12 volt kettle / coffee pot

[Mike_rupp]

It's pretty hard to beat the Coleman on the stove coffee maker with home roasted beans:

Really? I think it's pretty easy to beat. A stainless french press with a manual grinder is a much better system for off-road travel. It's much more durable, smaller, and most importantly: makes better coffee.

 

[Carlyle]

I guess it's a personal thing, space versus convenience. Personally home roasted coffee, a burr grinder and a drip coffee maker rule for me. I could never get used to the gritty taste of french press.

 

[Pskhaat]

How do you home roast?

 

[Carlyle]

I currently use a Behmor coffee roaster, though I have used others in the past.
My favorite website for roasting is sweetmarias.com. Truly, nothing effects your coffee more than fresh and properly roasted beans. Very few commercial beans fall in this category, including the dreaded star chucks.

 

[Pskhaat]

I ask because I want to try roasting some Mesquite beans, but I don't have a machine or anything...

 

[Carlyle]

Can't help you much there.

 

[Pskhaat]

I think they "roast" the same as any other coffee bean?

 

[Mike_rupp]

Truly, nothing effects your coffee more than fresh and properly roasted beans. Very few commercial beans fall in this category, including the dreaded star chucks.

True. Here are a few roasters that properly roast beans:

http://stumptowncoffee.com/
http://www.zokacoffee.com/
http://www.espressovivace.com/
http://www.victrolacoffee.com/
http://www.lighthouseroasters.com/

I've thought about roasting at home, but being within 20 minutes of these roasters, it doesn't make sense. I'm sure that they can do a much better job than I could ever hope to do.

 

[kellymoe]

http://www.brunton.com/product.php?id=616
This looks pretty nice. I have been finding it from other sources for under $100. I've done the french press, single cup press, gravity drip and all other forms of brewing coffee including the Coleman, which by the way takes forever to brew, especially at altitude. After trying just about every way to make coffee in the back country and camping the best way so far that I have found is a simple $10 old fashioned percolator pot set over the stove or the edge of the fire. I'll still end up buying the Brunton just to see how it works.

 

[Mike_rupp]

Kelly, if you've tried all of the various options out there for making camp coffee and have settled on the percolator, what would you expect to be different about that Brunton? It's still nothing more than a drip coffee pot with a different heat source. I don't see the advantage in bringing along something that takes up more space, adds another level of complexity, and will undoubtedly make lesser quality coffee than a percolator.

 

[kellymoe]

Kelly, if you've tried all of the various options out there for making camp coffee and have settled on the percolator, what would you expect to be different about that Brunton? It's still nothing more than a drip coffee pot with a different heat source. I don't see the advantage in bringing along something that takes up more space, adds another level of complexity, and will undoubtedly make lesser quality coffee than a percolator.

Just because.


But if you want a reason then here are a few.

I don't like using my duel burner Coleman stove. Too big and heavy. Over the years I have been going lighter and lighter in my travels.

I like the idea of using the same fuel cans for my stove as well as the coffee maker.

I really don't like the Coleman coffee maker, it's a boat anchor.

My percolator is a little tippy on my backpacking stove.

Sometimes I don't have a campfire to heat my coffee by.

All of the above are just excuses to by the Brunton because nobody needs it, right?

 

[ThomD]

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All of the above are just excuses to by the Brunton because nobody needs it, right?

It looks pretty interesting, so hurry up and report back. Please.
:coffeedrink:

 

[wesintl]

I broke down and bought the brewfire. It rocks. I've used it at 10,500+ with the brunton butane fuel.

I picked it up off opticsplanet for 100 shipped. I was going to get a nice stainless perkolator but for only a few $ more i'd try the brunton.

 

[matt s]

I have been the press route, the cowboy coffee route, the perc, etc. In the end, I just plain love drip coffee.

This is my solution. A drip cone setup to fit my thermos. Just boil water and pour it in the top. I know it's not a sexy as the stainless press. But I just dump my filter in the firepit (if we are staying) or in the trash and move on. Great drip coffee, no clean up!

Best part. It's $11 here.