Kingcreek
Member
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?
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?