[pct-l] Instant coffee tastes awful?? Cowboy Coffee

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good evening, Monty,

The instant coffee that I have found to be less obnoxious than most is
Medaglia D'Oro Instant Espresso Coffee.  Note: I did not say "great", I said
"less obnoxious".  I dump it out of it's glass bottle and into one of the
little flat flask-type plastic bottles.  Flat seems to work better to
squeeze the stuff if it cakes over time.  My coffee standards are lower in
the mountains, and in the morning it is usually mixed with instant chocolate
anyway.

Most of the time, and specifically when I leave the stove behind, I enjoy a
few Coffee Nips coffee caramel candies.  They taste good, and will give me
the obligatory buzz to avoid a coffee headache.  Chemical substance abusers
come in many varieties, it seems.

Steel-Eye


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Monty Tam" <metam01@earthlink.net>
To: "pct list" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Instant coffee tastes awful?? Cowboy Coffee


> Thank you, everyone, for your help with this question.  So far even the
> coffee roasters themselves can't recommend a good tasting instant.  Even
> tasting like instant, it fits the hiking mode.
> Ground coffee?  I've also found that soaking good coffee (not Folgers or
> MJB type) overnight in my titanium pot makes great, smooth, and less
bitter
> coffee.  The grounds are sunk before I heat the coffee.
> >From the grinder to the post office to the hike and to the pot, my
coffee's
> been getting very stale.  Eventually tastes awful.  A few of the better
> small roasters foil pack a variety of Arabican beans in one pot portions
> (Somewhere near two ounces).  Two of those per restock?
> Deitrich's of L.A. and Alpen Sierra Coffee of South Tahoe (Right accross
> from Ziggy's Southshore Inn) are two I know of.
>
> Thank You
> I've narrowed it down to instant with a cringe
> or great tasting ground coffee with a mess and a little extra trash.
>
> Warner Springs Monty
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Bluce Ree <bluceree_superstar@yahoo.com>
> > To: Deems <losthiker@sisqtel.net>; pct <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> > Date: 11/24/2004 12:17:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Instant coffee tastes awful?? Cowboy Coffee
> >
> > Has anyone brought up the idea of cold brewed coffee.
> > It's awesome, amps you out, very smooth, concentrated
> > and can be warmed up with a little hot water or drink
> > it cold. Simply put a bunch of grinds in a water
> > bottle filled with water and let sit over night. Mix
> > concentrate with water equal parts when ready to
> > serve.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone had luck with soaking foods
> > ie beans, rice instead of cooking them. I'd like to
> > ditch my stove for this hike. Any ideas?
> >
> > aloha, Bluce
> >
> > --- Deems <losthiker@sisqtel.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm a coffee addict, and proud of it! I won't debate
> > > your need or lack of, but don't get in the way of my
> > > morning jumpstart brew!! I did the cowboy coffee
> > > brew for years. Boil the grounds, and drink what's
> > > left. This took a bit of stove fuel, and I couldn't
> > > make oatmeal with the coffee stew, and it never
> > > tasted as good as home brew. But, alas, I was
> > > caffeinated. I have also took along the one cup drip
> > > funnel, filters, and made each cup from tasty
> > > starbuckish grounds.  That too took a bit too much
> > > fuel again, fuel is pack weight, and the grounds and
> > > funnel were a bit heavy. We're talking ounces
> > > here...Now, my present experiment is taking Folgers
> > > coffee single bags, one per cup, two cups are
> > > required and the first cup gets one bag, and the
> > > second gets the first used bag and a second fresh
> > > bag. The second one is best! With my Pika alcohol
> > > stove system this has been working great. I wish I
> > > could make my own coffee brew bags from bean grind,
> > > but this keeps me trail ready, my coffee monkey
> > > happy, and I'm awake. I'm not sure what instant
> > > coffee is good for, except better'n noth'n; and
> > > whoever invented or offers me decaffeinated coffee
> > > is beyond redemption and unwelcome in my campsite!!
> > > I also have an evening brew after each dusty trail
> > > day using 151 rum and my secret citrus mix, but
> > > that's another story...Hikon!!
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