Posted: 3/26/2008 3:21:22 PM EDT
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20 years ago I seen cool device that held 2 cups water to which you added ground coffee. There was screen that screwed on the top, after the joe had boiled, there was an identical cup that screwed onto the screen and you just inverted and the joe flowed through the screen into the other cup. Has anybody sen anything like this, or do you have any recommendations for a simple trailside coffee maker? |
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I was reading on here about a Nalgen coffee maker. I went shopping. I have been packing a SS french press and a coil heater. I can be happy anywhere as long as I have my starbucks in the AM. This is what I came up with. I was going to do a whole new thread on it but I'll post teh short version w/o pics. I have a metal mug that a nalgen bottle nests in then i got a H2Jo coffee filter that screws into the top. You can make cowboy coffee by dumping hte grounds and water in the bottle then using the filter as it pours out, or you can screw the filter in, aqdd coffee then pour water into it and let it drip through. Slower but you don't have to get all the grounds out of the bottle after. I also found a packet of little cup filters from, Ummm, Choulgans? The green packaged cheepie camping gear brand that Kmart and such carry. Cute little filter that has a couple of holes and a little stick to suspend it across the top of a cup or nalgen bottle. I tried it, works OK. Then I took one of the wedge shaped regular coffee filters and did the same thing with a pencil and it worked much better. I use the coil heater in the bottle when I havepower and trioxane tabs under the metal cup when I don't. Much smaller and compact than my french press and when Im done with coffee I can still use it to carry water. PS I got the H2Jo at REI for $10 I'll do this whole thing with pics and typos removed some day soon, hope this helped. |