coffee

January 23, 2014 By Chas Bruce

Snow Peak Coffee Latte Set

Snow Peak Coffee Set — Snow Peak Coffee Latte Set

Get your morning Joe in style with this Snow Peak Titanium Set.

Here’s how it went for us:

Boil up some water in the Ti French Press, or in a separate container.
Toss 3 oz of course ground coffee into the French Press.
Stir in the hot water and put the lid on.
While waiting about 3-4 minutes for coffee to steep, take the shorter Ti Foamer and fill about 1/3 full with milk.
Heat over flame, looking for about 160 degrees, or just when the side gets uncomfortable to the touch.
Slowly push the knob down on the French Press, set aside.
Take the hot milk, put the lid in place and pump the white knob up and down about twenty or so times.
Now pour about 8 oz of coffee from the press into your double walled Ti Mug.
Top with the hot foamy milk from the Foamer.

Voila! Perfect morning Latte! Delicious. Maybe not a full bodied espresso, but just perfect for an eye opener when we roll out of the tent in the AM.

Titanium Cafe Press and Titanium Milk Foamer come in a sleek black nylon carrying case. Weighs 13 oz total. Makes 3 cups of coffee.

Snow Peak Coffee Cup — Snow Peak Titanium Coffee Mug

Don’t forget your 14 oz (volume) Titanium 450 Coffee Mug (4.2 oz weight). The double-walled construction keeps your drinks warm longer. Get the matching insulated lid for sipping and slosh proofing. Another $55.

$110 the set

May 6, 2013 By Chas Bruce

Coava Stainless Steel Coffee Cone

This handsome stainless Steel Filter is designed for use in Chemex and other pour-over style coffee makers. You won’t be using a new paper filter every day.

We tried this and have to agree that it provides richer flavor than paper filters. Since the perfectly sized mesh allows more of the essential coffee oils to percolate to your cup, this really can have the deep flavor of a french press.

$80

January 24, 2013 By Chas Bruce

Minibru Coffee Mug

Maybe a open-topped glass mug is not the ideal traveling mug. But if you’re armchair voyaging this could be the perfect quick single-cup French Press Coffee.

The minibru system is quite simple. Fill your cup with coarsely ground coffee to the lower fill line, then pour in hot water to the upper fill line. After 2-3 minutes, insert the filter cylinder and press down slowly until your brew is completely filtered. Then enjoy your freshly brewed cup of joe!

Clean-up is just as easy: remove the filter cylinder, separate out the gasket and rinse ’em off. The mug itself is glass, so you can put it in your dishwasher.

Capacity: 12 ounces. Materials: Glass mug, plastic plunger, silicone gasket.

$25

January 19, 2013 By Chas Bruce

Snow Peak Kanpai Bottle 500 Commuter/Coffee Mug

The Kanpai Bottle provides 3 lids to cover all your liquid needs — hot, cold or just plain drinking water.

This simple straight-sided stainless steel, vacuum sealed double walled container can keep liquids hot for more than 5 hours. The 500 ml (18 oz.) bottle snugly fits a 16 oz beverage holder though taller so it contains a full 18 oz., even with the insulating layers.12.5 oz. empty, 3″ diameter by 8 1/2:” tall.

The hot and cold lids can leak slightly if not held upright. For tossing in the bag use the plain screw-on lid.

$80

July 11, 2012 By Chas Bruce

Portaspresso Rossa Hand Espresso Maker

The Portaspresso is a finely machined, precision tool for making espresso by hand. Anywhere you can make boiling water you can make the highest quality espresso.

The unit is machined out of solid brass. A threaded turn screw provides the 14 bar of pressure you need to make true espresso. Fresh ground coffee is loaded into the bottom chamber. The turn screw is turned all the way out and inverted and loaded with boiling water. The bottom chamber is screwed on and the entire unit inverted over your espresso cup. A number of turns later you have perfect crema covered espresso in your cup. A matching grinder is also available.

$400

July 10, 2012 By Chas Bruce

Nau “cafe lux kit” Breakfast Set

Nau’s limited edition, luxe brunch kit is for those who don’t skimp in the outdoors.

Ultra-lightweight titanium French press, milk foamer and stacking mug serve up a hot cup of Stumptown’s organic, direct trade coffee, while a natural wood chopping board unfolds to reveal a stowable, Japanese-crafted, stainless steel knife.

$125

July 9, 2012 By Chas Bruce

Handpresso Portable Espresso System

Have your espresso in the backcountry with this system that incorporates a very bicycle-like pump to provide 16-bar of pressure, combined with ESE pods to make your perfect Camp Espresso.

Boil a little water, pump it up (about 40-50 pumps), load the ESE pod with your favorite bean, and voila, your fireside jolt!

$135