I'm as far away from being a coffee snob as anyone can get, cowboy coffee works just fine for me. That said this caught my eye, along with their grinder. Does anyone in the BCP community has "operational" experience with these items ?

https://www.vsslgear.com/en-ca/products ... r-over-kit

https://www.vsslgear.com/en-ca/collecti ... e-grinders

Also not a coffee snob, but I have tried a lot of outdoor coffee widgets. Can't comment on grinders, but I have found nothing beats an aeropress. Light, simple, and really easy cleanup. Among the best coffee output is a plus.

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stretch wrote:Also not a coffee snob, but I have tried a lot of outdoor coffee widgets. Can't comment on grinders, but I have found nothing beats an aeropress. Light, simple, and really easy cleanup. Among the best coffee output is a plus.

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My only gripe with the Aeropress is that I wish it was metal. Years of using that thing, I have to wonder if the microplastics released at 195°F have penetrated my blood-brain barrier.

What's the threshold that makes a coffee snob, anyway? I have my preferences. I like it freshly ground. Dark roast. <- that right that there would make the Portland coffee hipsters toss me out, because everyone knows snobbery requires fine dissection of the light roast flavor characteristics.

You asked, they listened at a mere $219.95

https://aeropress.com/products/aeropres ... aker-steel

There's a good argument that spending in excess of $200 on your preferred portable coffee apparatus approaches coffee snob status.

Still waiting for delivery of this steam-gauge beauty.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/co ... so-machine

- a coffee snob

Boreal1 wrote:There's a good argument that spending in excess of $200 on your preferred portable coffee apparatus approaches coffee snob status.

Still waiting for delivery of this steam-gauge beauty.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/co ... so-machine

- a coffee snob

A turn crank espresso pump? Me want.

My palate runs from one extreme to the other, instant camp coffee to the full on Barista experience. I'm just not a "this or nothing" coffee snob. I'm leaning towards the stainless steel Aeropres and that expresso grinder is certainly turn my coffee gadget crank, it's impressive.

I've now learned the Aeropres also sells a travel grinder, does anyone have "hands on" experience with it.

Tried aeropress, French press, not impressed.

Tried and true moka pot does it for me.

Karmutzen wrote:Tried aeropress, French press, not impressed.

Tried and true moka pot does it for me.

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Based on the coolness of this photo, i dug my moka pot out this morning. Made a pretty damned good cup of strong coffee that needed some cream to quell the bitterness. It was good though.

But the moka pot remains a voodoo sort of thing that’s a mystery to throttle. Water temp is such a key parameter in tuning your extraction, and the moka makes that tough to accomplish, in my experience anyway. It's a kind of trial and error thing...set a low to medium heat and wait, see how long the coffee will flow before it bubbles. This cup this morning…i could feel my chest hair growing with the first sip, but I didn't get a full cup brewed before it started bubbling, which I think is a sign your water is now too hot.

By contrast, the aeropress is like the best of French press and pour-over cones. I use an electric kettle with a thermostat button for 195°F (91°C for canucks) and that makes some very predictable results. Then, I use the inverted method so my coffee steeps for as long as i want before dripping through.

With all that in mind, i want to find a compact way to make true espresso, which is pressurized steam extraction.

I’m glad we have recovered this true aspect of backcountry flying for lasting, meaningful discussion. Talking about mere airplanes gets boring…and I can't fly so let's make coffee.

"I'm not a coffee snob" and other lies I tell myself and you fine folks.

James Hoffman ( a YouTuber all non-coffee-snobs surely watch) has a technique for reducing mokka pot bitterness, basically use an aeropress filter and cool the pot right before the steam burble.

Metal aero press works fine, but the price. I mean I hear we all have the equivalent of a plastic spoon's worth of microparticles in our heads, what's another one?


This thing produces outstanding espresso shots

https://9barista.com/en-us

Expensive, takes a while to dial in, heavy enough to use as a weapon, requires consistent grind and heat profile, a pain to clean.

Pour over with a Hario v60 and an 1zpresso grinder. Super simple. Spend the money on the grinder, not the brewing device.

Try using the Aeropress Flow Control Cap

no need to do inverted method, same results without the danger of spilling

My Kickstarter steampunk espresso machine arrived this summer. All hail the mighty Coffeejack! This device is a beautifully crafted pressure chamber with planetary gears that pumps out the best backcountry espresso ever, rivalling the pro-sumer Profitec machine I have at home for consistent shots and perfect crema. But it's much more portable.

Zzz wrote:What's the threshold that makes a coffee snob, anyway?

Walking past the self-serve coffee at the 7-11 in the airline terminal so you can wait in line at Starbucks is the mark of a coffee snob.

Refusing to drink the pot of Folger's that's already made, pouring it down the sink, and making another pot with something that costs twice is much is a coffee snob.

Procuring an implement to make coffee in the backcountry does not make one a coffee snob! That might make one a coffee geek, though.

Anyone who thumbs their nose at someone else's efforts to brew their preferred java is in my opinion a coffee snob.

The $15 grinders work well to make espresso fines for a good moka pot, and drip grinds are good as well. The biggest variable is still the roast rather than the $150 delta in the grinder price. It's hard to make a bad cup of coffee with fresh home roasted beans. For the "pour over", I like the $4 cup top and a filter. I can't taste the difference at all from the newer classy pour overs, except the fancy ones tend to cool the coffee a bit more by the time they are done.