Coffee while backpacking

[JayMMM]

What do you guy's do for coffee on the trail? Last few trips I used those single serving bags (they look like tea bags). Not very good and they generate waste that has to be packed out.

I guess the other choices are instant (no waste to pack, but even lower quality) or water over grounds & filter.

[swoosh]

i actually have come to enjoy instant coffee. it's by far the simpliest of all coffee ideas on the trail. i even mix my sugar right in w/ my grinds. as you said, nothing to pack out, nothing to filter, no grinds to dump, etc...

i think the brand i use is called mountain blend

[bdavison]

Just point me in the general direction of starbucks...ill hike there....LOL

I usually just dump the coffee pack on the fire and burn it...besides...it makes the woods smell GOOOOOOOOOD.

[dawson]

i have 2 80ml aluminum bottles ones instant coffee and sugar mix the other in whitener. ive actually started drinking instant coffee even when im not hiking or climbing

[swoosh]

lol dawson i did the same thing. didn't ever drink instant until i started drinking it on the trail. now i find myself having a cup of it after supper or in the morning if i'm running late and don't have time to brew heheh

[rickd1]

Instant is by far the easiest way to enjoy coffee on the trail. Coffee bags would be my second choice, Maxwell House bags are the best tasting I have found. Coffee was meant to be black, strong and hot. Sugar and creamer just pollute it. If a group of us are hiking, we always take the perk pot and grinds. This way we can enjoy real coffee and distribute the weight around.
rickd1
(familycampingguy)

[desdemona]

BTW, I hate the creamers (however, they will make an excellent fire starter--- I saw a Mythbuster episode where they poured creamer on something and WOOOOSH! So beware.) However, today I had some Whole Foods, aka my whole paycheck, creamer. That stuff was really very good. I didn't check ingredients, so for all I know actually had milk in it. I didn't see the price, but I imagine it would go far. I also have seen rave reviews for Nido (sp?) which is a dry whole milk. It is popular in hispanic communities, though I have yet to see this around her in NM.

--des

[JayMMM]

Thanks, I'm going with instant. Black & bitter, like my heart. Wish we had Whole Foods around here, I was in one once while on a Utah ski trip and was impressed.

[vegasboltfan]

Cowboy coffee. Grounds in water boiled in a pot. So good, and crunchy too.

[GDeadPhans]

I use my buddies Jet Boil which has a coffee press, similar to a French press. I use regular coffee in a bag. I dont mind coffee black so I just drink it black, but if I can find those creamer packets and sugar packets I'll take them along.