# So we're camping this weekend... how to make coffee?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** coffee\
**Created:** [May 17, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-camping-this-weekend-how-to-make-coffee/404488 "2007-05-17T18:05:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-camping-this-weekend-how-to-make-coffee/404488/21 "2007-05-18T15:28:08Z")

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[QUOTE=buckgully]  
REI carries a french press that fits in a big mouth nalgene bottle:  
[http://www.rei.com/product/735818](http://www.rei.com/product/735818)

I haven’t used it, just saw it in the store the other day.  
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Heck, REI has a whole array of [camping/hiking coffee makers and accessories](http://www.rei.com/category/4500495)–including hand-cranked grinders if you’ll be going for more than a couple days. I have a 4-cup Lexan French press, and it works great. Just swish it out with a little water after making the coffee, and wash it when I get home.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-camping-this-weekend-how-to-make-coffee/404488/22 "2007-05-18T16:21:50Z")

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For the past 20 years we’ve used a 10-cup percolator on a propane stove. Has a filter basket that takes little tiny circular filters, and makes great coffee. Plus you get the entertainment value of watching the coffee bubble up into the little glass knob; and use its color as your determination of done-ness.

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-camping-this-weekend-how-to-make-coffee/404488/23 "2007-05-18T19:36:28Z")

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My friend just bought a drip coffee cylinder doohickie. It’s got a superfine stainless steel mesh at the bottom so it’s easily cleaned and doesn’t require a paper filter. It somehow sits on a mug. I think it’d work well for backpacking.

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