Best coffee maker for van life?

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On the thought of Cowboy Coffee, I've camped with numerous family members in Texas and they boiled the coffee in those blue & white speckled enamelware coffee pots. Then added saved egg shells to the brewed coffee. As they said....to settle the grounds.

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Does it work ? Consider this:

Why add egg shells to coffee?


The egg's purpose is twofold. First, the alkaline pH of the eggs and their shells balance out the acidic quality of coffee grounds and make for a smoother cup. Secondly, the protein in the eggs coagulate as the coffee boils and collect the free-floating grounds without the need for a coffee filter.
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I'm not much of a coffee snob myself. If I'm buying instant my favorite is Nestle Mountain Blend. Then about any instant I can find at a Dollar Tree.
 
I use the OXO pour over that WanderingRose linked above. With the reservoir on the top I can just dump the water in and don't have to pour it slowly. It drips the water evenly down on the grounds. I use an electric kettle to heat my water, but if I was in a situation where power was an issue I could heat it in a pan on my butane stove. I make a huge mug of coffee each morning, and most mornings I end up adding water to the reservoir to top off the mug even after filling it to the brim the first time.
 
Lance22 said:
Currently have a typical 4/5 cup coffee maker that I was thinking of bringing into my minivan.. however since I kinda want to go from drinking 4 cups of coffee to 2 cups I been thinking about trying out the Mainstays Single Serve Coffee Maker. Granted it only brews 14oz. However right now I use 2 table spoons in my 4 cups brew so I think if I brew 3 table spoons in to make my 14oz of coffee it be stronger coffee but less water while also downsizing as well.. I don't know my coffee stats but I do feel drinking 4 cups is a bit to much.. would love to find a 16oz brew so then when I mix in what 4oz of almond milk I'd have 20oz and be done.

it says it's 800watts which my powerstation has a 800 watt inverter so a bit hesitant given its right at the limit, however should be fine right?

I have a BLUETTI Portable Power Station EB70. I also have to get a new travel mug that is shorter as well. not super happy about that but then I can get rid of the glass 4 cups coffee maker as that gotta be a far bigger waste of watts and not very minivan safe given glass can break so easily.

The coffee maker uses K-cups AND coffee grounds as I would be using the coffee grounds option.

I'm really not even sure I'm making good quality coffee now with only 2 tablespoons.. idk.. maybe some of you know your coffee brew has better advice.

Also I really don't want a home self pour-over device. I have that as a backup option only. I also want to make hot water for tea, and rawmen noodles in my coffee maker as well from time to time too. Looking forward to getting some good feedback and advice.
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I finally gave up on coffee makers and started drinking instant.
 
I might drink a half-cup of coffee a decade, usually much less.
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I was always amazed at reading about some snxb going on about her newest fav, a double latte triple cinnamon quadruple espresso... with coconut cream and a sprinkle of cardamon.
Or for a change, a double sprinkling of turmeric or a light dusting of cumin.
Only eleven fedbux plus a nice tip of three fedbux or so.
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So, I decided to jump on the caffeinated band-wagon.
Sometime probably close to two decades ago at Wal*Mart, I snagged a 3.5oz/100g jug of JUAN VALDEZ CAFE PREMO COLUMBIANO ORGANIC Freeze-Dried.
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Every few months or six, I pinch a few crystals under my tongue.
Jazzes me right up!
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An aside:
Although the label claims it is 3.5oz, I pinched a lot out of that stumpy jug for an awful long time, but I still have most of it remaining [with (s)election season upon us, I hesitate to use the word 'l̶e̶f̶t̶' (as in 'most of it l̶e̶f̶t̶') lest somebody get the wrong impression I swing that way].
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In closing, I think the best coffee-makers are the nice folks at Columbian Coffee Growers Federation.
 
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Best coffee maker for me. Really use it just to warm the water when I’m not at Kamp and roamin the warm beaches of Murahka.
Drinkin Folgers instant.
Most the time I just put the water in the cup, tho, and add instant. Don’t bother warming it. Just douse it down ambient temp.

I’m after the caffeine fix, ya know, not a frikkin social experience.

jonny juice
 
For me, first in the morning coffee is about getting caffeine in me, my later in the morning coffee is about the experience.

I brew a cup, make an instant cappuccino, or, if it’s hot, a cold latte.

I sit in my comfy chair, sip that and check emails, the news, etc., usually coffee in one hand and the IPad in the other.

Sometimes, if I want to just focus on the coffee experience, I drink this later cup out of a small bowl, like the French do their cafe au lait, which requires holding the bowl with both hands, thus not multi tasking.

It can be a good thing, to just focus on one thing for a few minutes.
 
Reading about coffee making, preferences, strategies reminds me of asking the forbidden question, " What kind of engine oil is better?"
You can use a French press with ambient temperature H2O and let it just sit overnight, then press in the morning.
You can warm it or cool it from there. Or just drink it as you argue the finner points of synthetic oil...
 
Happy Camper said:
Never tried it, but maybe some hard coffee candy...
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Ah, geez!
That reminds me of a casual stroll through a Cash-n-Carry restaurant supply.
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Up on a shelf, one aisle had a broken bag of chocolate-covered coffee-beans.
Obviously, that was intended as a sampler, right?
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A few handsfull each pass along that route was obviously right and responsible and respectful, right?
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However, those beans were so so nutritious and so so health-essential, our quick trip extended out to several hours.
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Heck, if I could, I would easily volunteer to help guard them overnight and on through the weekend.
Solemn duty and all that...
 
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