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An insulated mug coffee press:
http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=6&LID=9&CHK=&SLT=&mscssid=22EAE47JLN5B9JN6VSEHXGHLJWNK1LN5
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An insulated mug coffee press:
http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=6&LID=9&CHK=&SLT=&mscssid=22EAE47JLN5B9JN6VSEHXGHLJWNK1LN5
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I have one of these I bought at Starbucks, a bit smaller, holds 12 OZ. I used it for a two day trip, and now it sits at home. The issue I had was "What to do with the coffee grounds after I was done with them" I could not in good conscience throw them on the ground and I sure as heck wasn't going to pack out wet coffee grounds. That and the filter is a royal pain to clean.
YMMV
bearbait2k4
06-14-2005, 16:52
Actually, coffee grounds are a great natural fertilizer.
Just fyi.
Lanthar Mandragoran
06-14-2005, 17:11
Actually, coffee grounds are a great natural fertilizer.
Just fyi. ditto, they're organic, perfectly organic, you can bury them, or just scatter them, starbucks gives theirs away in bags...
Lanthar Mandragoran
06-14-2005, 17:13
ooh.. and I just actually looked at the mug... 3 cups? wow... you could boil and dump cook in it too...
Tha Wookie
06-14-2005, 18:13
Could someone tell me how this french press thing works? Does the container itself heat the coffee or do you need another apparatus? How much does this thing weigh?
I have a very good coffee buddy and she likes a cup in the morning on the trail...
yellowtree
06-14-2005, 19:25
Could someone tell me how this french press thing works?
How does it work?
French Press Basics
French pressing is the best way to make a cup of plain coffee. It is simple, fairly quick and it brings out the full flavor of the coffee. To make coffee in a French Press, you simply put a tablespoon of coarse ground beans in the press for every cup of water you will use. Add water that is about 200 Degrees. Wait four minutes and push down the press.
I have a lexan coffee press. Never hike without it. I just dump out the grounds and if I don't have enough water to clean I just wait until I find enough water. This has never been a problem. I enjoy coffee when camping so find it worth any hassel.
ditto, they're organic, perfectly organic, you can bury them, or just scatter them, starbucks gives theirs away in bags...
They are just ground seeds. Use em as azalea fertilizer around the house.
Dances with Mice
06-14-2005, 22:12
Could someone tell me how this french press thing works? Does the container itself heat the coffee or do you need another apparatus? How much does this thing weigh?
I have a very good coffee buddy and she likes a cup in the morning on the trail...It's just a cup with a built-in strainer. It's exactly the same as pouring hot water into a container with coffee grounds or tea leaves, waiting a bit, then pouring the brew through a strainer. Only in a french press the strainer is built into the cup, so less fuss. You can use it for coffee, tea, herbal teas, or washing your socks.
Please, don't use it for washing your socks.
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not a bad price either:cool: neo
Ford Prefect
06-15-2005, 13:00
Ummmm ... this thing has a 12 oz. capacity. But the size is listed as 3 cup. Is there a bit folded hyperspace contained in this thing? And if so, how is the hyperfield generator-thingy powered? Small fusion reactor? Solar? Wind turbine? Bovine-produced methane?
Or did GW just make the country go metric when I wasn't looking?
Lanthar Mandragoran
06-15-2005, 14:33
Ford, I read that as 12 oz weight
No... I think you're right...
TRAVEL PRESS
one cup coffee press system (http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=6&LID=9&HID=1501&CHK=&SLT=&mscssid=22EAE47JLN5B9JN6VSEHXGHLJWNK1LN5)
3 cup (0.35 liter, 12 oz)
hmmm.... maybe their are referencing "cups of coffee"...?
That's 3 4 oz European sized cups of coffee. 12 oz is one American size cup of coffee. ;)
Lanthar Mandragoran
06-15-2005, 15:05
That's 3 4 oz European sized cups of coffee. 12 oz is one American size cup of coffee. ;)
ah.... that makes sense...
trippclark
06-15-2005, 15:55
"Tabasco" raised an the issue about not wanting to discard the coffee grounds and others have chimed in about them being natural, biodegradeable, great fertilizer, and whatever. All of this may be true, and a valid argument for putting them in your home compost pile, scattering them in your home garden, or whatever; but they still should not be disposed of or buried in the backcountry. This point was driven home for me in the Leave No Trace Instructor's course that I took back in 2002. The discussion was along the lines of why is it not okay to leave things like banana peels and coffee grounds in the backcountry. The reason explained by our instructor, a very experienced LNT Master Trainer (and 2 time thru-hiker BTW) was that while these are "natural" they are foreign to the environment that we are in. Therefore we should not introduce them in the environment by discarding them there. Pack it in, pack it out!!
The quote that he summarized with was, "There is nothing...absolutely nothing...that we can bring into and leave in the backcountry that is good for the backcountry. Everything...absolutely everything...always somehow winds up violating Aldo Leopold's credo in some way. Period."
There is a good discussion on this by the instructor of our course, Charlie Thorpe ("Charlie II") (actually uses the example of tea rather than coffee) . . . at http://tinyurl.com/b3958
While I agree that this is very much a purists point of view, and I guess coffee grounds and banana peels are "not as bad" of litter as, say, soda cans and fast food cups, it is still trash. If you are gonna bring it into the back country, you need to take it out and dispose of it properly.
