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10-01-2007, 05:44 PM
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Haze Grey & Underway
2008 27' Safari FB SE
Cedar Crest
, New Mexico
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 13
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Toast with Coffee
Has been very interesting reading the many coffee solutions. We started with a french press as well, but gave up due to clean up. Now we use melitta filter stands. We either brew directly into insulated cups or a large insulated carafe. Have been considering the Coleman drip coffee maker to minimize the standing around in the cold with a tea kettle. Reviews outside this forum say that it makes good coffee but is slow, handle can get too hot if it in the wrong place, and some have problems with the filter basket popping out.
As for toast, we have a Coleman Camp Stove Toaster we use on the gas stove top. It's a metal disk with holes in it and 4 wire loops that hold the bread, bagel, etc. Not only is it cheap (about $3-4) at just about any camp supply store but it's light weight and folds almost flat.
Happy camping.
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10-01-2007, 06:01 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2006 25' Classic
Newport Beach
, California
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 55
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We use the Toddy method at home and we do the same on the road.
Toddy Coffee Maker at Toddy Cafe: Cold Brew Coffee, Acid Coffee Low, Coffee Brewer, Best Coffee Maker
You cold brew a pound of coffee at a time, to make a coffee syrup. To this you add hot water to make the coffee. It is low on acid and you can make alot or a little at a moments notice and each person can have the strength they like. If you like to buy green beans and roast and grind them yourself you can do that or you can have your local coffee house (Pete likes Tulleys) grind your choice on the espresso burr, and there you go.
So we just pack a Kleen Kanteen with the amount of syrup we will need for the journey and boil bottled water in an electric hot pot as needed.
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10-01-2007, 06:04 PM
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Rivet Master
1971 25' Tradewind
1993 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Estancia
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 7,742
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1. You build you a big fire. Don't use no green or rotten wood or the smoke will git you. Stay upwind unless you haven't bathed recently.
2. Take a pound of joe and berl it real good in a blue enamelware coffee pot, for at least an hour.
3. Toss in a horseshoe or other similar heavy metal object such as a jack handle.
4. If it's a sinker, berl the java some more.
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10-01-2007, 06:11 PM
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Sierra Papa
2007 25' International CCD
Preston
, Idaho
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 63
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We use the single cup drip through a filter method. I actually prefer the french press, but have become convinced that the filtering takes some of the "bad" out of coffee and leaves all the good. Do a little homework, the evidence is not conclusive but I believe convincing enough to make one want to avoid pressed coffee on any type of regular basis. Even when I do a big Perculator pot full (for a group) I now put a filter inside the brew basket. Maybe it is over kill, but the less of this life I see before me the more precious each span becomes.
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10-01-2007, 06:45 PM
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E Pluribus Aluminus
2008 34' Classic S/O
1967 22' Safari
2005 30' Classic
Land Of Enchantment
, New Mexico
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,300
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I grab a mouthful of coffee beans and chew 'em up... spit 'em out in a filter over a pot and add hot water... yarrrrrg matey!
Actually, do pretty much the same as at home but with a different brewer (Techni-vorm vs. GE). Buy at Anderson's Coffee (Guatemalan, paper filter grind) and perform the same ritual. Home away from home. This isn't complicated for coffee drinkers.
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WBCCI 7005 * AIR 9218
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10-01-2007, 07:38 PM
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Rivet Master
2001 34' Limited
The State of
, Ohio
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 1,605
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hazegrey
As for toast, we have a Coleman Camp Stove Toaster we use on the gas stove top. It's a metal disk with holes in it and 4 wire loops that hold the bread, bagel, etc. Not only is it cheap (about $3-4) at just about any camp supply store but it's light weight and folds almost flat.
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We use the same thing, only the Wal-Mart "Ozark Trail" brand, on the single-burner butane stove in our small sailboat. Works like a champ and takes almost no space.
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10-01-2007, 07:45 PM
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Rivet Master
1971 27' Overlander
Central
, Ohio
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,365
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Tracked down this pot in an "antique" store - straight out of the 70's to go with the trailer.
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02-18-2008, 04:17 PM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 19,977
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Smells Great Too
Another vote for the Chemex.......
Chemex
Straightforward, quick and makes a GREAT cup of coffee.
We still use the same one we bought in 1988 for our first A/S. Store it in it's
original box above the slide-out pantry. Never had a problem with breakage,
To keep it hot we just turn one small burner on low and off-set the carafe
so it's not directly over the flame. When on the genset or hook-up we use a
small Toastmaster hotplate. One small drawback, for the best results you
must use the Chemex filters. Of course, fresh ground beans of your choice
is a no-brainer.
