Coffee Press Recommendation?

For camping on the weekends and at work during the week.

Jetboil coffee press. Lightweight, convenient & easy, and makes great coffee. On cold mornings you only have to stick your forearms out of the sleeping bag for a second to start it (just twist one dial & push one button), and then you have steaming hot coffee before you have to get out of the bag into the cold morning air. Just my 2 cents HTH.

-Mike

I've used one of these for years:

amazon.com/Thermos-34-Ounce…

http://frieling.com/products/coffee-and-tea-essentials/

I've had just about every type of press known to coffe lovers.

I don't have to worry about my press now, it won't break, is insulated and I fully expect to never buy another one....

Unless it get's stolen......

I prefer a glass coffee press for home use. I have one of these and it is just the right size for a big mug of coffee or 2 smaller cups of coffee to share. Use a plastic spoon when you stir the coffee and you won't break the glass. I use it three times a day and I've had this press for over three years without issue - every so often I will break it completely down and scrub it clean.

For camping I use one of the lexan presses, the GSI press is very small, fits into your pack very easily and a mug nests inside of it. It is the smallest camping press out there that I have found.

I found for back country, the Starbucks Via is superlight and no clean up... For car camping I use a regular french press.

Jasmine Kall wrote:I found for back country, the Starbucks Via is superlight and no clean up...

I just tried one of those the other day and they are suprisingly good!

For the office get an aeropress.

For camping use whatever you use to boil water in, heat the water, take water off heat, pour in grounds, stir, wait 3 minutes, pour through a sieve. The only extra weight you have added is a sieve. You will get exactly the same results as a French Press.

Mark Cushman wrote:I prefer a glass coffee press for home use. I have one of these and it is just the right size for a big mug of coffee or 2 smaller cups of coffee to share. Use a plastic spoon when you stir the coffee and you won't break the glass. I use it three times a day and I've had this press for over three years without issue - every so often I will break it completely down and scrub it clean. For camping I use one of the lexan presses, the GSI press is very small, fits into your pack very easily and a mug nests inside of it. It is the smallest camping press out there that I have found.

This is my system.

A glass press is much better for home because the lexan ones get smelly and scratched and I found that mine cracked eventually. Also, mine is pre-BPA hysteria and letting boiling water sit in a BPA lexan is about the worst combo in terms of leaching. So, I just use it for camping and enjoy a nice Bodum glass press for home.

Rick Blair wrote:For the office get an aeropress. For camping use whatever you use to boil water in, heat the water, take water off heat, pour in grounds, stir, wait 3 minutes, pour through a sieve. The only extra weight you have added is a sieve. You will get exactly the same results as a French Press.

And if you don't want the extra weight of the sieve, you can disregard the last step and chew your coffee cowboy style.

I also use the Aeropress, makes a strong cup fast, easy cleanup. But what is this with the Starbucks Via? That sounds even easier.

Do they make an aeropress that is BPA free?

coop wrote:Do they make an aeropress that is BPA free?

I don't think it matters, the brewing process only takes about 40 seconds.

Throw a rock in your grounds!

ikea has a glass press encased in plastic for $12 ... HERE

I have used the Snowpeak titanium press for many years now. It's obviously more backpack oriented, but works well and I have no complaints ...a bit pricey though.

http://www.snowpeak.com/back/coffee/index.html

Mike wrote: I just tried one of those the other day and they are suprisingly good!

I'm actually sold on the via for camping as well.

Rick Blair wrote: I don't think it matters, the brewing process only takes about 40 seconds.

It is now BPA free.

I have been drinking the Starbucks Via at work, but I think a press would be much tastier

We bought a quart-capacity stainless steel one a few years ago. I think REI carries it, though I can't remember the brand name. It's terrific. The "wire" handle disappears in a pack when you cram stuff around it; the fact that it's steel means you can boil the water in there instead of a separate pot, if you have to; and there's no taste funk like you get with plastic.

Like most presses, the coffee can be a little gritty. You can lessen this by adding a little bit of cold water late in the brewing process to settle the grounds. If you're as picky as we are, you can then pour it through a piece of a gauze bandage in a strainer (we do this car camping, but not backpacking).

Just got the $15 REI model -- big mug and press combo. Have used it twice now at the office. For the price, I thought it was worth a try and so far so good.