Camp Coffee?

jdk1, the Trader Joe's package label lists Cane Sugar, Artificial creamer and coffee. Nothing about methy-ethyl death. :) The ingredients for the creamer portion is corn syrup, palm oil, whey, powder milk, potassium phosphate and sodium caseinate.
I only have a single cup a day though, so even if there were 'bad' things in it, a little won't hurt.
 
Mannlicher said:
jdk1, the Trader Joe's package label lists Cane Sugar, Artificial creamer and coffee. Nothing about methy-ethyl death. :) The ingredients for the creamer portion is corn syrup, palm oil, whey, powder milk, potassium phosphate and sodium caseinate.
I only have a single cup a day though, so even if there were 'bad' things in it, a little won't hurt.
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Thanks for the info. It doesn't sound too bad. I've seen creamer ingredients before which read like the direction for building a road flare. I will have to pick up a pack of those for sure:thumbup: I'm with you on convenience. I don't like waiting for coffee at home when it's quick and easy. At camp it's at least 10 minutes to get out of the tent (I'm not always fast). Instant coffee and an Emberlit can get coffee going in a flash.
 
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The ingredients list for a banana is pretty scary too. :)
 
One thing I did on a couple trips last year that were going to be "cold" (no fire or stoves for breakfast) was cold-brew coffee. I like my coffee espresso +P+ so I had it straight, but for more normal tastes, it can be brewed strong, and then added to some hot water. I used the little flexible flasks. a couple of those and I was good for the four days. We were also under a pretty strict LNT so nothing was to be left behind food-scrap wise. (save for food crap, thankfully)

Otherwise I cowboy it and scatter the grounds. I really like my aeropress, so depending on the weight that will go along, it just all depends on the trip length and the overall load.
 
gadgetgeek said:
One thing I did on a couple trips last year that were going to be "cold" (no fire or stoves for breakfast) was cold-brew coffee. I like my coffee espresso +P+ so I had it straight, but for more normal tastes, it can be brewed strong, and then added to some hot water. I used the little flexible flasks. a couple of those and I was good for the four days. We were also under a pretty strict LNT so nothing was to be left behind food-scrap wise. (save for food crap, thankfully)

Otherwise I cowboy it and scatter the grounds. I really like my aeropress, so depending on the weight that will go along, it just all depends on the trip length and the overall load.
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Thanks GG. I am still mulling the options here. I think I may buy a variety of the less expensive pour thru filters and contrast/compare. As I said earlier, weight isn't an issue for me. Fidgity bits of kit is. And I do consume large quantities of coffee in the morning. Luckily I seldom have to cold camp though I do practice LNT. Here I'll be using a combo of my Emberlit twig stove and my Coleman Max Mini gas stove even where campfires are permitted and firepits exist. I already bought a bag of seasoned hickory chunks to supplement the Emberlit twigs and sticks I may find riverside.

Oh, and if I may ask, when you brew a cuppa in the billy, do you swing it? :)
 
Hey Codger,

I'm one of those weirdos who can't live without coffee in the morning, but can't drink it after 10 am. I like mine hotter than hell, and black as sin. Can't stand any extra ingredients.

I have an MSR strainer that fits into your cup, but find it too limiting in the woods. Folgers singles are nice, but I just use a paper towel to dunk the coffee in my cup (improvised tea bag). Otherwise, I just dump in the coffee and strain with my teeth.

The only coffee I hate worse than instant is Starbucks - just the smell makes me queasy. I haven't found french presses worth the trouble, but others might disagree.

Hope you find what you like!
 
My billy has handles on the side, so the only swinging is to get the grounds out of the bottom! I've heard of it, but you'd really have to trust the pot, I'd hate to risk throwing the crew's tea across the landscape when the handle let go.
 
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I trust mine but just use temperature to settle the grounds or leaves.
 
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I was always too lazy to make coffee while camping (even car camping). Always just made hot tea and hot chocolate. You all are giving me some ideas here. At home, if I don't have anything lined up for the morning, I'll make coffee, and frequently stop and buy coffee if I head out early.
 
