Backcountry Coffee Cup

Serious about making a quality cup of coffee while camping or backpacking.

Backcountry coffee cup. Backcountry coffee for the ultralight backpacker. So this actually is a viable substitute to bringing coffee into the field. Coffee grounds are trash and we can t be adding trash to the pristine backcountry. Snow is cold and that cold sucks the heat out of fuel canisters causing most stoves to run slower.

But the reactor has a secret. Mike clelland the beautiful cup. Add in the custom press and this stove brings the heat for hot coffee fast. Or do you go with instant coffee packets and save yourself a bunch of weight and space.

Do you pack a bunch of extra gear just so you can enjoy a well brewed cup of coffee in the backcountry. And then of course there s coffee of the instant variety. The real selling point here has to be the portability. If some well meaning tent mate gets up early and offers to bring you coffee in bed do not let them.

You can make a great cup of coffee quickly and almost anywhere. It s the devil s choice. Non coffee drinkers cannot be trusted to make acceptable coffee. If however you re looking for something closer to what you re used to brewing at home you re in luck.

Two little pieces have about the same caffeine as one cup of coffee. Easy to carry in and even easier to make add it to a cup of hot water and voila it s gotten much better in the last few years especially if you re carrying alpine start packets. If you are like us and can t start your morning without a cup of coffee backpacking can present a real dilemma. Pour over coffee methods traditionally require a paper filter and brcc makes its own pre folded filters for this piece of equipment.

Coffee with a side of snow reactor stove system shovel blade. In the backcountry your coffee resources are limited to what you carry on your back. For me coffee is the 11th essential on any outdoor adventure. Cowboy and instant coffee aren t.

In testing the filters worked as expected providing smooth cups of coffee. As a result many people skimp on their coffee experience and take starbucks via packets or nescafe. The gsi outdoors ultralight java drip is simple easy to pack lightweight and consistently brews a fantastic cup of backcountry coffee. Are an alpinist mountaineer backcountry skier or snowshoer.

To be fair you can t beat the convenience of instant coffee but is it worth sacrificing the deliciousness of a gourmet cup of fresh coffee. You will be sadly disappointed and the entire day may founder in a miasma of negative drama.