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Post by trinity on Jan 9, 2016 18:47:06 GMT -8
Via must be pretty good as so many of you drink it. It is head and shoulders above any instant I have ever tried, and the individual packets make it incredibly convenient for backpacking. I think it even won a Backpacker Magazine Editor's Choice Award one year. Give it a try, it's available in many grocery stores these days.
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Post by tomas on Jan 10, 2016 8:55:24 GMT -8
Via must be pretty good as so many of you drink it. It tastes so much better than regular instant coffee. Plus it is conveniently packaged which means you don't need to carry around a baggie of instant coffee to spoon out every morning. I used to use the coffee that was packaged like a tea bag, but ended up carrying out the used grounds.
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Post by hangingtrekker on Jan 10, 2016 9:26:05 GMT -8
I'll throw this out there. I am a coffee drinker too and used to not worry about it on the trail too much until one of my hiking buddies brought instant coffee with us one trip many years ago. It was drinkable, I'll say that, but was not very good. So I was looking up methods to do regular coffee. Of course, the easiest is Cowboy coffee - pour the grounds in a pot of hot water and let it steep, then try to pour it while keeping most of the grounds out of what you pour. I didn't like the mess of it so one trip I thought I would make some big tea bags with coffee grounds. This worked great and I've used it every trip sine about 2010.
The way I make the bags is I put 2 small scoops of ground coffee in a large (8-12 cup machine) filter. Then I fold it up and staple it shut. On the top when I stable the last bit I put a string in with it. Then I simply boil water and drop the bags in. For my Snowpeak Trek 1400 pot 2 bags is good.
Best part of the tea bag method - it contains all the grounds. Easy to dispose of and no grounds in your cup, so long as you don't tear the bag - which I've done pressing it at the end of the run.
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 10, 2016 10:07:42 GMT -8
I have tried various "coffee bags," and found them weak and watery. OTOH, I've never made my own with fresh grounds. I might try that, just for short trips when I don't mind carrying out the grounds. I'll experiment at home first, though, for sure. I'm pretty sure that coffee needs to be poured through, not steeped.
Come to think of it, I have done something similar, using a sort of mesh spoon designed to hold the grounds. Total fail.
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Post by williamh4 on Jan 10, 2016 20:40:28 GMT -8
I'll throw this out there. I am a coffee drinker too and used to not worry about it on the trail too much until one of my hiking buddies brought instant coffee with us one trip many years ago. It was drinkable, I'll say that, but was not very good. So I was looking up methods to do regular coffee. Of course, the easiest is Cowboy coffee - pour the grounds in a pot of hot water and let it steep, then try to pour it while keeping most of the grounds out of what you pour. I didn't like the mess of it so one trip I thought I would make some big tea bags with coffee grounds. This worked great and I've used it every trip sine about 2010. The way I make the bags is I put 2 small scoops of ground coffee in a large (8-12 cup machine) filter. Then I fold it up and staple it shut. On the top when I stable the last bit I put a string in with it. Then I simply boil water and drop the bags in. For my Snowpeak Trek 1400 pot 2 bags is good. Best part of the tea bag method - it contains all the grounds. Easy to dispose of and no grounds in your cup, so long as you don't tear the bag - which I've done pressing it at the end of the run. That's a great idea. I think I'll try that out at home too to customize to my liking.
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Post by idahobob on Jan 11, 2016 12:26:12 GMT -8
I have used a backpacking espresso machine, paper cones with fresh grounds, and a folding French Press that fits inside a nalgene bottle. They were all good, but a hassle. These days I use Via with the little capsules of real half and half, plus Splenda. Via is definitely good enough for me, and very convenient and easy to quantify.
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Post by greno on Jan 12, 2016 17:41:03 GMT -8
Cafe Bustelo instant, but recently really like the instant starbucks packs
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Post by cahiker on Jan 13, 2016 17:50:23 GMT -8
I tried a side-by-side test at home with fresh ground coffee stapled into a coffee filter and placed in a mug like a tea bag, the mugmate filter and the jetboil french press attachment. The coffee stapled into a filter was the clear loser due to lack of flavor. Maybe it would work better with some agitation...
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Post by scapegoat on Jan 15, 2016 6:38:13 GMT -8
Is it possible to make pour-over coffee with the water you boil a food bag in? TastyBite is the brand of boil-in-bag I dig and sometimes classic MREs. I wonder if the outside of the bag's food grade qualities or lack thereof could make a difference. As a boyscout, many moons ago, I used to make my own teabag coffee and may try that again. I loved Starbucks Via until I had kidney stones and instant coffee is labelled as a contributer, bah! I'm having luck making a decent cup of joe lately with the pourover method and started wondering if I can use the water I just boiled my dinner with in an effort to be efficient with fuel, time and weight.
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Post by T4 on Jan 15, 2016 9:52:30 GMT -8
I worked with a guy who would put coffee in his oatmeal. He said it saved time.
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Post by mk on Jan 15, 2016 14:07:17 GMT -8
I worked with a guy who would put coffee in his oatmeal. He said it saved time. Ew. Way to ruin two good things.
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Post by williamh4 on Jan 15, 2016 17:29:22 GMT -8
I worked with a guy who would put coffee in his oatmeal. He said it saved time. I agree with, mk...Ew. Sounds nasty. I like to enjoy my coffee, not rush it. Don't know that coffee flavored oatmeal would be very enjoyable. I suppose many thought coffee flavored ice cream wouldn't be so good either.
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Post by scapegoat on Jan 15, 2016 19:10:20 GMT -8
Mmm, just sipping my... oatmeal
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 15, 2016 21:50:53 GMT -8
Is it possible to make pour-over coffee with the water you boil a food bag in? TastyBite is the brand of boil-in-bag I dig and sometimes classic MREs. I wonder if the outside of the bag's food grade qualities or lack thereof could make a difference. As a boyscout, many moons ago, I used to make my own teabag coffee and may try that again. I loved Starbucks Via until I had kidney stones and instant coffee is labelled as a contributer, bah! I'm having luck making a decent cup of joe lately with the pourover method and started wondering if I can use the water I just boiled my dinner with in an effort to be efficient with fuel, time and weight. I don't use boil-in bags, so I can't say for sure. But you could try it. I'm guessing that the plastic isn't going to contain an excessive dose of toxins, because they'd leach into the food, too. So as long as you don't get any off flavors, it should be fine. I'd had to be using fuel to heat water that just gets dumped, so if it is NOT okay, I'd rethink the boil-in bags. Many of us have dehydrated food in zip-locks; we just add the boiling water to the bags, and use the rest of the water...to make coffee.
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Post by rodwha on Feb 16, 2016 12:41:39 GMT -8
I like dark roast coffee strong and black. I couldn't find anything I liked. But SWMBO recently purchased loose tea and got some tea bags. So for this past excursion I filled some up with coffee. Not bad!
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