Best camp coffee maker?

I'm in the market for a new camp coffee maker.

I've had a few different french presses, they are fine but I don't like the grounds. I had a drip filter setup, also fine but a bit weak for my standards. I've had 2 different Bialetti style pots. I liked them but they were a little prone to burn coffee.

I could just get another Bialetti but what else should I look at? The aeropress? Space and backpacking isn't a huge issue. Maybe something I can talk to people at camp endlessly about, like maybe this thing

What are you using?

Aeropress is the best option in terms of ease of use, quality, and ease of cleanup. Only downside is that it's limited to single cup brewing.

I pour over through a filter

Get an Aeropress. They make great coffee, like a french press but much easier to clean. You shoot the grinds out the bottom when done like a syringe.
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If you want to make two cups just use more coffee, split into two cups and then dilute with more hot water. I do fine making one big mug.

For making larger amounts I would go with a simple filter. It is simple, cheap and makes good coffee if you get the grind correct and the water at the right temperature.

A percolator is my choice. Not for the single cup stuff but for several cups of whatever strength you like. Pour it early for weak - wait a minute for strong.

+1 for the Aeropress. It only costs around $25, doesn't weigh much, is probably indestructible and makes an excellent cup of coffee in half a minute (once you have boiling water, of course). It's also very easy to clean. You simply pop out a neat 'hockey puck' of compressed grounds when you're done and give it a rinse. I've used one at home every day for a year and it still looks and works as good as new.

Alastair

Another vote for Aeropress.

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Cowboy Coffee.
NO filters, NO special pot and you can make several cups at a time.

Step 1: Grind the beans at the store with the machine set to 'TURC'. This is 1 step finer the espresso.

Step 2: Boil some water and put a teaspoon of ground coffee into each cup.

Step 3: Pour boiling water vigorously into cup mixing the coffee at the bottom. If all the powdered coffee isn't mixed stir with spoon a couple times.

Step 4: Let cup brew for a minute or two. Just do nothing basically.

Step 5: Stir the top of the coffee to break up the frothy grinds floating on top.

Step 6: Give it a couple minutes for the grinds to settle a the bottom of the cup.

Enjoy the coffee richness. Remember this brew is definitely NOT good to the last drop.

When weight is a concern I bring the GSI H2JO. I just grind the coffee myself and stick with larger grounds so they don't get through the screen in the filter.

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I use this thingy

Lightweight, fast, tastes aight.

Or I brew cowboy coffee.

+1 for the AeroPress

Beean wrote:I use this thingy Lightweight, fast, tastes aight. Or I brew cowboy coffee.

Same here. Use a regular "Mr. Coffee" basket filter. Fold twice to make a cone like a Chemex filter and then fold the bottom point over to make it flat. Much cheaper than the Melitta filters.

starbuck via packets

rocknice2 wrote:Cowboy Coffee. NO filters, NO special pot and you can make several cups at a time. Step 1: Grind the beans at the store with the machine set to 'TURC'. This is 1 step finer the espresso. Step 2: Boil some water and put a teaspoon of ground coffee into each cup. Step 3: Pour boiling water vigorously into cup mixing the coffee at the bottom. If all the powdered coffee isn't mixed stir with spoon a couple times. Step 4: Let cup brew for a minute or two. Just do nothing basically. Step 5: Stir the top of the coffee to break up the frothy grinds floating on top. Step 6: Give it a couple minutes for the grinds to settle a the bottom of the cup. Enjoy the coffee richness. Remember this brew is definitely NOT good to the last drop.

Guy comes looking for advice for a brewing method other than the french press because it leaves too many grounds in the cup and you recommend a method that is the same as the french press minus the straining of the grounds? You recommended the method that has the absolute largest amount of grounds left in the cup.

I saw a guy once that had these Wolfgang Puck Instant Hot Latte coffee drinks that had built in quicklime heaters. He would "pop" a tab on the bottom of the can and it would do it's chem reaction and...Voila! Piping hot crackaccino! Of course the ridiculousness of it soon set in as he had garbage, garbage, and more nonrecyclable garbage. And I have to say after a taste test, I was none too impressed. No offense Wolfgang if you're reading this. I still use a pyrex french press. Makes 2 good cups at a time to taste. And I like that I can pack the coffee/sugar in a bag inside the press.

I used this thing.
Simple. Easy to clean.
melitta

Aero press is legit. French press is good with a little extra clean up. Pour-over is cheap and cool but filter are needed which leaves you with a manky brown rag unless a fire pit is close at hand. Starbucks Cafe Via is pure lazyman bliss.

Do you aeropress fans utilize the stainless reusable filter, and if so, are you happy with it? I do have an aeropress but stand by the Bialetti as the undisputed ruler of high end coffee devices. The aeropress does have a crucial spot in my java arsenal for roadtrip/late night spro' compliments of gas station hot water systems.

Jake Jones wrote:Spouse.

Or first one awake.

Percolator when camped by vehicle or pack in with horses, Jetboil with press when backpack in

William Kramer wrote: Or first one awake. Percolator when camped by vehicle or pack in with horses, Jetboil with press when backpack in

How do you like the Jetboil press, William? I've heard mixed reviews.

I've been using this drip filter, and it's not too bad. gsioutdoors.com/products/pd…