Re: [RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
Hi Chris, I like it! Why choose? Just use both. I think a Helix collapsible cone purchase from OAC is imminent. Thanks, ~Hugh Los Angeles, CA On Nov 27, 2014 7:26 PM, Pondero cj.spin...@gmail.com wrote: Hugh, I have the larger Porlex grinder and it works very well for me. I alternate between the aeropress and a collapsible cone because I enjoy the results of each and like to vary the process and the taste. Chris Johnson Sanger, Texas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/xtaxawbLdwo/unsubscribe . To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
I find the AeroPress superb for bicycle/travel coffee. All of the pour overs I've tried don't keep the coffee hot enough for in the field use. I do wish the AeroPress came in a non-plastic version, but I honestly can't taste even a hint of plastic and the tiny paper filters are great and tasteless if rinsed first. Scott in Tucson On Sunday, November 23, 2014 5:16:07 PM UTC-7, David Banzer wrote: Roger, I've used the Helix dripper and was slightly disappointed. The design leaves the tip of the cone pretty far into a mug, if you're making it directly into it, moreso than a similar Hario dripper with the same style filters. It really needs a separate pot to be made into, then poured into a mug, defeating the minimalist coffee kit. If you're ok making coffee half a mug at a time, it would work, or if you bring a taller mug than the typical camping mug. While not collapsible, this looks interesting: http://www.amazon.com/Hario-Paperless-Dripper-Stainless-CFOD-02/dp/B0040VIN18 - built in metal filter, looks like some contact with plastic though. Currently, I'm happy with the AeroPress, but I've been on an espresso kick lately, and it makes a reasonably close version of a true espresso. Agree about beans being of the most important if you're after good coffee flavor, and a small hand grinder would be essential. David Chicago On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:38:05 AM UTC-8, Roger wrote: As a continuation of this last winter/spring's thread Yet more travel *coffee* questions! https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/coffee/rbw-owners-bunch/lGetc-8p6XI/ab4n60B2PwAJ, it seems the Helix Coffee Dripper http://store.oceanaircycles.com/products/helix-coffee-dripper sold by Ocean Air and others is coming onto the scene. Do any of us here have much experience with it that they could share? For myself, I don't put paper or plastic into the path of my hot coffee, so it would take a metal travel filter to make this filter holder happen, but maybe that's available ... or tinker-able (!) Still, except for the paper, I'm very intrigued by this elegant solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
Hugh, I have the larger Porlex grinder and it works very well for me. I alternate between the aeropress and a collapsible cone because I enjoy the results of each and like to vary the process and the taste. Chris Johnson Sanger, Texas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
Been on a coffee hiatus but the aromatic roasted beans have pulled me back in! So I've been putting together a travel coffee setup of late. 1. Got the Aeropress. 2. Good beans, but wouldn't mind some of Keven's Under Waterroast. 3. Kettle Stove. The last piece of the kit...I was thinking about a portable grinder. Any suggestions? I was thinking of this one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/281507380966?lpid=82 lastly, I can see where the benefits of a collapsible pour over system would be easier to transport. Damn if the Aeropress doesn't make a fine cup o' Joe. ~Hugh Los Angeles, CA On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:38:05 AM UTC-8, Roger wrote: As a continuation of this last winter/spring's thread Yet more travel coffee questions!, it seems the Helix Coffee Dripper sold by Ocean Air and others is coming onto the scene. Do any of us here have much experience with it that they could share? For myself, I don't put paper or plastic into the path of my hot coffee, so it would take a metal travel filter to make this filter holder happen, but maybe that's available ... or tinker-able (!) Still, except for the paper, I'm very intrigued by this elegant solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
That is the grinder to have, IMO. Fits (mostly) inside the Aeropress plunger. Good grind quality. Dan On Nov 26, 2014, at 9:45 PM, hsmitham hughsmit...@gmail.com wrote: Been on a coffee hiatus but the aromatic roasted beans have pulled me back in! So I've been putting together a travel coffee setup of late. 1. Got the Aeropress. 2. Good beans, but wouldn't mind some of Keven's Under Waterroast. 3. Kettle Stove. The last piece of the kit...I was thinking about a portable grinder. Any suggestions? I was thinking of this one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/281507380966?lpid=82 lastly, I can see where the benefits of a collapsible pour over system would be easier to transport. Damn if the Aeropress doesn't make a fine cup o' Joe. ~Hugh Los Angeles, CA On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:38:05 AM UTC-8, Roger wrote: As a continuation of this last winter/spring's thread Yet more travel coffee questions!, it seems the Helix Coffee Dripper sold by Ocean Air and others is coming onto the scene. Do any of us here have much experience with it that they could share? For myself, I don't put paper or plastic into the path of my hot coffee, so it would take a metal travel filter to make this filter holder happen, but maybe that's available ... or tinker-able (!) Still, except for the paper, I'm very intrigued by this elegant solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
The best of the Bodum mug/press options is the swankiest one: Stainless steel and insulated. I can keep nearly a pint of coffee hot for several hours in one. Take a small grinder with me, too. And they fit in typical handlebar cupholders, like the SOMA ones (that originally came with the OXO plastic mug with the lock-close sippy thing, which also has a stainless insulated version). Hot, freshly brewed coffee as you ride! The one drawback with the Bodum press is that the rod isn't as long as in their home presses, relative to the height of the vessel. Unlike a home press, you really have to pack a bunch of grounds in; otherwise the filter bottoms out before it contacts the beans, and there's a sloshy mess at the bottom. I should really unthread the rod from the assorted plastic bits, and see if I can get a machine shop to thread me a few rods an inch or so longer. Peter Adler who regularly irritates the counter kids at several Peets outlets in Berkeley, CA/USA On Monday, November 24, 2014 4:36:19 AM UTC-8, Marc Irwin wrote: That looks interesting, but I have used a Bodun travel mug with a built in coffee press. No filters,fits in a bottle cage, makes a great cup of coffee and it came in a color that matches the orange on my Hunq (priorities you know). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
