Coffee (yes I mean hunting related coffee)

Hey I’ve been there. I’d hump a stainless quart thermos bottle out to my deer stand twice a day. Morning and Evening. The aroma of coffee may explain why I rarely saw any thing.

I like to bring some out hunting, but I have a sensitive stomach sometimes and will have a water or soda.I have a old Stanley my dad used for year works well. Just kinda hate the glass thermos, I have a nice small stainless one holds maybe 20oz and fits in my lack nice.

I had another nice one but could not be opened quietly, the seal would squeak for the cup. Th Stanley makes some noise, the rattle of the handle.

I have a nice little percolator it gets her ice fishing tho.

I’m with you. I tote a camp stove and a Moka Express with me all over the country for work. At home I have several ways to make coffee. I usually settle for drip most of the time for ease, but I switch it up here and there.

I do stop drinking coffee at or before noon.
1. I won’t sleep that night if I drink coffee all day.
2. I usually need to stay hydrated for work.

I am a hardcore tea drinker. After a morning on the stand I come in for a nice strong cup of tea with a late breakfast.

Oh yeah,
Gotta have my coffee. When hunting it's usually in a small Stanley thermos with a pushbutton drinking lid.

I also have a small percolator for fresh over the fire, (the best kind).

Kingcreek said:

I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing but I can drink a cup of coffee or an espresso after evening dinner and still be sound asleep at 9:30.
For me, a fresh cup of coffee is almost a sacred ritual when hunting. I usually wait until I find a quiet scenic or especially interesting spot to stop and rest and brew. A scenic overlook or a shady glade or just a boulder with a flat spot to brew and a good place to sit a bit.
A vacuums bottle is ok and all I did for years. Now if I’m hunting or fishing with someone else, they either think it’s great or weird that I would stop, fire the small stove and boil a small pot of water for a fresh pour over. I can clean it all up and have it all repacked in a short time and feel ready to go again. If traveling by vehicle I always have it with me. I will find a roadside spot and never settle for convenience store swill.
I’ve used different heat sources and only recently bought the Simple Theory Gear stove but I really like it. It can be used with alcohol trangia or sterno type cans or esbit tabs but I just use twigs or local biofuel for a small wood fire.

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You sound like the type of folk that might enjoy manifold cooking while on the road.
One of my favorite lunches in the field is really good leftovers heated up on the engine. A real nice hot meal for lunch can take you past midnight. Foil packs work great.

Yeah, coffee is good. Early morning, fishing or hunting, tastes great!
But as 40-82 posted back on May 14th, 2019, if one is hunting or shooting, it may not be the best choice...........

And I quote,

"This is one of the finest shooting tips I've seen. Because everybody knows that to shoot well requires a steady and constant infusion of caffeine levels. It should also help you survive a bear attack in the night. Instead of waking up to the usual raw terror of a bear nearby that you can't quite locate in the dark, your feeling will be killing rage--the proper attitude for beginning a fight--as you think, "He's going to dump my coffee in the dirt if I don't get him first."

I can't thank you enough"

And thanks, 40-82 !!! BTW, am surprised that you liked Kingcreek's post........

Kingcreek said:

Never tried it but I might consider it. Jeep 3.6 pentaster engines run a little hot usually, just have to see if there is space in there.
Brings to mind another thing...
My father was in a Model T Ford club and they used to tour in model Ts. One member had a vintage ice cream maker mounted on the running board. He would fill the canister with fresh cream and the other ingredients, add the ice and rock salt to the outer barrel, and the bouncing and shaking of the model T on the road would make ice cream for everyone at the end of the tour. (It can take all day for a group of model Ts to go 100 miles).

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You could buy a manifold oven for a model t

Surely somebody is making a battery powered k cup device now. That sure would be nice. Even if a battery only got 3 or 4 cups made it would be plenty for a single day hunting for most folks.

With all the bottled caffeinated drinks out there now, I have a hard time taking my Mr. Coffee maker out to the stand. I do sometimes take a small 16 oz thermos, in my pack iffin I'm a sneak huntin', but have found that a bottle of Lipton tea, that has sat on the Mr. Heater all morning in the blind, makes for a hot and refreshing drink. Them Starbucks Double and Tripleshots make a dang handy alternative. I am especially fond of the Hazelnut.

Coffee=life blood.

buck460XVR said:

With all the bottled caffeinated drinks out there now, I have a hard time taking my Mr. Coffee maker out to the stand. I do sometimes take a small 16 oz thermos, in my pack iffin I'm a sneak huntin', but have found that a bottle of Lipton tea, that has sat on the Mr. Heater all morning in the blind, makes for a hot and refreshing drink. Them Starbucks Double and Tripleshots make a dang handy alternative. I am especially fond of the Hazelnut.

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Some decent instant coffee then? I sure that a camp stove coffee maker and a few bags of coffee and sweetener takes up lees room and is easier carry then a bunch of cans of liques

Obturation said:

Coffee=life blood.

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Naw that is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Now I am normally a tea drinker but I do like the occasional cup of coffee. Out at our hunting cabin we keep a supply of good strong coffee and a french press. Boil some water on the camp stove and the french press is all you need. Cleans up easy and does not require any electric power. It will put hair on your chest for sure.

With my luck I would let it get too hot and it would blow the

buck460XVR said:

With all the bottled caffeinated drinks out there now, I have a hard time taking my Mr. Coffee maker out to the stand. I do sometimes take a small 16 oz thermos, in my pack iffin I'm a sneak huntin', but have found that a bottle of Lipton tea, that has sat on the Mr. Heater all morning in the blind, makes for a hot and refreshing drink. Them Starbucks Double and Tripleshots make a dang handy alternative. I am especially fond of the Hazelnut.

