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enkindler Member
Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 15 | TRs | Pics
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Just in case you can't stand any of the instant um "coffee" here is my pat. pending super backpacking coffee maker.
Get a Ziploc plastic sandwich sized freezer bag and a #2 coffee filter.
Place the filter in the Ziploc bag so that the bottom of the filter is in one corner.
Cut about 1/8" of an inch off that corner of the bag.
Pull the edge of the bag over it's self kind of like your folding a sock and set it over a Titanium coffee cup
Put in the desired amount of coffee and SLOWLY pour in boiling water (it helps if you have 2 or three going at once) Do not go to fast or you will either spill or pour boiling water on your self.
Congratulations you have real coffee that practically weighs nothing and takes the tiniest amount of space and it costs next to nothing.
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Tazz Member
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 7902 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:00 am
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oh what we will do to get our coffee! good inevention enkindler.
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Curt Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2002 Posts: 165 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:25 am
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I've tried just about everything mentioned so far. For pure taste and simplicity, the Java Juice and the Hagans freeze dried are the most authentic to a good cup of coffee. Both are organic, which is more important in coffee than about any other product. Both are ridiculously expensive for the quantity, though. The Hagans is my preferred because it's cheaper, less little packets floating around, and nearly weightless. Tastes different than my morning pressed Tony's for sure, but I like it. If I drink it at home it still tastes good - a good test of any coffee. It will taste even better in the woods.
The extract is cool because it's so unique. Not sure how they do it, but one little packet makes a relative strong cup. Now, if they can come up with red wine concentrate of equal quality, I'll be a customer for life.....
Hiker Boy wrote: | Exactly or this one Java Juice
I am curious to know if anyone has tried either or a similar product. |
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Mongo Member
Joined: 22 May 2002 Posts: 302 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:58 am
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Having tried many standard instant coffees in my past, I like Yuban the best.
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Kat Turtle Hiker
Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 2560 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:06 pm
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OK guys, help me here. How is a 3x2"cotton tea bag (or smaller) filled with two heaping teaspoons of REAL ground coffee (Tony's organic coop blend Bin #3704 is my favorite) too heavy or too time intensive? I boil the water on my Snow Peak stove, mush the bag down with my spork into my ti cup, put on the lid and contemplate the view for a bit.
I add sugar & powdered milk or creamer, and sip away. I leave the "coffee bag" in there while I'm drinking. Just my way.
I always have two cups this way
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Luc Member
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 1674 | TRs | Pics Location: accepting wise-cracks like no other |
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:13 pm
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for me, making coffee the real way isn't worth it because of the spillage, meltage, having to tend it, possibly wasting fuel, and especially if you are in bad weather, packing out the trash etc.
the biggest one of those is spilling scalding water on myself, happens about 1 in 5 times, i think i may have a drinking problem
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David Member
Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 168 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:59 pm
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I am a tea drinker (former coffee whore), so take this w/ a grain of salt.
US made instant coffee sucks because it's over-extracted (too little coffe vs. water, and too much extraction time).
The Germans have very good instant coffee, as do (I'm told) the Japanese. I've had Cafe Haag (German), and found it quite good. It's freeze dried, which is going to be the best option. You could make good freeze dried coffee with your favorite brew if you had the equipment to do it.
cafe haag, or anything German.
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Curt Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2002 Posts: 165 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:14 pm
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This is exactly what I do for nearly every trip. Luc asked about instant, so that's what I was offering. Tony's is good stuff - I can't actually remember my bin number, though - you have yourself quite an addiction there
It is nice to not have the garbage, however. Instant is great for that. The real question for me is how to replicate a tad of half and half on the trail. I just can't seem to get it right without carrying the real thing and it ends up all over the place no matter how I carry it. I guess I need to put a little more thought into it....
Kat wrote: | OK guys, help me here. How is a 3x2"cotton tea bag (or smaller) filled with two heaping teaspoons of REAL ground coffee (Tony's organic coop blend Bin #3704 is my favorite) too heavy or too time intensive? I boil the water on my Snow Peak stove, mush the bag down with my spork into my ti cup, put on the lid and contemplate the view for a bit.
I add sugar & powdered milk or creamer, and sip away. I leave the "coffee bag" in there while I'm drinking. Just my way.
I always have two cups this way |
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sarbar Living The Dream
Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Posts: 8055 | TRs | Pics Location: Freeland, Wa |
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:18 pm
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If you need half and half...get the the little one use tubs of liquid creamer. Some are shelf stable even (look in the coffee aisle), and some are even the real stuff. Worth the weight IMO.
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Chief Paulina Member
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 486 | TRs | Pics Location: Ochoco country |
Not exactly instant but........I fresh grind at home and put in vacuum packages. On the trail, I put some fresh ground into a metal filter that fits in my cup and pour hot water through it. I let it set in my cup for awhile before casting the grounds on the the grounds. Instant enough for me and very lightweight.
"Life's been good to me so far" - Joe Walsh
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Kat Turtle Hiker
Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 2560 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:45 am
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Dante Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 2815 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:57 am
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I just keep Vivarin in my first aid kit in case I get a (no)coffee headache and drink water. That way I don't have to carry a cup - I just drink from my hydration system.
When my wife comes, I bring one of those small drip systems you put a filter full of grounds in. I got it at a grocery store. It weighs all of two or three ounces and fits in my MSR Ti Kettle.
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tennessee treader Member
Joined: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 337 | TRs | Pics Location: Trapped in Tennessee :( |
baseball and hiking ... that's life!
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Rob Jordan Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 371 | TRs | Pics
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Good God, Taster's Choice was the best?
What did the poor people who had to taste the worst one drink?
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l Member
Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 1030 | TRs | Pics
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Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:01 pm
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Dante wrote: | When my wife comes, I bring one of those small drip systems |
We're talking about freeze dried cof... oh nevermind.
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