Tripp
Tha Wookie
06-15-2005, 16:10
"Tabasco" raised an the issue about not wanting to discard the coffee grounds and others have chimed in about them being natural, biodegradeable, great fertilizer, and whatever. All of this may be true, and a valid argument for putting them in your home compost pile, scattering them in your home garden, or whatever; but they still should not be disposed of or buried in the backcountry. This point was driven home for me in the Leave No Trace Instructor's course that I took back in 2002. The discussion was along the lines of why is it not okay to leave things like banana peels and coffee grounds in the backcountry. The reason explained by our instructor, a very experienced LNT Master Trainer (and 2 time thru-hiker BTW) was that while these are "natural" they are foreign to the environment that we are in. Therefore we should not introduce them in the environment by discarding them there. Pack it in, pack it out!!
The quote that he summarized with was, "There is nothing...absolutely nothing...that we can bring into and leave in the backcountry that is good for the backcountry. Everything...absolutely everything...always somehow winds up violating Aldo Leopold's credo in some way. Period."
There is a good discussion on this by the instructor of our course, Charlie Thorpe ("Charlie II") (actually uses the example of tea rather than coffee) . . . at http://tinyurl.com/b3958
While I agree that this is very much a purists point of view, and I guess coffee grounds and banana peels are "not as bad" of litter as, say, soda cans and fast food cups, it is still trash. If you are gonna bring it into the back country, you need to take it out and dispose of it properly.
Tripp
Well put.
or...
pack it in, pack it out!
Pencil Pusher
06-15-2005, 16:32
Well put.
or...
pack it in, pack it out!
While we're on this 'purist' trip, don't forget to pack out your piss and bowel movements. Make sure you bring your hover shoes and tents so you don't trample the precious vegetation. And what is this roof under my head made of? Wood... how blasphemous. This computer? A byproduct of oil... I am going to tree hugging hell.:rolleyes:
"...Leave only footprints" is now officially verboten.
trippclark
06-15-2005, 16:47
While we're on this 'purist' trip, don't forget to pack out your piss and bowel movements. Make sure you bring your hover shoes and tents so you don't trample the precious vegetation. And what is this roof under my head made of? Wood... how blasphemous. This computer? A byproduct of oil... I am going to tree hugging hell.:rolleyes:
About 40 minutes . . . I figured it would not take long!
Hey, I agree that lots of folks carry this stuff way too far . . . the so-called "Environmental Wacko's." However, I don't think that there is anything extreme or over the top about packing out our trash. After all WE brought it into the woods . . . we should carry it out! If in a given year there are 1000 overnight visitors at a shelter site on the AT (and I think that we would all agree that for many shelters that is a very low estimate) and half of them fixed a pot of coffee and chunked their grounds in the woods or buried them, I think we'd all agree that would leave a very noticeable first hand impact and could lead to many second hand impacts (are raccoons and bears attracked by coffee grounds? I don't know, but I'd expect they are . . . and they love to dig!).
This is very different from packing out human wastes as referenced in Pencil Pusher's post. While some may advocate this . . . and in some environs it is actually required of backcountry users . . . this is much more extreme and presents its own set of challenges and risks to the health of the backcountry user.
Bolivershagnasty
06-15-2005, 18:12
Good lord guys, were arguing about packing out a banna peel? LOL get a life, I'm tossin the banna peel. and the coffee grounds and the piss and the movments..OH geez will the trail ever be the same?..I love the LNT but good lord if your that sensitive you must be breathing out of a can of air right now and typing on your neighbors computor with gloves on. Did you drive up to the trail head? Oh your one of "those" smog spreaders huh? OH and you must be carrying one of those biodegradable packs too thats not made of plastic nylon, hiking barefoot I imagin! And surley your not using batteries of any type are you! You know what those things do to a land fill? And you killed a goose just so you could sleep warm? What kind of a man are ya? I'm just beside myself here. A f'n banna peel? GET A LIFE!
trippclark
06-15-2005, 20:05
This is a hoot!!! I am about to fall out of the chair laughing at being labeled a lefty on this list. What a hoot!! Heck, I figure me an Lone Wolf are about the only folks on this list who voted for Bush and are for drilling in Alaska! I just am saying if you bring the trash into the woods ya' oughta carry it out! Geez!! :datz
Tha Wookie
06-15-2005, 22:25
This is a hoot!!! I am about to fall out of the chair laughing at being labeled a lefty on this list. What a hoot!! Heck, I figure me an Lone Wolf are about the only folks on this list who voted for Bush and are for drilling in Alaska! I just am saying if you bring the trash into the woods ya' oughta carry it out! Geez!! :datz
you are obviously liberal scum...
badinfluence
08-30-2005, 13:20
It's a great product, just a bit heavy for me.
I started using a Melita coffee maker on the trail - just a plastic cone filter holder, place your mug underneath and whamo - good coffee. I like the french press method,use it at home often. But this works great - most of your better coffee machines use cone filters anyway.
This unit also weighs next to nothing.
I either burn the grinds if I'm cooking over a fire. If I have my stove with me, I find a plant that can use a little mulch and place it tenderly there.
FYI, works as a great mulch in the house in plants as well.
Coffee for me on the trail just is not an option!!!!
Jonathan
An insulated mug coffee press:
http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=1&GID=6&LID=9&CHK=&SLT=&mscssid=22EAE47JLN5B9JN6VSEHXGHLJWNK1LN5 :clap
a LUXURY item, for sure for the LD hiker...but, my bud: "TeePee" took one of these on our section-hike last fall...& i have to admit...i enjoyed the JAVA JUICE immensely! :D