Best camp coffee maker?

car camping I just use my normal home press. Got the jet boil too, and for lighter backpacking etc. I have a small snowpeak press. Drinking lots of grounds with that one, but whatever.

I also use the starbucks latte packets since i got a few boxes for free.

Finally my marine buddy just used to put maxwell's instant coffee in his mouth with a swig of water when in the field. That's quite a bit more hardcore than I am. haha

Ed L wrote:Do you aeropress fans utilize the stainless reusable filter, and if so, are you happy with it?.

Yes, and yes. You can also reuse the paper filters for a second cup.

+1 for Medaglia D'oro Instant Espresso - the tastiest I have found.

+1 for the Aeropress.

I use it daily and I take it camping. The only thing that makes it better is a quality burr mill. I do not use the SS filter because I brew upside down, it doesn't work well with the SS filter.

https://youtu.be/PMqjk2jZ4AE upside down method

For $50 you can have a coffee setup that will rival a $500+ setup, and its portable.
Hand Burr Coffee Grinder
Aeropress

I use this puppy like a French press. Use a super rough grind, rougher than most grocery store grinders can produce. Pulsing a small handheld grinder does the trick, but camping I use whole beans and crush them with a stick/knife handle/hammer right in the pot. Pull from heat right before a rolling boil, and let sit for 5 min. Strain through the lid which has holes. Rough grind means you really don't need a filter, and it doesn't require any specialized equipment/supplies. I drink my morning coffee basically the same way, and I'm a bit of a coffee snob.

Stanley Adventure Camp Cookset

Aeropress for single cups

I've always just used an Ibrik to make Turkish Coffee. All you need is a heat source, don't even need a separate boiling pot.

Vietnamese drip coffee filter. $3 at any Asian market.

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Bialetti

I feel your pain. I've messed around with various coffee makers myself. My own requirements were:
1) Cheap ( I don't consider Starbucks cheap)
2) Easy (making and cleanup)
3) Tastes relatively good (Starbucks is over roasted)
4) Light for backpacking
5) Low volume (for packing)

I came up with Cafe Bustelo instant espresso packets. You can't find them every where but the grocery store usually has them for $2.50/6 single servings. Very light, very cheap, no clean up, no coffee grounds in your coffee, and tastes better than Starbucks (in my opinion).

cafebustelo.com/en/coffees/…

Backpacking is not a priority.

When I go backpacking I either use instant packs or have some misplaced notion of using my time in the mountains to detox from society, so I don't drink coffee.

It's all the other trips that I need coffee.

I am dissatisfied with my Bialetti. It's extra large (TJ Max) and red, so that's cool. It can pull off a nice 5 out of 10.

For scale.

Gas stations are 2.
Hospitals and Big O tires are a 1.
A good coffee pot at home with good beans ground fresh peaks at about 7.
Starbucks is 5-6.
That coffee shop next to the Walmart and Golds Gym in Englewood is surprisingly 9.
I haven't had a 10.
4 is what your inlaws make Christmas morning.

wfscot wrote:Whatever your method of choice, having fresh grounds can improve things dramatically. We pickup up an epic little Japanese crank-powered adjustable burr grinder and absolutely love it. It's perfectly sized for our 1L french press and takes about a minute to crank through a full hopper of beans. Hard to beat at $25. amazon.com/gp/product/B0018…

Credited - this thing is also super durable. I drop it on rocks all the time and it gets these minuscule hairlines in the outer wall but the inner wall is completely bomber

The way to avoid bitter coffee in a french press with longer steep times (I pour at 4min, then let the rest sit in the press in an insulated sleeve until my second cup), is to use coffee that has relatively low acidity.

Peet's Uzuri African blend and Peet's Columbian are very low acidity.

This thread got me inspired to pick up a new press. I was using one of those little GSI french presses (originally bought for backpacking), but making two pots in the morning was annoying. I've broken a glass french press on camping trips (damnit). So now I got this bad boy and I'm excited:
amazon.com/SterlingPro-Doub…

I might pick up that cheap burr grinder linked too.

We like coffee! since its been a thread for over a year... When I'm camping, and not backpacking lightly, I use a Turkish coffee grinder-mine had nutmeg in it before, and my coffee is just losing its silk road character...

and I use a different one than below, but a friend uses this one and you can get a solid two cups of deliciousness with it.

(good climbing work out, grinding all that coffee!)
while it is cowboy style, measure coffee (I like it dark and use at least 2 tablespoons ground PER cup) add sugar to taste, and fill with water just below the brim.
stir,
boil thrice to four times (four is a cleaner cup of coffee-the grounds really settle)-don't let it boil over! spoon off the top as it rises.
pour slowly into each cup back and forth, that way one doesnt get all the grounds, and you got the best damn cup of coffee there is, its like jet fuel. bomber.
watch the last sip in your mug, the sludge, the sludge!
y'all just got blessed with the Turkish coffee beta.
I like everything from bolivian roast to yergachef this way.
now go climb rocks!