Camp coffee advice wanted

[Janne]

KenThis, is it the caffeine that messes with your brain?

The Turkish/Swedish way, you always get a few pieces of the coffee bits in your mouth. Added fibers.

In the old days, when people in Sweden were dirt poor, they left the grounds in the coffee pot they boiled it in, and just added new grounds, less than normally needed. I had Same boys that did this. They only emptied the pot when it was more than half full of old grounds.

They did not have to carry the huge amount that would have been needed had they cleaned the pot after each use. Was still tasty.

 

[Diamond Dave]

Lyons make a coffee in a bag called "Good Morning" and it smells like fresh brew coffee and tastes equally as good. I hey mine from Home Base at £1.45 a box of 18. Try it you might just like it.

 

[Trotsky]

I find putting the coffee in my Falcon enamel coffee pot, simmering on the fire and then pouring slow and steady results in a cuppa with fewer bits in that I get from my cafetiere at home! The coffee pot can double up as a kettle too reducing gear on camp.

 

[KenThis]

KenThis, is it the caffeine that messes with your brain?

The Turkish/Swedish way, you always get a few pieces of the coffee bits in your mouth. Added fibers.

In the old days, when people in Sweden were dirt poor, they left the grounds in the coffee pot they boiled it in, and just added new grounds, less than normally needed. I had Same boys that did this. They only emptied the pot when it was more than half full of old grounds.

They did not have to carry the huge amount that would have been needed had they cleaned the pot after each use. Was still tasty.

I'm not sure if its actually the caffeine or it's psychosomatic, but I do notice greater anxiety if I've drunk coffee (or tea or cocoa or sometimes even coca cola). Therefore even though I love coffee I avoid it generally it.

I think that leaving the grounds in is also how cowboys in the wild west did their coffee pots. At the end of a long cattle drive they were probably drinking a "liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike coffee.”
I like my coffee sweet and black so I'm sure with enough honey it'd be potable.

 

[Janne]

I find putting the coffee in my Falcon enamel coffee pot, simmering on the fire and then pouring slow and steady results in a cuppa with fewer bits in that I get from my cafetiere at home! The coffee pot can double up as a kettle too reducing gear on camp.

Had the same problem with an old cafetiere I was given by my assistant. Bought a new ine and problem vanished.
I think the spring was loose and did not press the mesh against the sides.

 

[Cabe]

Thanks for that Paul, I have been looking to move away from car camping where I can afford to hump around the Aeropress and that Zyliss looks like a solid contender. Any idea if you use the mug for general use? Porridge for instance?

Cheers.

 

[Janne]

KenThis, have you tried decaf coffee and tea?

 

[Hammock Hamster]

KenThis, have you tried decaf coffee and tea?

I second decaf, I won't usually drink normal coffee after about 4pm as I have trouble sleeping if I do but still have a craving for it.
I was sceptical until swmbo bought some without telling me, couldn't taste a difference.


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[Trotsky]

Had the same problem with an old cafetiere I was given by my assistant. Bought a new ine and problem vanished.
I think the spring was loose and did not press the mesh against the sides.

I don't get much but, with the coffee pot I get nothing!

 

[KenThis]

I have tried decaf, it still affects me but to a lesser extent, why I think it might be psychosomatic.
To be honest I'm currently happy with my once a week solution.
Sort of like a ritual, Saturday morning I have one very nice cup of coffee with my breakfast made either in my moka pot or brika, I just take my time and enjoy it.

 

[Hammock Hamster]

I have tried decaf, it still affects me but to a lesser extent, why I think it might be psychosomatic.
To be honest I'm currently happy with my once a week solution.
Sort of like a ritual, Saturday morning I have one very nice cup of coffee with my breakfast made either in my moka pot or brika, I just take my time and enjoy it.

Sounds like a reasonable solution.
I used to suffer terribly from an upset stomach whenever I drank coffee when I was younger and stoped drinking it for a while.
When I came back to it the problem seemed to have gone away and I now seemed to have adopted it as my main fuel source! 😁


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[petrochemicals]

I have tried decaf, it still affects me but to a lesser extent, why I think it might be psychosomatic.
To be honest I'm currently happy with my once a week solution.
Sort of like a ritual, Saturday morning I have one very nice cup of coffee with my breakfast made either in my moka pot or brika, I just take my time and enjoy it.

My Heartbeat at rest is 60-65, but after caffene during the day 85 to 90. I switched to decaffe, and have tried a few. The taylors decaffe is fine but lidls I'm pretty sure still contains a sizeable ammount of caffene although it makes the caff free claim.

 

[Dave]

Here ya go. Never tried it so cannot comment.

[video=youtube;QX91Nj0uItI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX91Nj0uItI[/video]

 

[Hammock Hamster]

Hi All, thanks for all the replies. I am planning on giving the Mors camp coffee method a try this weekend to see how that works out.
Also just picked up a GSI commuter press for when space is less of an issue and when I'm at work, so far it's working well and seems the least messy/fiddly of the lot so far.

Cheers, Hamster


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[vestlenning]

Whether at home or out and about: Water and coffee in a pot, boil up, set aside, wait a minute to let the grounds sink, pour and enjoy!

 

[Robson Valley]

The "Rule of Thirds" should apply here. Pick 3 methods from all of the above suggestions.
Do as instructed. One method will die, one will be OK and one will be something to use for years.

 

[Janne]

Just do not buy the bottled CAMP coffee concentrate!
Nasty sweet stuff.

Just a tiny bit better than the Devil's brew, Nescafe.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Hi All, thanks for all the replies. I am planning on giving the Mors camp coffee method a try this weekend to see how that works out.
Also just picked up a GSI commuter press for when space is less of an issue and when I'm at work, so far it's working well and seems the least messy/fiddly of the lot so far.

Cheers, Hamster


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What coffee will you use? I use this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taylors-Harrogate-Extreme-Ground-Coffee/dp/B007M8EQ6M

 

[Hammock Hamster]

I'm slightly ashamed to admit that it's supermarket brand medium roast.
I do try the odd bag of something different now and then but im not a huge fan of really intense or bitter coffee.


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[Hammock Hamster]

So a bit of experimenting today, the GSI coffee press and a go at the cowboy method whilst I was playing around in my workshop- both made a surprisingly good cup of coffee.

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