Coffee, coffee, coffee!

[ReagentGrade]

Originally Posted by civi

Ya gonna hate me. I am the only one who drinks coffee in my house. Sooo I just use instant coffee.

Carl,

No hate, 'cause for some reason I never saw your post. No, no, no!! I just didn't see it.

Rich

[azjack]

25 years of drinking airplane coffee, I just check to see if it is brown and hope it doesn't taste like disinfectant.
Jack

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by civi

Ya gonna hate me. I am the only one who drinks coffee in my house. Sooo I just use instant coffee. I am just not that crazy about fresh brewed coffee. Easy when camping, an electric pot to boil the water, no electric, no worry, over to propane stove, no stove working, no worry, over the fire pit will boil water fine. Carl

Yeah, no hate Carl. We are all weird in one way or another.

Just like some prefer to wear fine clothes, some like fancy cars, others like to eat in top restaurants, and so on. I enjoy a really good cup of coffee.

Hey, we all (or most) have Escape trailers, that we have in common.

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by ReagentGrade

Jim, I must confess to have looked at the Behmor with longing from time to time. But I always come back to the Poppery for size and price.

I've had trouble finding rosters I really like when on the road, so I carry my roaster.

If you're ever on the western side of the Smokey Mountains (US) National Park, stop by The Artistic Bean in Townsend TN. It's a small roaster in a town of maybe 700, but its primo coffee!

I also use a hand grinder when on the road. I have a pentagonal drive attachment for my cordless drill and grind my coffee in a Porlex Mini with the drill. Never leave home without my drill because they're great for stabilizer jacks.

I bought the Behmor for $300 shortly after it came out, and have roasted in in around 1,000 times, so for $0.30 a roast, not too bad. They are working on a Connected Roaster right now, which I will keep an eye on. It will allow you to use preprogrammed roasts, and save any profiles you use.

Popcorn poppers do work, and cost very little, you just have very little control over many things. Temperature being the biggest, as various origins do better at different temperatures, and almost every bean does good lowering the roast temperature a bit once first crack starts until it is done. Then cooling as quick as possible is another key thing to stop the roast process.

Thanks for the recommendation. I need to keep a log on this a a few other roast shops folks have recommended.

[Donna D.]

Originally Posted by civi

Ya gonna hate me. I am the only one who drinks coffee in my house. Sooo I just use instant coffee. I am just not that crazy about fresh brewed coffee. Easy when camping, an electric pot to boil the water, no electric, no worry, over to propane stove, no stove working, no worry, over the fire pit will boil water fine. Carl

I certainly won't hate you Carl... I too drink instant. I've been a Taster's Choice fan for 40 years! I'm into quantity, not quality. When I was in night school, I drank the coffee (sludge) out of vending machines, so you can tell my coffee palette isn't refine

[gabeck]

Originally Posted by cpaharley2008

There is an island the size of Texas made up of these "K" cups floating in the Pacific. The bane of environmentalists, I throw my waste on my Azaleas, they love it....

Gorgeous garden Jim , is that the front ? Beautiful - just
love it !

[Greg A]

Originally Posted by azjack

25 years of drinking airplane coffee, I just check to see if it is brown and hope it doesn't taste like disinfectant.
Jack

Hey Jack, I don't know if you ever had any Convair 580 time, but at Frontier we had old tin cans of coffee that set in the coffee maker and punched open when the handle came down. It brewed a pot of deep black sludge. It was potent stuff, but darn good at 4:30am.

[padlin]

We go the instant route too when traveling and the cold brewed runs out. After a couple days I get used to it, but the first cup is really bad.

[C&G in FL]

Originally Posted by civi

Ya gonna hate me. I am the only one who drinks coffee in my house. Sooo I just use instant coffee. I am just not that crazy about fresh brewed coffee. Easy when camping, an electric pot to boil the water, no electric, no worry, over to propane stove, no stove working, no worry, over the fire pit will boil water fine. Carl

Instant coffee you say. Absolutely heretical. No, don't hate you, but question your sanity.
You have surely disgraced my name!

[advenas]

For those of you who like instant coffee, Mount Hagen instant is an organic freeze dried with a pretty reasonable taste. I've used it off/on for years when backpacking and now in the trailer for those times when I run out of beans.

https://www.amazon.com/Mount-Hagen-O.../dp/B000ESJR20

[Rossue]

Looking for a 12V burr grinder I saw one on youtube; looks very similar to this:

[C&G in FL]

Originally Posted by Rossue

Looking for a 12V burr grinder I saw one on youtube; looks very similar to this:

Ross, you might want to look into this:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/H5...l-driver-cdp-s

[Rossue]

Thanks Carl, however the GSI has a hex shaft it's top fits onto so just take the top off & good to go

[Mary F]

OMG. I am so excited! After all these years of being tethered to the #4 Melitta brewing cone as it drips into our SS quart Thermos, Skip found "Charlotte": a drinking-water grade 3 > 2 reducing collar that will sit on top of the Thermos, so the the Melitta brewing cone can perch without the aid of hand holding.

