Let’s talk camp coffee.
We’ve gone old-school – dumping coffee into a pot, letting it boil over the campfire and waiting for the grounds to sink to the bottom. The result: gritty coffee.
We’ve prepared little coffee bags at home with our favorite grind and paper coffee filters. The result: Drinkable coffee, but usually weak.
We bought a cool little coffee press designed for camping. The result: Decent coffee, complicated preparation.
We’ve packed a tiny bottle of instant Folgers. The result: really bad coffee.
We’ve even gone without. The result: grouchy campers.
But the camp coffee dilemma has been solved, thanks to Starbucks and its VIA Ready Brew packets. This is instant coffee that actually tastes like really good coffee. It’s available in Starbucks stores and now can also be found at Costco, Target and WalMart. Twelve packets are $9.95.
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Agreed. I used those on my last backpacking excursion and it was great. An added bonus is that a couple little packets of Via is really light and takes up almost no room in the pack.
Rob,
I have used percolators and press pots. I have to say that I eschewed both for the new ‘instant’ coffees. Unfortunately the evil empire (statbucks via) is the best, IMO. I tried the java juice but the taste in bland and does not have the depth of flavor like the via. Besides, java juice is a liquid packet that could rupture and cause a mess. The press pots also require a bit of extra clean up so when packing I will go w/ the instants but when car camping I will stay w/ my Peets Major Dickenson, press pot, sugar and cream…