed eggshells from breakfast to settle the grounds, then serve in a steel cup.
French presses are for pussies.
Starbucks also has some sort of plastic french press/coffee mug combo doohickey similar to what buckgully linked. I bought one for a friend going to Europe, it’s very light. Boiling water, ground coffee, splork, drink.
Yeah, I basically agree, except if you are hiking and weight is an issue.
What do you boil water in for the french press?
I used to backpack with a small moka pot. works great. Otherwise, if you’re weight concious, any of those premium coffees in a little filter pouch would be easy to just toss into boiling water and then let steep.
Moderator hat on: I’ve slightly modified the thread title to be more specific.
Mmm granitewear coffee. If I had a yard I’d go build a fire out there tonight, nothing tastes quite like what comes out of those. It ain’t real coffee until you’re spitting grounds.
