Arlyn Aronson
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We make it EVERY morning and STRONG with oily beans. While camping we use a drip cup thingy for convenience. We might run our camper out to a nice NFS CG over the weekend and leave it there.
How Do You Make Coffee (The Juice Of Life)
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Coffee is about the only thing I cook in the camper on the stove top. I use a Coleman percolator and always prep the coffee the night before so it's ready to go and I don't have to fumble around in the morning. When I wake up, I fire up the stove then go back to sleep for the 20 minutes or so that it takes to actually brew. The smell of coffee wakes me up.
Hey Now Bob
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We use a french press. We have 2 GSI insulation cups that are presses, one for my beautiful bride and one for me. It takes a few extra minutes but the quality is worth it. We just keep enough water hot so it's quick to make extra cups as we go. It's also worth the extra mess. We put the grounds in a separate water tight container.
When we backpack we sometimes bring this with. Otherwise we use instant. We've used Starbucks VIA in the past, but that seems to have been replaced by something else of theirs. It's never really as good as a press anyway.
When we backpack we sometimes bring this with. Otherwise we use instant. We've used Starbucks VIA in the past, but that seems to have been replaced by something else of theirs. It's never really as good as a press anyway.
Arlyn Aronson
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We tried french press but got sick of cleaning it out. We usually bring our own water and don't like to wash things like a press.
Abe Froman
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Aeropress. Light, super easy cleanup and best of all, it makes great coffee. Strong but not acidic or bitter is how I like it. Peet’s Major Dickson is my go to. Never heard of the Aeropress until 4 years ago. Tried it and use it exclusively at home or on the road.
Glyn O'Keefe
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Use a 2 cup Italian espresso maker with a little hand grinder I got on Amazon and then I have a stainless steel milk frother to make lattes almost as good as we make at home. Cannot face the day without a decent coffee.
BillyMc
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I brew it outside because it wakes everyone else in the camper too. I generally wake up well before daylight. My only quiet time is between waking up and everyone else waking up. Once others rise it's constant chatter of some sort, can we this or that, what are we fixing for lunch, or a thousand other similar questions. I'm a take it as I go person, DW is a start to finish detailed agenda planned person. The boys are all over the place. Still our outings are by far the most fun we have and better than anyone could ask for.
OTR1522
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- Jun 9, 2018
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We go traditional Mr Coffee- put a 1500 watt Inverter in to run off of batteries. Added a outlet in trailer to plug in- first thing in morning is turn on Inverter and hit switch on coffee- as soon as it is done brewing we put into a stainless growler to keep hot. With new lithium batteries and solar set up we are good to go. My wife laughs every time we make coffee saying this might be the most expensive coffee we drink but she smiles when she doesn’t have to get out of bed to enjoy that first cup- it’s the simple things in life- 
Groomporter
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I'm the same way, even at home my internal clock wakes me up about 7am no matter how late I've been up, or if I had some drinks before bed. And sitting in the quiet of the morning with a cuppa and reading something, or just watching the squirrels and birds is a great start to the day
Groomporter
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Might have to try a little salt some time
I sometimes put a sprinkle of salt on the coffee before brewing. I had a rather opinionated aunt that insisted it made the coffee taste better.
GaWalker
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The vast majority of my mornings start with multiple mugs of black half-caf drip coffee. Anybody remember the ad long ago that stated "It picks you up and calms you down?"
If electricity is available I use a $3 drip machine from a thrift store. No electricity and normally use perc or French press. Feeding the addiction was a major concern prior to our Yellowstone trip as campgrounds had no electricity and strict rules about leaving stoves and cooking gear outside. Assembling the stove brewing, clean-up and then putting it all away was not part of the plan for mornings where we were getting to the trails at 6:30 AM. My solution was Starbucks' Cold Brew Concentrate. Adding cold water and hazelnut creamer and it made an acceptable, low effort drug delivery system. Might also be applicable to those hot and humid southern summer mornings.
If electricity is available I use a $3 drip machine from a thrift store. No electricity and normally use perc or French press. Feeding the addiction was a major concern prior to our Yellowstone trip as campgrounds had no electricity and strict rules about leaving stoves and cooking gear outside. Assembling the stove brewing, clean-up and then putting it all away was not part of the plan for mornings where we were getting to the trails at 6:30 AM. My solution was Starbucks' Cold Brew Concentrate. Adding cold water and hazelnut creamer and it made an acceptable, low effort drug delivery system. Might also be applicable to those hot and humid southern summer mornings.
Groomporter
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Apparently the foster daughter adds just a smidge of salt, pepper and cinnamon to the grounds in their drip machine.
Canoe2fish
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This is what we use. Simple, cheap and it works. No electricity needed
I never got to like drinking coffee, but my folks drank percolator coffee, so I learned to make it for them, as a youngster back in the late '60s. They added a pinch of salt to the grounds basket.
When I started my first job, one of my tasks was to make coffe in the "Mr. Coffee".
I know some like cinnamon or vanilla in their coffee. Years ago we had to clean out the big Bunn drip coffeemaker at church, because someone added one or the other to the water reservoir.
I like good tea, and make spiced chai every now and again.
When I started my first job, one of my tasks was to make coffe in the "Mr. Coffee".
I know some like cinnamon or vanilla in their coffee. Years ago we had to clean out the big Bunn drip coffeemaker at church, because someone added one or the other to the water reservoir.
I like good tea, and make spiced chai every now and again.
Susan Premo
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Susan Premo
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My father in law gave this tiny percolator, I've never tried it out cping, but we really should, it's pretty cool.
Looks like so many family vacations! My parents & grandparents all had those. Theirs made really crappy coffee though. Not sure why. Their percolators at home worked okay. It was just the little travel versions that didn’t.
