Camping coffee bags

rruff said:

I have a big mug and do the pour over using a Bunn filter basket ($17), and the filters that fit it ($16 for 1,000!). Both available on Amazon.

It's nice because the basket will hold a quart. Just dump the water in and come back in a few minutes and it's done.

Someone gave me an Aeropress, but I'm not sure I want to use it. It's so tiny for one thing. Anybody have thoughts on that? Are Aeropresses really that great?

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I think it is… use it every morning…
You only use so much water through it.
Once brewed you just add coffee up to level of cup. But I’m also cautious on coffee. (I grind) and don’t let it get stale.
We used them in the back country… and I have mine now in my trailer with a nice organized rack for it.

I have to laugh… I keep my beans in the bag in my freezer… and have a container I grind in I keep in the fridge. And on the bay it says not to refrigerate. I just like my coffee to smell like the first time I open it the same as the last… or is that vise versa.

MGfromBC said:

Guilty. I think I saw and see it as a comment on another way to make coffee. We seem to have many of them. I'm quite fond of being able to prepare everything the night before and just press the button as I get out of bed. By the time I take care of nature's demands, dress and brush my teeth and hair, my coffee is ready. It seems like such a civilized way to rough it.

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“Civilized” = convenience.

Coffee bags are definitely simple and don't require you to lug around extra equipment

Another option is a camping french press, which you can use as a kettle when you're not making coffee. I have a Coleman that I like, but it's not made anymore. Here's a similar one:

https://www.amazon.com/Pathfinder-School-French-Press-Camping/dp/B0CJMMWH35/

MGfromBC said:

By the time I take care of nature's demands, dress and brush my teeth and hair, my coffee is ready...

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What? You're dressed before coffee?!

A few years back I learned to make a cup of cold brew coffee using the Aero Press. It is very simple put on the filter, place the press on the top of a cup, add the ground coffee, fill the column with cold water and briskly stir for a full two minutes. Then press out the remaining liquid. You can adjust the amount of beans and water for the strength of the brew. Of course you can make it on the strong side if you are going to put it over ice or into a cup with some cold milk with ice for an iced latte. No point to starting with boiling water if you want a cold coffee drink.

Two minutes in the aero press is a lot better than waiting for cold brew coffee methods that take hours of time! Plus only having a very small 12v fridge I do not want to store a batch of cold brew coffee in it.

VanFan said:

What? You're dressed before coffee?!

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I have about 30 square feet of space in my car.. When I move from the sleeping part to the sitting part, I can either sit on my clothes or get dressed.

VanFan said:

What? You're dressed before coffee?!

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What? You're dressed?!

I'm trying two bags of the Folgers coffee bags for a 12 oz cup until I've used them all up. Then I'll go to Starbucks Via for a while to see how I like them. I have very limited space in my minivan so trying to keep things super simple.

And you might try saving your last used bag, and using it along with a new one for your next cup. Used bags still have a bit of life in them.

I have used these in the past, and they are better than nothing, but not my first choice.

If you like cream and sugar in your coffee, an inexpensive and really good cup is Trader Joe’s instant packets, which are a 10-pack for $1.99.

Great for busy mornings, I have found, such as a drive day.

WanderingRose said:

I have used these in the past, and they are better than nothing, but not my first choice.

If you like cream and sugar in your coffee, an inexpensive and really good cup is Trader Joe’s instant packets, which are a 10-pack for $1.99.

Great for busy mornings, I have found, such as a drive day.

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Trader Joe’s instant was good when I used it but that has been 5 years when I was in Seattle and there was a Trader Joe’s in my neighborhood. There is not a Trader Joe’s in any town or city I have regularly camped near since then. Which means the Northern AZ or Quartzsite or Southern border towns in the vicinity of Yuma and AJo. Too bad I did enjoy shopping at Trader Joe’s but it is not a major National grocery store.

There are some darker roast instant coffees from Mexico that I prefer over Folgers. Those I can find in Walmart, Bashas and the Food City stores in Arizona.

Ray's Forgotten Treasures said:

Made this old veteran do the define button
I love learning new to me words

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Autodidact.

Morgana said:

LOL I've been on at least one forum where there was a rule against Windows vs. Mac discussions. It was almost worse than politics or religion! (Only a few exalted Linus-knowing types walked among us and they probably figured we were a lost cause for conversion.)

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Linus sucks on a blanket. Unless your talking about Linus Pauling. who won multiple Nobel Prizes. He never sucked.

Linux is Free Open Source Software, aka "FOSS". I purchase a laptop with the hardware that I want, and erase the preloaded virus aka Windows, to run my favored version of Linux, always freely available.

I make tomorrow's coffee today. Manual ground, brewed in a quart Mason jar over night in a fine mesh "Rumble Jar" strainer. Beans kept in the bag, in the fridge, until time to grind. Black, no sugar nor cream.

The whole beans are Seattle Best's Post Alley #5.