Scroll down. 6.5lb. Fer crissakes, you're CAMPING. For that much weight, you could have a week of freeze-dried food. Toss in a bottle of Camp Coffee concentrate and call it done. It's good enough for the Gordon Highlanders and the Coldstream Guards, and it's bloody well good enough for ye, laddie, unless you're some kind o' limp-wristed nancy-boy.
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For SCA camping and especially Pennsic, it's not such a bad idea. Though I've long since settled for a kettle and a French Press for that.
Mind you there are those who'd say I was a "limp-wristed nancy-boy" and certainly I'm not up for much when I'm decaffeinated...
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(But in any case, I trust you understood it was meant as humor, not as a slur...)
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Bringing gourmet coffee and a French press camping is pretty nancy-boyish. Except when it's SCA camping then it's just one more necessity.
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I did get a Coleman/Mr. Coffee machine about 10 or so years ago when I used to do weekend camping with a large pagan group. However, it's so slow that two French presses and a largish kettle is a much more effective way to go.
At Pennsic we're divided quiet neatly between tea, coffee, and cold beverages. So the kettle and assorted pots is the way to go.
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I wonder what I'd do with my other five pounds.
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http://www.ems.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3665546
which is actually practical ;> esp for those freeze dried meals.
for efficiency, drop the food in the hot coffee - heh
though with the gourmet freeze dried food they have these days, that would be a waste
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(Your weight figure didn't include the separate fuel canisters.)
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I have a hard time reconciling those, or the fleece pants I use for skiing, with your coffee pot . . .
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http://www.amazon.com/Academy-Broadway-50070-Aluminum-Coffee/dp/B0017GZ934
although, I prefer to avoid the aluminum, and would personally get this:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp;jsessionid=50MR32MQAWATXLAQBBJCCONMCAEFGIWE?id=0006331510164a&type=product&cmCat=froogle&cm_ven=data_feed&cm_cat=froogle&cm_pla=1510203&cm_ite=0006331510164a&_requestid=150264
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The aluminum is ok but you should use the pot daily and not clean it but only rince it out. The oils will prevent a metallic taste. If however it's not going to be used for several days it should be cleaned or the oils give a nasty taste to the next few pots. After cleaning it will take a few uses to build up the oils again.
I like enameled pots. Stainless are fine too.
http://www.thefind.com/kitchen/info-enamelware-coffee-pot
Moka pot
You can get them in a lighter stainless variety. I've used the smallest one and it works fine. I've had several 'camp coffees' and will pack instant before I pack that.
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Camping, and even more, backpacking, give me the opportunity to get away from all the meaningless "conveniences" of normal life.
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right, camping, not hiking.
I think you're confusing camping (http://images.google.com/images?q=camping) (most of these images include roads and/or vehicles) and hiking (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=hiking) (most of these images include trails instead of roads, and far fewer vehicles).
For hiking, it would be stupid. That's not how it's being marketed.
Re: right, camping, not hiking.
Re: right, camping, not hiking.
(And on at least one occasion, I and my then girlfriend wound up running out to the trailhead (seven miles and over four thousand vertical feet), putting our packs in the car, then running back to the campsite, picking up the other two campers' backpacks, and packing their stuff out too, after they'd wimped out and "couldn't carry that another step". And we STILL beat them back to the trailhead.)