Camping Without Compromise

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. 

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. 

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   

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.

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.