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pop top and go everywhere about 1/3 of a second before I pulled the trigger.

whm1974 said:

Some decent instant coffee then? I sure that a camp stove coffee maker and a few bags of coffee and sweetener takes up lees room and is easier carry then a bunch of cans of liques

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Are we talking a camping trip or a day hunt? A camp Stove and Coffee maker take up as much room as two cans of triple shot. In the blind, I could boil water on the Mr. Heater, but as I said, Hot tea does the same for me as hot coffee. Sweetener? That would be in the form of M&Ms.........

Kingcreek said:

My drug of choice is caffeine. I can’t imagine life without it. I admit it.
I have done everything over the years from a battered old Stanley thermos with home brew to an enamel perk pot or cowboy brew over a fire. I’ve done Turkish and Greek boil, French press, instant, pretty much any way you can name I’ve tried it.
I’ve pretty much settled on pour over as the easiest, best and most practical for a portable coffee fix.
Nothing tastes better to me than a fresh hot cup of coffee in the middle of a pheasant hunt, at the end of a deer hunt, or in the duck blind. Even hiking or canoeing or a shore break while fishing.
My current coffee anywhere anytime kit fits in a maxpedition 5”x12” bottle bag with a shoulder strap. I carry my water seperately in a large Nalgene bottle. I have a simple theory gear stove that nests with a Stanley adventure 2 cup cook set, a tinder tin and a small packet of fatwood, a mesh dish scrubby, small bottle of dish soap, microfiber cloth, GSI collapsible coffee funnel and a few #2 melita paper filters, storm proof matches, lighter, fresh but preground coffee, and a piece of aluminum cut from 6” dryer vent for a windscreen if needed, leatherman multi tool and human gear spork. I still have room in the pack for a couple pieces of chocolate, and sugar and creamer (not for me but when sharing).
I have also on occasion packed an Italian alessi espresso pot that works great on the STG stove. I can stop anywhere and boil water for a pour over for 1 or 2 people.
Anybody else consider fresh coffee essential or is it just me?

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mcb said:

I am a hardcore tea drinker. After a morning on the stand I come in for a nice strong cup of tea with a late breakfast.

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whm1974 said:

Some decent instant coffee then? I sure that a camp stove coffee maker and a few bags of coffee and sweetener takes up lees room and is easier carry then a bunch of cans of liques

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Well there are two parts to the equation, whether coffee or tea. First, heating the water, which assumes that you don't make it at home and put it into a thermos and simply haul that around with you all day.
I have one of these alcohol stoves, as pictured. Folks have been making very similar stuff out of a pair of aluminum soda cans for years. The disadvantage is you need to keep the fuel container a tad warm compared to the weather outside, during cold hunting days in the goose blind.

There are other variations, such as a woodgas stove, or a folding pocket stove, or an alcohol stove made out of a cat food tin, etc. You provide the container for heating the water.



I also have a Swiss Army Canteen Stove with mug. You can heat the water in the canteen (or boil it for disinfection if a natural source), or you can simply heat up a portion of the water in the mug.


Another novel way is a Kelly Kettle. The fire chamber is located in the tube in the center, and the water tank surrounds the fire chamber. The fire chamber acts like a little chimney.



So NOW that the water is boiling, what shall we do?
For The BEST coffee, you need to roast the beans yourself, but don't grind them until ready to brew. So you can roast them the night before you go a huntin', by dry roasting in a steel skillet, and save the space needed for a small, steel frypan. IF you can't find "green" coffee beans to roast, you can buy "blonde" unground coffee, and roast it to the proper color. You can "grind" the beans with the butt of a knife or a wooden handled camp hatchet (like a tomahawk). Then you use a press (some very small ones are out there), and voila, amazing coffee.




Too convoluted?
Well as mentioned, one might make tea. Loose tea is superior to teabags, and one should use a tea-ball.


OR..., One can do the "instant coffee".
One can carry a jar of the stuff and a spoon, and sometimes there are the "International Coffee" instant coffees that come flavored and creamed, and you just add water. I like instant espresso, for as advertised, it keeps its flavor when one adds milk and sugar.



Folgers also comes in similar, single serving packages.

LD

https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Adventure-All-French-Press/dp/B07L6MLC6J

This is my camp coffee maker love it.

Armored farmer said:

Gotta have my coffee. When hunting it's usually in a small Stanley thermos with a pushbutton drinking lid.

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......... That makes two of us. Mine just spent half of last Thursday in the turkey blind with me. Those things are handy.

I usually use a Chemex at home, but they're glass so absolutely no good for hunting or camping.

I have a small stainless hand burr grinder that holds enough beans and grind for about 3 cups. Think pepper grinder on steroids. A snack size zip lock holds more beans if I need more. Metal pour over cone filter eliminates the need for a filter each time. Hot ash mini rocket stove is usually the heat source, not just for coffee. Metal enamel cup used can be sat in coals as well to heat the water and also holds the filter fairly secure when packed. Sounds like a lot but the stove folds flat, fire starters are petroleum rolled cotton balls in an old pill bottle which go in another quart zip lock with the beans and grinder. Overall it doesn't take up a whole lot of space for something I consider necessary...

Me coffee is in a Stanley thermos and a regular coffee cup. It starts hot all day. The ceramic cup acts as a hand warmer while I wait for the coffee to cool to a drinkable temp.
My camping coffee is always in a percolator.