Coffee

[SOUNDBOUNDER]

Originally Posted by zeehag

i use a hand grinder for my espresso beans , i use 2-3 heaping tsp per cup and i boil my water and pour over a filter cone....i have been told i make the best coffee--and i have naybores who drop in for it------hand grinders are in , of all places, west marine!!!!!! go figger!! have fun with yours--there are more than one perfect cuppa coffee......everyone has an opinion and everyone enjoys different coffee----this is fun!! i had the krupps grinder and espresso maker, but it uses 78 amps per hour to create the perfect mocha, so i make my substitute and i enjoy it!!! i grind my beans espresso fine----maybe that is the clue--i donot know.......have fun!!!!

Camping stores sell them as well:

Campmor: Camp Coffee Accessories

[marinegirl405]

I know it's an old thread, but I wanted to share you can get Thermos Coffee Presses.

I don't drink "real" coffee, but my husband is an addict. We've used various presses, and replaced them as we've been dumb enough to lose some part of other overboard while cleaning.. (sometimes we are slow to learn our lesson).

Since you looking for something for a boat obviously avoid the glass presses; most of our past presses have been that unbreakable plastic stuff.

However our favorite press to date, and aboard 3 years so far, is from Starbucks: a stainless steel, insulated press - holds about a L (quart) of coffee, and has a rubber non-slip base too.

Me, I'll stick to my tea or instant coffee.

[hellosailor]

Campmor.com sells a variety of them. Stainless thermal, plastic, glass. Good folks to deal with.

[nobouffa]

Total Newbie to the forum, and to sailing. But I figured this is a subject I can chime in on.

I've been a coffee roaster for over 20 years now, and talking about coffee is like talking about wine, or at least it can be, and all comes down to personal preference.

But here are my tips for getting the most out of your coffee while sailing.

1. COFFEE - Buy whole beans. Grind them when you are going to use them and the flavor will be the same for months if kept in a cool dark place. If you have to grind ahead, just grind up enough for 1 week and keep in a sealed container in cool spot.

2. GRINDING - Get yourself a hand grinder. I swear by the MSI Outdoor hand grinder. I've been using it for years. Fits on top of wide mouth bottle and smaller containers. As far as how much to grind your coffee, experiment. Find out what works for you, one man's french press grind is another mans espresso grind.

3. BREWING - I favor the lexan French Press. But I also have a back up Pour Over for one cup (it's basically a funnel with screen). But whatever you do, please for your own sake, DO NOT use a Percolater. I know here the states that's the way most of us grew up. And yes it does make the place smell nice. But it's the worst thing you can do to coffee. You are are boiling it over and over and over again.

Well, that's what I have to say about coffee, for now.

Time for me to get back reading up on sailing and introduce myself.

[Mc51]

For most of my adult life I've drank coffee from a thermos. When I made my living on the Abrams tank we sometime went up to three days before I got a chance to make coffee. I have seen a few times when I had to put the MRE instant coffee between my cheek and gum. I find it is best to put the sugar in first and then the instant coffee. I have a three quart stainless steel thermos that will keep coffee hot for up to three days. Once your open it and break the vacuum seal it will start to cool. I bought a 12 volt drip coffee maker at a truck stop that works quite well. It makes 4 cups and doesn't knock the batteries down to much. The last thing I want to hear in the morning is the generator running.

[hellosailor]

Three days in a protected environment with power, and no chance to make coffee?? Don't tell me...that was while in battle.

I've got a couple of old style glass-walled vacuum thermos bottles, and when held side-by-side with the new stainless ones, they hold about half as much for the same size. Funny thing--they keep it much hotter, much longer, though.

I admit, I bought my first stainless one after someone dropped a duffle that had a glass thermos bottle in it (tinkle, tinkle) and I keep them for that same reason. But I've never found the steel ones to be quite as good for long term.

Three days...No wonder the B1 has a $12,000 crash-proof coffee pot on board! You guys need to get the air force model of the Abrams. Put enough thrust on it, and you know ANYthing can fly.(VBG)

[marinegirl405]

Thanks for the tip!

Originally Posted by nobouffa

2. GRINDING - Get yourself a hand grinder. I swear by the MSI Outdoor hand grinder. I've been using it for years. Fits on top of wide mouth bottle and smaller containers. As far as how much to grind your coffee, experiment. Find out what works for you, one man's french press grind is another mans espresso grind.

I tried to search for an MSI outdoor hand grinder but had no luck! Did you mean the GSI one? If so it looks good, but the only reveiw I found was not so good. :-( Here is that review - CoffeeGeek - JavaGRIND Hand Grinder - Joel Finkelstein's Review

I'm looking for a good/small/manual grinder - let me know what one you recommend (I know you can't post links for a while which complicates things)

Thanks for the tips

[mazzy]

I'm going to give this hand grinder a try.
Mike

[tojaso]

Originally Posted by Jeff_H

Coffee beans store better than ground coffee and so I used to have a little hand coffee grinder that worked very well.

Jeff, Where did you get your hand grinder? I am a "coffee junkie" long story, but quite interesting, and my wife and I live aboard, so we are trying to perfect the coffee thing. We use our french press an LOVE it, but have been looking for a quality hand grinder that doesn't cost a fortune.

[zeehag]

mine was /is plastic and west marine had them for 20 dollars in 2007....tj max has a nice looking wood drawer kind is wide at the base for inexpensive pricing...is the only way to do it..grinds like a pepper grinder not chopped....mine is tall and fits my hand well so grinding doesnt cause strain...lol----not at all like that one pictured--comes in 2 colors--white and black...i have only ever seen them there and i have been using mine or its predecessor since 1998--very easy to grind espresso fine grind with these!!.....without problems......have fun....