Amazon sells a #6 Melitta cone that's designed to work with a Thermos, but 1) we already have the #4 (and it uses the same filters as the the coffeemaker in our house), and 2) I'm afraid the #6 cone won't fit where I want to store it in the Escape. So, after some discussion and gnashing of teeth, Skip went looking through the plumbing parts...and voila!

[gbaglo]

Good work. A lot cheaper than the Melita stainless thermos and filter holder I found at the Melita Canada site. I found it nowhere else, but it's the best we've used ( other than the plastic Melita set we had ). Filter holder attaches to the thermos.
Can't find it now, or I'd post a link.

Searched my mail and found this:

10 stainless steel thermal manual coffeemaker, lid and carafe and filter cone, uses #4 paper filter, $49.99

True to the Melitta tradition, prepares 10 cups of coffee made the “Gourmet” way.
Stainless Steel Carafe holds 10 cups of hot coffee and keeps it warm for hours.
Ideal for use at home, office or college.
Heavy duty plastic filter cone and lid are BPA Free and top rack dishwasher safe.
Includes brewing cone, plastic top, and a start up supply of Melitta #4 cone filters.
#64104 Product Dimensions: 8”W – 6”D – 9.75”H
Can be purchased from our Melitta Canada office by calling 1-800-565-4882.

[arniesea]

This is what I use. Gives espresso like coffee or americano with a very simple setup.

https://aerobie.com/product/aeropress/

Here is a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlJm1vKQX5Q

[Mary F]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

Good work. A lot cheaper than the Melita stainless thermos and filter holder I found at the Melita Canada site. I found it nowhere else, but it's the best we've used ( other than the plastic Melita set we had ). Filter holder attaches to the thermos.
Can't find it now, or I'd post a link.

Searched my mail and found this:

10 stainless steel thermal manual coffeemaker, lid and carafe and filter cone, uses #4 paper filter, $49.99

True to the Melitta tradition, prepares 10 cups of coffee made the “Gourmet” way.
Stainless Steel Carafe holds 10 cups of hot coffee and keeps it warm for hours.
Ideal for use at home, office or college.
Heavy duty plastic filter cone and lid are BPA Free and top rack dishwasher safe.
Includes brewing cone, plastic top, and a start up supply of Melitta #4 cone filters.
#64104 Product Dimensions: 8”W – 6”D – 9.75”H
Can be purchased from our Melitta Canada office by calling 1-800-565-4882.

Yes. And, we have had other carafes, but over the years decided the Thermos really does better, and we already have it (and otherwise would not use it). Finding the plumbing collar that fits perfectly for < $4 (US) is our perfect solution - at least for now.

[kstock11]

Originally Posted by Mary F

OMG. I am so excited! After all these years of being tethered to the #4 Melitta brewing cone as it drips into our SS quart Thermos, Skip found "Charlotte": a drinking-water grade 3 > 2 reducing collar that will sit on top of the Thermos, so the the Melitta brewing cone can perch without the aid of hand holding.

Amazon sells a #6 Melitta cone that's designed to work with a Thermos, but 1) we already have the #4 (and it uses the same filters as the the coffeemaker in our house), and 2) I'm afraid the #6 cone won't fit where I want to store it in the Escape. So, after some discussion and gnashing of teeth, Skip went looking through the plumbing parts...and voila!

I also used to use the #6 Melitta into my SS quart thermos. After some thought about what was most important, I just drilled a hole into the top screw on cup so the filter would sit there. Now, I use the SS thermos to keep boxes from sliding into the aisle from under the bed in the 19 while traveling. Glad you found a solution as coffee is important! Latest is using a Nuvo Eco Ceramic Handy Coffee Bean Roaster to roast my beans.

[escape artist]

Hi: All... Any coffee I don't have to make is always best!!! Did I say I do easy well. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

[kstock11]

Fresh Coffee on the road - no electric needed!
OK, I've finally got my coffee kit completed:
Roasting: Nuco Eco Handy Coffee Bean Roaster, Coleman Exponent Dual Fuel Stove & OXO Soft Works Strainer to cool beans after roasting.
Grinding: Porlex JP-30 SS Coffee Grinder
Brewing: Aerobie AeroPress Coffee Maker + S Filter for Aeropress & just add hot water heated on the stove.
Just add green coffee beans and you'll never have to drink "old" coffee again!