Coffee on the Road

[AvitorJake]

<font face="Georgia">Hey!</font><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">As a general&nbsp;recommendation, I would use the Keurig pod coffee maker. They run about $150-200 retail. I plan to use the one I found on the side of the road one day as my primary coffee provider. It is perfect size for the rig and is conviently user-friendly. It uses pre-portioned pods to create single serve cups. (Easier to clean/maintain). Just thinking about it, French Press coffee makers are legitimate too, much easier on the wallet.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia">Just something to think about.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">Best Regards,<br><br>Jake</font></div>

 

[cyndi]

Hi Jake...<div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The Keurig is about the least green way you can go with regard to making coffee. The individual cups with their foil lids are not&nbsp;environmentally&nbsp;friendly. Keurig, of course, pays lip service to the idea that they are working hard to encourage recycling and make their product more "green." I can't find anything on the interwebz that say exactly what it is they are doing.<div><br></div><div>&nbsp;It's also my understanding that it sucks the battery juice in a big way; something you may want to take into consideration if you're boondocking.</div><div><br></div><div>Not to mention the price of those pods are pretty spendy compared to other options.</div><div><br></div><div>They do make tasty coffee, though!</div></div>

 

[yesican]

<p style="margin: 0px;">I like coffee from the coffee press. I even have a to-go cup that's a coffee press. Only thing is they require several rinses with water to clean them out.&nbsp; This is great for on the road.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Rae</p>

 

[AvitorJake]

Cyndi,<div><br></div><div>Suprising. I had a&nbsp;preconceived&nbsp;notion that it would be more environmental. If you all about going green, then heating up the LP stove with a French Press would be the way to go then.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Jake</div>

 

[AvitorJake]

<font face="Georgia">As a follow up to going green on the road;</font><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">French Press as a primary coffee delivery system would be a good way to go. It takes about 5-10min to heat up and another 3m to steep. Tastes good, real strong.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia">Food wise; Go for organic/natural/catch your own.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia">If I was traveling near a river, I would carry my rod/reel combo filet knife and if I catch something that is of reasonable size.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia">Cups/plates; My idea was to go with plastic plates/cups/reusables</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">All the "Finer" details I was going to play it by hear and find my likes, dislikes etc.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">Best Regards,</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br>Jake</font></div>

 

[sl1966]

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't that quote from J.R.R. Tolken?<div><br></div>

 

[mockturtle]

Although I have a French press with my Jetboil [camp 'stove'] I use my stovetop percolator coffee pot most of the time.&nbsp; Uses very little propane to bring to a perk.&nbsp; After pouring my morning cup I pour the rest into my trusty thermos where it stays hot all day long. <img src="https://vanlivingforum.com/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0"><br>

 

[AvitorJake]

<font face="Georgia">Hey,&nbsp;</font><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">The quote "All who wander are not lost." is special to me because it metaphorically symbolizes what I'm going through right now in my life. It reminds me that just because you may appear as a wanderer and not have any idea where you are going, you do in fact have an idea and working towards it (Not lost). You can also step it up a level and say "Not all who appear hopeless are lost." That makes it personal.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">This trip, plan, adventure is a means for me to escape this daily hurt that I feel. I'm going to&nbsp;counselling to help re-integrate and heal back to the "norm" that I was once living in.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">I'm sorry for getting to personal about it. That quote is more than just a few words to me.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">Best Regards,</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia">Jake&nbsp;</font></div>

 

[Lucy]

I was thinking I would stock up on those Starbucks Via packets, for simplicity's sake. I know single-serve anything isn't as cheap or environmentally friendly as you could want, but for ease and convenience...just mix it into hot water and go. No press, no filter, no mess.&nbsp;

 

[Seraphim]

Jake

This is a good place to let feelings out. We understand.

 

[Guest]

Hi All, Jake, I use a french press for coffee almost exclusively, (like Rae, I have a traveling 16 ouncer and my master-blaster at home) but the last motorcycle trip I went on with two other guys, we made boiled or "cowboy" coffee as it known around here in New Mexico...no fuss and little muss and surprisingly good.<br><br>Mockturtle I haven't had perked coffee for a while but not long ago I pulled a nice new stainless steel pot out of my local dumpster and all it is lacking is the strainer lid...I always look for them at thrift stores...eventually I will be able to try some perked coffee, that is what my Mother used to make, and my Mother-in-law makes still. Unfortunately they both had the habit of using vile canned ground robusta coffee and it is pure acid and bitter flavor...I don't think either ever had a good cup of coffee.....(Folgers, Hills Brothers, etc.)<br><br>Lucy, I always carry the VIA tubes with me, just for what you suggest and if I am traveling and buy an inferior cup of coffee in a restaurant, it does wonders to spice it up to a drinkable beverage...LOL<br><br>I learned that from a woman we met traveling in Kenya...most of the coffee there was absolutely outstanding but there were a couple places where she had not so good coffee and she used it...<br>Bri<br><br>

 

[Guest]