AHH...sipsipsip
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02-18-2008, 04:57 PM
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E Pluribus Aluminus
2008 34' Classic S/O
1967 22' Safari
2005 30' Classic
Land Of Enchantment
, New Mexico
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,300
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Coffee & camping are about as close to nirvana as one can get... (well, maybe with a bit o'whiskey in the evening, too ...). Back in the 70's, Anderson's Coffee co. opened up here in Austin & since it was close to where we lived, we could walk there and get coffee that was either bean or ground for you. Been going back there ever since.
At home, we use a Technivorm for brewing but since it would blow every fuse the A/S has if we used it there (it REALLY heats the water!), we do the Melitta into a krafe when boondocking. To keep it hot, we either pour the coffee into a thermos or put on low heat on the stove. When placing a glass krafe on the fire, you MUST use one of those metal heat dissipators (forget what they are called) to evenly distribute the heat and to prevent "burning" the coffee (makes it bitter). Works for us and keeps the flavor real close to what we wake up craving...
'Nuther good thing is clean up - either into the fire or trash - easy and if you run out of filters, a paper towel folded into quarters will pull you through!
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Jaxon
WBCCI 7005 * AIR 9218
The trouble with trouble is it always starts out as fun...
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02-18-2008, 05:04 PM
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Rivet Master
1964 19' Globetrotter
South Kingstown
, Rhode Island
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,406
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For road trips, we have always used a butane gas burner, a pot of water and a French press.
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02-18-2008, 05:05 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1986 32' Excella
vledder
, drenthe
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 411
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I bought a generator just to make coffee.
Its a small cheap and LOUD 800 watt made in china thing.
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02-18-2008, 07:15 PM
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#72
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E Pluribus Aluminus
2008 34' Classic S/O
1967 22' Safari
2005 30' Classic
Land Of Enchantment
, New Mexico
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,300
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Jaxon
WBCCI 7005 * AIR 9218
The trouble with trouble is it always starts out as fun...
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02-18-2008, 10:13 PM
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Tramp Streamer
Commercial Member
1995 28' Excella
Artist
, at Large
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 2,002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganglin
Tracked down this pot in an "antique" store - straight out of the 70's to go with the trailer.
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Hey G, this is the same pot I've been using of the last 3 years. I have as small and a large size for company.
As a full timer and avid boondocker this is a great pot!
I swear by it!
Michael
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02-19-2008, 12:21 AM
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#74
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4 Rivet Member
Belington
, West Virginia
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 304
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Unfold a chair. Sit patiently huddled over an empty mug until someone offers to fill it for you. Be content with what you get. Tomorrow morning it may be your turn.
Roger
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02-19-2008, 05:00 AM
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Always Airstreaming!
2005 22' Safari
1960 24' Tradewind
Anytown
, Connecticut
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,115
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We love our percolator; purchased it at The Vermont Store 9 years ago and it never leaves the AS. It is almost the perfect size, could make one more cup and then all would be great.
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Sandi Gould
NEU New England Unit
Airstream Life Magazine
Proud Member of WBCCI
WBCCI #3411
AIR #17099
2009 Silverado 2500HD
2004 22' Safari
1960 24' Tradewind
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02-19-2008, 05:42 AM
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#76
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3 Rivet Member
1969 31' Sovereign
atlanta
, Georgia
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 110
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Insulated french press -
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02-19-2008, 05:57 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1984 34' International
1977 Argosy 24
Central
, Georgia
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 492
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Where his coffee flows we will follow…
Making coffee is simple if you know where ColdEspresso is camping.
In the case of boondocking; the least we can do is keep the Honda running so Mario can keep the Lattes brewing.
Next coffee stop? April Springstream Rally In North Georgia.
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02-19-2008, 06:35 AM
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Rivet Master
1962 22' Safari
1957 22' Custom
1963 16' Bambi
Vacationland
, Maine
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 956
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nature...at least it's a honda
5 hp coffee
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02-19-2008, 07:32 AM
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#79
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Rivet Master
1948 16' Wee Wind
1953 21' Flying Cloud
Denver
, Colorado
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,169
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Be prepared ...
Quote:
Originally Posted by rickandsandi
We love our percolator; purchased it at The Vermont Store 9 years ago and it never leaves the AS. It is almost the perfect size, could make one more cup and then all would be great.
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Dear, how many people did you say are coming over for dinner?
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Denver, Colorado - WBCCI Unit 24
Airstream Life "Old Aluminum"
Airstream Life "From the Archives"
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02-19-2008, 10:17 AM
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Tramp Streamer
Commercial Member
1995 28' Excella
Artist
, at Large
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 2,002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 47WeeWind
Dear, how many people did you say are coming over for dinner?
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Hey, that's not a sideboard
Michael
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