That looks interesting, but I have used a Bodun travel mug with a built in coffee press. No filters,fits in a bottle cage, makes a great cup of coffee and it came in a color that matches the orange on my Hunq (priorities you know). On Sunday, November 23, 2014 12:38:05 PM UTC-5, Roger wrote: As a continuation of this last winter/spring's thread Yet more travel *coffee* questions! https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/coffee/rbw-owners-bunch/lGetc-8p6XI/ab4n60B2PwAJ, it seems the Helix Coffee Dripper http://store.oceanaircycles.com/products/helix-coffee-dripper sold by Ocean Air and others is coming onto the scene. Do any of us here have much experience with it that they could share? For myself, I don't put paper or plastic into the path of my hot coffee, so it would take a metal travel filter to make this filter holder happen, but maybe that's available ... or tinker-able (!) Still, except for the paper, I'm very intrigued by this elegant solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
Bialetti Moka Pot , there is no other way :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
If you look in the foreground of the photo that Jim linked, my re-usable filter is sitting in a pot, next to a water bottle. It's from REI, and is a mesh material with 3 legs that fold flat for storage. Only used a couple of times but makes a decent cup of coffee. The entire thing is made out of plasticky bits but seems rugged enough. Won't last as long as the Helix but no separate filter required. The key to good coffee is starting with good beans. Esteban ground his beans right there while I brought grind from home. But nothing beats Manny's aeropress coffee he was serving at the Entmoot. Beans ground on site, then immediately into the press. Great stuff! dougP On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:38:05 AM UTC-8, Roger wrote: As a continuation of this last winter/spring's thread Yet more travel *coffee* questions! https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/coffee/rbw-owners-bunch/lGetc-8p6XI/ab4n60B2PwAJ, it seems the Helix Coffee Dripper http://store.oceanaircycles.com/products/helix-coffee-dripper sold by Ocean Air and others is coming onto the scene. Do any of us here have much experience with it that they could share? For myself, I don't put paper or plastic into the path of my hot coffee, so it would take a metal travel filter to make this filter holder happen, but maybe that's available ... or tinker-able (!) Still, except for the paper, I'm very intrigued by this elegant solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
I only have one concern: heat. This might be fun in California but making camp coffee when it's freezing, these might be a bit too minimal. They are elegant though! On Nov 23, 2014 10:25 AM, dougP dougpn...@cox.net wrote: If you look in the foreground of the photo that Jim linked, my re-usable filter is sitting in a pot, next to a water bottle. It's from REI, and is a mesh material with 3 legs that fold flat for storage. Only used a couple of times but makes a decent cup of coffee. The entire thing is made out of plasticky bits but seems rugged enough. Won't last as long as the Helix but no separate filter required. The key to good coffee is starting with good beans. Esteban ground his beans right there while I brought grind from home. But nothing beats Manny's aeropress coffee he was serving at the Entmoot. Beans ground on site, then immediately into the press. Great stuff! dougP On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:38:05 AM UTC-8, Roger wrote: As a continuation of this last winter/spring's thread Yet more travel *coffee* questions! https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/coffee/rbw-owners-bunch/lGetc-8p6XI/ab4n60B2PwAJ, it seems the Helix Coffee Dripper http://store.oceanaircycles.com/products/helix-coffee-dripper sold by Ocean Air and others is coming onto the scene. Do any of us here have much experience with it that they could share? For myself, I don't put paper or plastic into the path of my hot coffee, so it would take a metal travel filter to make this filter holder happen, but maybe that's available ... or tinker-able (!) Still, except for the paper, I'm very intrigued by this elegant solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Yet _even more_ travel coffee questions!
Roger, I've used the Helix dripper and was slightly disappointed. The design leaves the tip of the cone pretty far into a mug, if you're making it directly into it, moreso than a similar Hario dripper with the same style filters. It really needs a separate pot to be made into, then poured into a mug, defeating the minimalist coffee kit. If you're ok making coffee half a mug at a time, it would work, or if you bring a taller mug than the typical camping mug. While not collapsible, this looks interesting: http://www.amazon.com/Hario-Paperless-Dripper-Stainless-CFOD-02/dp/B0040VIN18 - built in metal filter, looks like some contact with plastic though. Currently, I'm happy with the AeroPress, but I've been on an espresso kick lately, and it makes a reasonably close version of a true espresso. Agree about beans being of the most important if you're after good coffee flavor, and a small hand grinder would be essential. David Chicago On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:38:05 AM UTC-8, Roger wrote: As a continuation of this last winter/spring's thread Yet more travel *coffee* questions! https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/coffee/rbw-owners-bunch/lGetc-8p6XI/ab4n60B2PwAJ, it seems the Helix Coffee Dripper http://store.oceanaircycles.com/products/helix-coffee-dripper sold by Ocean Air and others is coming onto the scene. Do any of us here have much experience with it that they could share? For myself, I don't put paper or plastic into the path of my hot coffee, so it would take a metal travel filter to make this filter holder happen, but maybe that's available ... or tinker-able (!) Still, except for the paper, I'm very intrigued by this elegant solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
