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elko.mike
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Topic: Camping Without Compromise Posted: 31 May 2012 at 6:20pm |
I like my latte so well that I roast my own beans. I thus worried r-podding might involve a compromise, but fortunately it is not required.
This gadget (http://mypressi.com/) allows me to brew espresso with air pressure, rather than steam, which makes a flavorful, but not bitter, brew. It comes with a hand grinder. Thus I can take a bag of my fresh roasted beans on a camping trip with which to pull a quality shot.
I picked up a microwavable pitcher and use that to heat the milk. Frothing is easy with an aerolatte battery operated frother (http://www.aerolatte.com/).
For those espresso addicts who like podding, there needn't be a compromise.
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Mike, Linda & Doxies
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Posted: 31 May 2012 at 9:44pm |
I prefer my french press coffee. First trip used the burr grinder at home and took extra ground coffee with us. Not good. Went to Costco and found a burr grinder for $26. Gonna use it on our next trip. Fresh ground each morning. Yumm. Safe Travels.
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Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 10:53am |
I roast my own beans as well and while I violate every rule of coffee roasting by putting the beans into a plastic container, I still do it. It's must fresher than anything that I can buy in the store and so much cheaper.
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elko.mike
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Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 5:42pm |
Originally posted by tpierce220
I roast my own beans as well and while I violate every rule of coffee roasting by putting the beans into a plastic container, I still do it. It's must fresher than anything that I can buy in the store and so much cheaper. |
Oh the humanity. I put mine into a hand-painted and hand-fired clay container. But for camping they are going into a Baggie. I'm paying about $5 per pound for my raw beans and have no idea what they cost in the store. When I guy 20 lbs, as I did with this last order, it comes with the coffee sack. The wife really likes that. In any case, we like the brew from fresh roasted beans much better than the stuff in pods, cans, or shipped already roasted.
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Posted: 11 Jun 2012 at 4:29pm |
As we've mainly gone on short trips and try to find local coffeehouses, we haven't had to make our own that much. For "emergencies" we have Starbucks Via  (I know, I know....) mostly for the caffeine. We usually grind our own beans, put them in an airtight container and French Press or bring along my old college Krups Espresso maker. I also have a stovetop Bialetti and a Chemex and some filters somewhere in the basement but it really depends on what we remember to bring along when we head out
For convenience, I did once consider the Nespesso, but then we still need the steamed milk.
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elko.mike
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Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 1:42am |
Originally posted by g4royce
As we've mainly gone on short trips and try to find local coffeehouses, we haven't had to make our own that much. 
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At our last campsite it was a bit more than 90 miles to the local coffee shop. Hence the need for an alternative to the local coffee shop.
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Mike, Linda & Doxies
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Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 8:24am |
Thankfully I have no coffee addiction. In fact never had a cup.
But I will admit the very first item placed in our pod after it parked in our driveway was a toaster.
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Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 9:13am |
Originally posted by elko.mike
Originally posted by tpierce220
I roast my own beans as well and while I violate every rule of coffee roasting by putting the beans into a plastic container, I still do it. It's must fresher than anything that I can buy in the store and so much cheaper. |
In any case, we like the brew from fresh roasted beans much better than the stuff in pods, cans, or shipped already roasted.
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We're trying to get my Foodie cousin to join us podding. He's all into roasting and grinding his own immediately before brewing and frequently has his air-roaster, burr grinder and green beans with him.
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Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 3:44pm |
I was thinking about this thread while making coffee this morning in my old fashioned stove heated percolator in the Pod. Coffee always tastes best to me when camping.
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Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 5:21pm |
Everything tastes better when camping. Especially when you've carried it on your back to the top of a mountain.
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