Thread: Coffee making setups for backpacking

I've tried its of different coffee set-ups and have settled on:
- home - vibiemme domobar, mini mazzer and kaffelogic roaster
- car/fly-in - stainless double wall plunger and some decent beans
- backpacking - jeds coffee bags or a drip filter. Tend to use the coffee bags the most. Lazy option!

I think if I was to brew coffee on the hill, I would go to the paper filter method, as it is compact and you dont get too much heat loss. My main issue with the aero press when I looked at them awhile ago was that the cylinder will soak up a lot of your heat.... yeah yeah I know coffee isnt made with boiling water ...but I do like to retain as much heat in a hot drink as you can. Otherwise its gone in a few gulps!

I must be a heathen, I like my coffee Instant with milk!!
Coffee bags are easy to carry, you cant break them and they work

Originally Posted by mikee

I must be a heathen, I like my coffee Instant with milk!!

Jed's if you have it, but not fussy otherwise......................$5 bucks for coffee is better spent on other things like primers, powder and projectiles

We have flash coffee every now and then at home but I live on Jeds 5 and take the same into the hills.


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I'm drinking shit hot coffee right now thanks to what I've learnt via this thread - Its got my vote for "most useful shut-down thread" . . . (followed in a close second to @K95's gas cookers thread)

Originally Posted by uk_exile

Anyone got one of these espresso hand pumps? https://www.wacaco.com/
There's versions for grinds and pods. Supercheap Auto has the pod verisons https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/w...ne/554266.html

Yep I've got one of the hand pumps. I use it when I travel for work. Grind fresh beans at home and take them with me.
Have 2 stovetop espresso pots at home and a breville espresso machine.
Life to short to drink shit coffee.

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Originally Posted by Buzo

I mainly do overnighters before I leave the house I grind about half a cup of C4 beans to a fine powder with a commercial grinder. I make turkish style coffee in my tall small billy on the hill.
I have swiss cup and travel plunger etc. But this gives me the hit I need to fulfil my heavy espresso habit.
I also chuck a handful of beans into my scrogan to keep me during the day.

Hmmm beans in the scroggin, now there's an idea worth trying.

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If you hear a rustling sound it's Barry Crump rolling in his grave after reading this thread..... I can faintly hear him shouting "Billy tea, boy or a teaspoon of Greggs Instant!"

Sorry; couldn't resist!!!

Originally Posted by mikee

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Yep I never go hunting without them!

Originally Posted by uk_exile

Anyone got one of these espresso hand pumps? https://www.wacaco.com/
There's versions for grinds and pods. Supercheap Auto has the pod verisons https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/w...ne/554266.html

I got a nanopresso as a gift. Awesome espresso but quite fiddly. I love good coffee (the one great thing about Wellington!) and the little pump works a treat.