Coffee is ultra important to me when I'm backpacking. I've tried a bunch of ways to make it. My favorite for a 2-3 night trip is my Snowpeak ti french press, but for overnighters or 4+ night trips I opt for just the MSR Mugmate. In fact the Mugmate has a permanent home nestled in my Snowpeak double wall ti cup and comes with me even if I bring the french press. It's so light, reliable and important (must start my day with coffee) I consider it one of my essential pieces of gear.
 
TheGearGuy said:
Coffee is ultra important to me when I'm backpacking. I've tried a bunch of ways to make it. My favorite for a 2-3 night trip is my Snowpeak ti french press, but for overnighters or 4+ night trips I opt for just the MSR Mugmate. In fact the Mugmate has a permanent home nestled in my Snowpeak double wall ti cup and comes with me even if I bring the french press. It's so light, reliable and important (must start my day with coffee) I consider it one of my essential pieces of gear.
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The Mugmate is what I was referring to earlier, I even used to use it at the office, when I worked in an office. Does that Snowpeak only work with whole beans? Those holes seem kind of large....
 
You guys have put some thought into camp coffee! I just fill loose leaf tea filters with my favorite grind and let it steep in a mug of boiling water. The used filter gets tossed into the fire. The tea filters are also great for covering a water filter intake to keep sediment out of them.
 
I put coffee in a regular coffee filter and tie it up with a bread tie. I do scrape the paper off the little tie so its just wire. While camping I boil water in a stainless camp pot and toss in a coffee bag. When its nice and dark the bag goes in the fire. Fast and easy with no clean up, just rinse out the pot.CD

Edit- I keep the lid on the pot and it re-heats up super quick. There's only two coffee drinkers in my group and well have a couple cups before we break camp and paddle off. I believe my pot is a quart size..
 
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CellerDrummer said:
I put coffee in a regular coffee filter and tie it up with a bread tie. I do scrape the paper off the little tie so its just wire. While camping I boil water in a stainless camp pot and toss in a coffee bag. When its nice and dark the bag goes in the fire. Fast and easy with no clean up, just rinse out the pot.CD

Edit- I keep the lid on the pot and it re-heats up super quick. There's only two coffee drinkers in my group and well have a couple cups before we break camp and paddle off. I believe my pot is a quart size..
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Yes I have done that. But steeping the grounds in the bag didn't seem satisfactory some how. I always had to squeeze the bag or press it with a spoon to get my coffee black enough to suit me. My recent trip to the outdoor store was unrewarding as far as a coffee device goes. They had nothing but the press that fits a Jetboil (which I don't have), a variety of camp coffee perc pots and cone filters. I'll likely have to buy my doo-dads online from REI or Campmor. Or... say... we do have a new Cabellas slated to open here this spring! I just prefer to coon-finger and chicken-eye my purchases before I buy. Much more telling and satisfying that ordering from a web picture!

Thanks for your input! :thumbup:
 
Great thread!
I personally tend to agree with using either VIA, or those TJ ones look perfect because they are cream and sugar added.
With those, cost is a factor, the Starbucks are about a dollar per serving, though I have seen them on sale in the stores and at a better rate on Amazon.

If you aren't terrribly concerned with weight try the french press.
They are fantastic.
 
After many years of cowboy coffee, I was a reluctant convert to coffee in a tea bag.
Now, the Folgers singles make every trip. Easy to pack in, dispose of in the fire or pack out.
And we do drink a lot of coffee. Before breakfast, with breakfast, after the morning hunt, and around
the fire in the evening.
 
Ol Joe said:
After many years of cowboy coffee, I was a reluctant convert to coffee in a tea bag.
Now, the Folgers singles make every trip. Easy to pack in, dispose of in the fire or pack out.
And we do drink a lot of coffee. Before breakfast, with breakfast, after the morning hunt, and around
the fire in the evening.
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I've resorted to the Folgers' singles a few times over the years and they are convenient. But I don't like the flavor so usually save them for when my "real coffee" is gone. At home and canoe camping. I note that the MSR Mugmate is in the online catalog of the store I visited so perhaps I'll order one to be picked up instore. Used as designed it will still only make one cuppa at a time but I have in mind just using it as a strainer when I pour my cowboy coffee into my cup. We'll see.
 
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