Coffee Pot for camping

[booyah]

I use the colman self contained propane drip coffee maker. I can bring it down to the waters edge or where ever I want and have fresh coffee at sunrise.

More than a little jellin here kaz, more than a little.

Can you sell my wife on the benefits of that little guy? Please?!?

[kudzu]

Interesting to read of people doing coffee roasting in a pan. Knew it was possible but had not really consider doing that myself. Now I might just have to give it a try.

I ended up with a nice picture of the darkening shades of the beans because the black flies kept coming at me and I'd fling my arm up which would, in turn, fling the whisk up, which would throw a bean or two out of the pot and onto the deck.

When I collected them after I thought "Hey, these would make a nice picture!"

Very cool picture!

[Kaz]

I use the colman self contained propane drip coffee maker. I can bring it down to the waters edge or where ever I want and have fresh coffee at sunrise.

More than a little jellin here kaz, more than a little.

Can you sell my wife on the benefits of that little guy? Please?!?

The benefits go without saying. Coffee wherever you want. Great in power outages as well. Ice fishing, tailgating (iced coffee and kahlua) frees up the grill/stove for making breakfast,stainless steel caraff..........oh a and its a coleman!

[sealbeachbum]

Can't beat a french press.

[Greg M]

Can't beat a french press.

You can, but it won't learn anything from it

[bpalmer]

I use an old percolator from thrift store on top of stove

[john.jarret.56.]

Just simple ground coffee in a percolator on the gas stove. Best and simplest for me!

+1 while building the morning fire. No way I could wait until the fire was hot enough!

[booyah]

Can't beat a french press.

While true, pouring water just off the boil is not a task I'm usually up to BEFORE I've had my coffee.

That is part of the reason the coleman propane drip seems so nice to me.

[Jack Olsen]

Bialetti Moka pot - It's worked on any stove on which I've used it, electric, propane or natural gas.

http://www.amazon.com/Bialetti-Express- ... 000CNY6UK/

Thanks for this suggestion! I got one, and it worked great on a recent camping trip. Before my first cup of coffee, I'm not capable of a whole lot of complexity -- and this thing was simple!

[daveesl77]

The beauty of the Moka is that it is small, lightweight, darned near indestructable and makes fantastic coffee - fast. Now, if you really want to impress some other camp folks, especially those in the big RVs, pick up a battery operated "frother" from like Bed, Bath and Beyond for about $5. Take 2% or skim milk, warm it over a flame (not boil), pour it into a cup and froth it up. Then pour that onto about 3/4" of the Moka brewed coffee in a standard mug. Voila, superb cappuccino. Doesn't matter whether you like cappuccino or not, just show that frothy mix off and the giant RV folk will go nuts. We were doing this at Valley of Fires and in the Keys. Yeah, using a small camper really reduces your conveniences.

By the way, spend $100 and buy one of the Igloo countertop ice makers. I love ours and it make so much ice it is insane. A couple years ago I was sitting at Muley Point, throwing ice cubes away, simply because I could. Ice costs like $8 for a 5lb bag out there.

dave