Coffee In The Truck

Reposting this from another thread. (stay away from 12volt coffee makers that look like mini "Mr Coffee" or automatic Drip Coffee makers. They don't get water hot enough so the coffee is weak and they take FOREVER. My 4-cup maker took 45 minutes to make light brown water.)

MAKE COFFEE IN TRUCK

I stumbled across this item on YouTube. It allows you to use K-Cups without the home K_Cup coffee maker. All you need is hot water, K-Cup, and this Presto MyJo.
http://www.amazon.com/Presto-02835-Single-Coffee-Maker/dp/B00HIXSAXQ

The Presto MyJo is also available at many Walmarts, not in the coffee maker section, but in the camping section. I found mine next to the Coleman camping stoves. About $12. It comes with a reusable K-Cup so you can use ground coffee instead of expensive K-Cups. You can use a microwave or even a 12 volt immersion heater to make hot water, then pour and press to make fresh coffee..

Another option is Stanley Mountain Vacuum Coffee System
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Mountain-Vacuum-Stainless-1-1-Quart/dp/B00MCEVMT0
This is essentially a thermos-sized french press. Dump in coffee grounds, pour in hot water, insert filter sleeve, wait, then remove the grounds. Presto, you have a thermos of hot coffee.

GSI, a company that makes tons of camping items, also has several items for making coffee in the truck. They range from commuter cup-sized french presses to essentially a nylon cloth filter that mounts on a coffee cup to brew one cup, or a larger item tha mounts into thermos bottle mouth to make a thermos of coffee.

Just search around YouTube for "camping coffee".

 

When I was a dish washer in an up scale restaurant part of my job was to make coffee when we were running low. I don't remember the formula but I would take like 10 pounds of coffee and put in cheesecloth then tie it off. Then it went into a giant pot then water poured in. Don't know how long it sat.

When it was done it was like a thick syrup juice. When someone wanted a coffee the waitress would use a baby spoon full of the stuff and hot water. Everyone was always amazed with their coffee.

 

I have a small single burner stove with a propane cylinder. Its legal. I bought a small coffee pot that perks the coffee and a Thermos. Takes ten mins. Once its done I pour it in the Thermos and then add cream and sugar ( or however you take it) to my coffee mug and pour it in the mug. Now you have a hot thermos full off coffee for hours. Real cheap too. Plus the exact coffee brand you desire from whatever store. One pound ground bag lasts at least a week.

 

Before my last truck thatt didn't have an inverter I used to just pre heat my Stanley thermos then re fill it from the hot water spigot in front of the coffee pot. In the morning it would still be plenty hot enough to make coffee.
I used a maleta cone filter holder it just sits on top of your cup, put in some grounds add the the hot water over the grounds and wala fresh cup a Joe. And it's true the liter the bean the more the cafine.
The more they roast the the bean the more caffeine is burned off.

 

Was looking for good coffee options for in the truck too. I like the instant coffee options just for pure ease of clean up but not fond of the different flavor it has but I am sure I will get use to it soon. I have tried a French Press at another job but not sure I would like it in a truck setting. I might need to investigate the cold brew option, sounds interesting.

 

At that type of ridiculous wattage limitation your stuck with the 12v coffee makers like the road pro. Not sure how hot those things get though, I say get a descent inverter (big enough, but not insane) and rip the label off. In any case me being the coffee snob I am I say go with a hot pot to heat your own water and a French press. Better than auto drip and since it steeps instead of a moment through the coffee you'll get a better cup.

 

what the ???? who drinks coffee?

 

Only a few of us. We're weird!

 

i was very young and my dad introduced me to coffee, the kind with chickory in it, yea that turned me away for good right there

 

I first came across cold brewed coffee in Seoul in the 1990'sleeper at a boutique coffee shop in the Hyatt. All I wanted was a cup of coffee, right? Talk about sticker shock. The cheapest cup was almost $20! The most expensive was about $70... for a CUP!

Needless to say I walked out. Didn't have a clue. Later I learned they modeled the business on Japanese coffee shops that specialize in cold brewed coffee, taking a day to do a cup with a slow drip method.

Fast forward to a few months ago I read an article talking about the health benefits and the fact that it results in a more chocolaty and nutty flavor without the acids. Soon I started experimenting with my coffee press and realized I needed to back off from the dark roast to medium or blonde, go to a finer grind (drip grind), and add a paper filter.

No more acid stomach.