Hi All, Jake, I use a french press for coffee almost exclusively, (like Rae, I have a traveling 16 ouncer and my master-blaster at home) but the last motorcycle trip I went on with two other guys, we made boiled or "cowboy" coffee as it known around here in New Mexico...no fuss and little muss and surprisingly good.<br><br>Mockturtle I haven't had perked coffee for a while but not long ago I pulled a nice new stainless steel pot out of my local dumpster and all it is lacking is the strainer lid...I always look for them at thrift stores...eventually I will be able to try some perked coffee, that is what my Mother used to make, and my Mother-in-law makes still. Unfortunately they both had the habit of using vile canned ground robusta coffee (Folgers, Hills Brothers, etc.) and it is pure acid and bitter flavor...I don't think either ever had a good cup of coffee.....<br><br>Lucy, I always carry the VIA tubes with me, just for what you suggest and if I am traveling and buy an inferior cup of coffee in a restaurant, it does wonders to spice it up to a drinkable beverage...LOL<br><br>I learned that from a woman we met traveling in Kenya...most of the coffee there was absolutely outstanding but there were a couple places where she had not so good coffee and she used it...<br>Bri<br><br>

 

[SoulRaven]

50 cents for a tin perk type pot, Nescafe' instant, &amp; creamer... heat water, make coffee, and get on with life is how I see it... And i am from Seattle...<br>

 

[Tykster]

I use this gizmo, works great.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Aerobie-AeroP...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1336604438&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Aerobie-AeroP...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1336604438&amp;sr=8-1</a></div><div><br></div><div>Similar to a French press, but quicker and with very little practice it makes and great brew....</div>

 

[Guest]

Tykster...That is a very good device...I have a friend who owns one...and made his coffee for a long time like that....He has since gone to a beautiful brass Pavoni espresso machine and never looked back...I go to his house regularly for coffee...awesome!<br><br><b>http://tinyurl.com/6wwptll<br><br></b>Steve...you crack me up and I won't try to tempt you with my french press coffee when we are camped together...and you are going to fit in perfectly in Mexico...the land of Nescafé.....ROFLMAO....<br>Bri<br>

 

[Guest]

[you guys are so fancy, folgers instant while on the road, then grounds in boiling water when I'm parked. Guess my taste buds just are not what they use to be!/QUOTE]<br><br>We be foo-foo campers, lonfu...<img src="https://vanlivingforum.com/images/boards/smilies/tongue.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0">&nbsp;&nbsp; but some people just like instant or folgers, I don't get it but they do. I have an ex-father-in-law, passed now, but who would make a thermos of instant coffee to take to work...stunning to me but I'm spoiled.<br>It is a personal thing I think....<br>I burned out most of my taste buds with a 40 year tobacco habit...anyone who smokes, pretty much cannot taste nuances in flavor. I still have trouble with it after 15 years abstaining from tobacco. <br>I can say though, I have a couple friends who have excellent taste buds and know about coffee, both are a bit OCD so they insist on a pretty decent cup of coffee.<br>They will drink coffee made just about any way, but it has to be arabica beans, freshly roasted and ground to the right consistency for the style of making. I will drink coffee with them any time.<br><br>One makes a cup of true espresso that has spoiled me for ever ordering one when I am elsewhere. It is perfection and if a bozo like me can tell the difference, anyone can. <br><br>Both of these guys are moto tourers and one takes his aeropress and the other his mocha coffeemaker. <br><br>I think you can change your taste...example: I used to love extremely cold drinks, my favorite being seltzer water over ice with a splash of lime juice.<br><br>I spent time traveling with a friend who spe nt a lot of his early life in Uruguay when there was little to no refrigeration and likes his fluids room temp. Due to his example I realized that refrigeration was something I can do without, at least while on the road and I have learned to enjoy even just cool seltzer or&nbsp; water.&nbsp; I have a bottle sleeve made out of a material that I can wet and after an hour in the wind it makes my bottle of water quite cool. Fun stuff....<br>As usual YMMV,<br>Bri<br><br>

 

[robear]

I have a Keurig and was using a refillable k-cup and tried to like it for about 4 months, but found it a lot of work for a small cup of coffee and I like to drink 4 big cups every morning. I think the Keurig is for people who are happy with a 1/2 cup of coffee <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> Next I used the coffee press and liked it a lot, until I broke it. I think for on the road the press is the way to go. At home I'm back to my Cuisinart drip coffee maker.<br><br>My favorite coffee brand is Cafe Bustelo Espresso, it's a dark roast and is only $3 a 10oz can at my local store, it's from Miami and it's label is written in Spanish or Cuban, yet I'm surprised it's so good for being the cheapest coffee at my store.<br>

 

[Guest]

Lonfu, Don't forget you can buy canned bacon that keeps literally forever if need be....I used to buy it when I live remote in Alaska...<br>Bri<br>

 

[Guest]

NO! I didn't know that but will check today! Great news! Is it in 1 # packs or less?<br><br>I just used some of the Pork Sung that Katie Twoknives mentions and love it, there is another kind, Pork Fu that is a longer fiber with less processing....they are shredded, dried pork products found at Asian markets that keep well without a cooler. They may take the place of bacon, etc. for me. I will look at the Walmart bacon though...thanks for the heads up..<br>Bri<br>

 

[VJG1977]

<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><font size="2"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">If you can boil water you can make coffee.&nbsp; I joined the army in 1972. At one point an old army mess sergeant told me how to make coffee in the field.&nbsp; Put 2 lbs of coffee in a sock and tie the top.&nbsp; Put it in a 20 gal kettle and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and serve.&nbsp; I always hoped that it was a clean sock.&nbsp; If you do not have a clean sock and you do not need to make 20 gallons of coffee, heat water and put coffee in filter and tie top with string (unwaxed dental floss works nicely). Drop filter packet into hot water and enjoy. &nbsp;A large travel mug and a 12 volt immersion&nbsp;heater will work.</font></font></span></p>