Camping Drinks

[Disco1]

Its got to be a good coffee

 

[Trig]

Well, thats news to me.
That thread was started in 2014, so its been longer than i thought since i had bovril cubes i guess. And now that ive got the notion for them, they're gone.

I tried the jars of bovril some time ago, but it was a horrible sticky mess. Not the same at all. Need to try some of these other stock cubes.

 

[Robson Valley]

If I'm not to be sleeping in my warm, dry house, not far from my warm, dry bathroom, everything outdoors has to be a luxury.
Herbs, spices, foods, drinks, all of it. Alcohol causes vasodilation so I can expect to be unusually cold. I'll have to compensate with
hot foods!

 

[Janne]

Coffee. At occations with Vodka, but normally without.

Greger

Nice! Which brand coffee?

 

[Big G]

You'd think so eh?

French fella being a bit of a pillock outside a nightclub Toulouse. Wait for it, it's a good lesson in Lithium battery dangers, and very scary. And perhaps a bit of karma for the bloke.

[video=youtube_share;6tJLhT3rGl0]https://youtu.be/6tJLhT3rGl0[/video]

Apologies for the thread jack. I'm liking your stove and battered kettle SGL70, well used.

Looks like he forgot to turn it off.. before putting in his pocket.

If you take care with them.. save to use 99% of the time.

 

[rik_uk3]

Coffee. At occations with Vodka, but normally without.

Greger

Optimus 111 and Trangia kettle...whatever you brew will taste great

 

[SGL70]

@Janne: I go with most brands of coffee. I need to try Lämmelkaffe at some point, but the price of that is almost like Kopi Luwak....

@Rik_uk3: I totally agree (btw, did you see my PM)

Greger

 

[GadgetUK437]

Nido FTW

Waaay better than nasty skimmed milk powder.

 

[GadgetUK437]

And Growwers Cup,

like having a collapsible cafetiere.
reusable, even use it for loose leaf tea.
https://growerscup.coffee/

 

[Somellier]

I prefer white tea when out and about, but it's a faff carrying hot water, milk and tea bags, so was please to find these. Not a bad taste and quite acceptable for a tea-preferer. Now I just carry hot water in a flask on a day out (when I'm not using a stove). https://www.kenco.co.uk/range/instant-coffee/kenco-3in1--2in1/kenco-2in1/

 

[SGL70]

(when I'm not using a stove).

What, what?!

 

[Nohoval_Turrets]

And Growwers Cup,

like having a collapsible cafetiere.
reusable, even use it for loose leaf tea.
https://growerscup.coffee/

I tried these and while the coffee was quite nice, there wasn't much of it and it wasn't very strong. When it comes to coffee I'm very much a "more and stronger" person. So I just do cowboy coffee - no accessories, no fuss!

But if you like a small cup of low-to-medium strength coffee, these are very good.

 

[Somellier]

Difficult to use a stove when out photographing, or when taking part in an excavation!

 

[GadgetUK437]

I tried these and while the coffee was quite nice, there wasn't much of it and it wasn't very strong.

You can always throw another spoonful in! They are reusable many times.



--
Gadget

 

[Nohoval_Turrets]

You can always throw another spoonful in! They are reusable many times.

Well fair enough, but the quantity of coffee is still small (for me). Out of curiosity, how many times can you reuse, and how can you tell when it can't be reused any more?

 

[Janne]

@Janne: I go with most brands of coffee. I need to try Lämmelkaffe at some point, but the price of that is almost like Kopi Luwak....

Greger

I like Gevalia kok when outdoors. I like the way the grounds settle, and the way they chew nicely. Zoegas Mollbergs Blandning when in Scandinavia.
I tried Kopi Luwak a couple of times. Not impressed I have to say.

 

[UKYanky]

I love coffee so some great ideas so far. I definitely going to be trying Oxo/ Bovril again, man I used to love this as a kid.
Going on a short camp with a mate this weekend so Ill post up some field tests lol of what i can get my hands on.

Jack with Honey is great in coffee btw. Also, now and again Aldi sell a box called 'Tipples', its like a Baileys liqueur in little plastic pots (like you get in hotel rooms for milk). They make all the difference in coffee. You could always just decant a little of cheap Aldi Baileys I guess and take some with you also.

 

[Mick721]

Black tea, 2 in 1 coffees, instant soup and a hip flask for me and hot choc for the kids.

My top tip though is sachets of miso soup (I get them from Sainsbury's). Japanese bovril at it's finest.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/groceries/yutaka-miso-soup-90g-(5x18g)?langId=44&storeId=10151&krypto=ZhrIdnuT0W%2FTVgYLfuaL3F4u%2F2YCIf9vzJjPR7K8dMA78k9K2zUE7vc9%2FwohmTucUnAFD4I1O6foEvcZQc3cHmO16qoUGxCsBelT5B%2FyDvr8iV6q1T67ZCVfX0Rx0m6h0FjgWg%2BWtn4NSSnazM5eZdSpde1K6oXcpds%2FhONFkAA%3D&ddkey=http%3Agb%2Fgroceries%2Fyutaka-miso-soup-90g-%285x18g%29

 

[woodstock]

the miso is the same price in asda and morrisons I love it and you get the sea weed at the bottom of your cup, I love oxo as it does not take much room and weighs nothing,once all I had for a hot drink was a sachet of lemsip that was grim.

 

[GadgetUK437]

how many times can you reuse, and how can you tell when it can't be reused any more?

To be honest I have only used my Growers Cup half a dozen times for coffee. I have another I emptied out and use to brew loose leaf Earl Grey, used about twenty times.