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Post by zeke on Mar 21, 2016 18:02:59 GMT -8
I am bit surprised more people don't sleep with a thermos of coffee.
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Post by mountaingoat on Mar 22, 2016 4:39:37 GMT -8
My thermos weighs six ounces empty. Worth every bit of its weight.
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Post by mk on Mar 22, 2016 7:41:43 GMT -8
I am bit surprised more people don't sleep with a thermos of coffee. But what if bears like coffee? JK. I haven't actually backpacked where there are bears. Although I intend to ...
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Post by Piper on Mar 27, 2016 8:45:27 GMT -8
We used Medaglia D'oro Instant Espresso on a 5 day Grand Canyon trip two years ago and it was good. Last year we switched over to Starbucks Via also. Thanks rebeccad for the Nido tip - instant skim powder leaves much to be desired. My husband drinks his black and is a picky coffee person, even he liked the Via. For truck camping I grind enough beans to make it through the trip, store them in the cooler, and we use a French press on our tailgate "kitchenette". I spend the year "borrowing" those little half and half packets when I find them and we sit on a boulder pad propped against a tire and admire the view.
What was that non-coffee powder drink they used to make? It tasted kind of like coffee but also kind of grainy....I can't remember the name and haven't seen it in years..... Anybody remember? That would be nice in the evenings.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 27, 2016 21:06:29 GMT -8
What was that non-coffee powder drink they used to make? It tasted kind of like coffee but also kind of grainy....I can't remember the name and haven't seen it in years..... Anybody remember? That would be nice in the evenings. Would that be Sanka? I think that was a fake coffee. My parents used to drink that... When car-camping, I take my ground beans and put a bottle of half & half in the cooler. No reason to suffer there!
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Post by BigLoad on Mar 27, 2016 21:34:51 GMT -8
What was that non-coffee powder drink they used to make? It tasted kind of like coffee but also kind of grainy....I can't remember the name and haven't seen it in years..... Anybody remember? That would be nice in the evenings. Would that be Sanka? I think that was a fake coffee. My parents used to drink that... When car-camping, I take my ground beans and put a bottle of half & half in the cooler. No reason to suffer there! The truly fake coffee was Postum. I don't know if they still make it, but it was still around not all that long ago. It tasted like the main ingredient was burnt hay.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 28, 2016 9:04:48 GMT -8
The truly fake coffee was Postum. Yes! That's the stuff. I knew Sanka wasn't right--I think that's just an instant decaf. My grandma used to call Postum "posthole," but I was never sure if that was a comment on the flavor or what--she drank it, after all.
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Post by Piper on Apr 2, 2016 14:32:41 GMT -8
POSTUM it was!!!! Thanks guys! Maybe it's like how the house you grew up in seemed huge, but when you drive by now it looks tiny....but in my memory Postum rocked! Gotta Google it now...
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Post by wgiles on Apr 24, 2016 4:05:13 GMT -8
The most common non-coffee is Chicory: www.orleanscoffee.com/how_to/what-is-chicory.htmlI've used it, but not recently. There is no caffeine in Chicory. If I want to make my own drip coffee, I usually start with whole beans and grind them as fine as I can. I've made some muslin filters that I can wash, so I don't take paper filters. The GSI Polyester drip filter is probably easier to clean and faster drying.
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Post by hippiebutterfly on May 5, 2016 4:40:37 GMT -8
I appreciate the instant coffee suggestions. I've decided to go the dehydrated coffee route after backpacking with [what my husband thinks is light] a drip coffee maker. He says it's for backpacking. I'm not so sure. He bought it years ago to take with him on Scout camp-outs. Although it takes little to no time to boil the water and drip the coffee, it is just added weight to my pack. My goal this year is to reduce the weight down considerably. Every year I have goals - this year is less weight. So I think just a cup and some packets of freeze-dried coffee will suit me fine!
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Post by tallgrass on May 5, 2016 19:16:56 GMT -8
Anyone use an Aeropress? Weighs almost nothing. Best part, it makes a truly great cup of coffee. I use it every morning at home. Don't always take it hiking as it's pretty bulky. But holy cow, you can be a hero of the group to pull that out in the morning and make a good cup of coffee compared to typical instant sludge.
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Post by rebeccad on May 5, 2016 20:25:53 GMT -8
Anyone use an Aeropress? Weighs almost nothing. Interesting. Never saw anything like that. You still have to deal with the grounds, though. That's the main reason I stopped doing fresh coffee. Well, that and the tendency for the stuff to get cold before it got brewed. A week of Starbuck's Via does make that first cup of real coffee back in town taste awfully good
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Post by tallgrass on May 6, 2016 21:15:56 GMT -8
Yea, I generally use it for car camping or overnights, so grounds aren't a big deal. But it's no joke about making a hellova cup of coffee.
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Post by rodwha on Jun 29, 2016 19:37:50 GMT -8
I use tea bags meant for loose tea. Works quite well.
I don't care for instant, but I never found a dark roast version.
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Post by trinity on Jun 30, 2016 14:13:02 GMT -8
I don't care for instant, but I never found a dark roast version. If you can find it, you might give the VIA Italian Roast a try. It is the darkest roast they have and, IMHO, the best.
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