Eamonn Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I do take my little French coffee press with me to camp. But it is little. I have been looking at the new Coleman Drip Coffee maker. It sells for a little under $40.00 and from looking at it. It seems to fit on top of a two burner stove. Has anyone tried using one? Eamonn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleInKY Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Eamonn, We have two of the drip coffee makers. The good news, they make good coffee. Just like what you drink at the office. The bad news: - They are very slow. It takes probably 10 minutes to get the first pot going. That's why we went back and bought a second. - If you get them too hot, they can melt. I had to take the pocketknife to one of them to cut the basket loose. Trying to get it to brew faster and got carried away. - They work best on coleman stoves. We usually just use the big camp chef stoves, and they don't work as well on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le Voyageur Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 If the size of your French coffee press is to small for use at a base camp, consider A16's 50oz monster.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoscout Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Here's the secret to great coffee on the trail.... Big Stove Bigger Stainless Steel Perculator Bigfoot to carry the load. foto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutldr Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 We have one of the Coleman units. Just a little disappointing. It is terribly slow. Once the coffee is made, you have to turn off the heat. The filter basket kept overflowing with paper filters, so we use either the filter pouch coffee, or a permanent wire mesh filter. It was a novelty at first, but we found that the large blue speckel-ware pot with some coffee pouches thrown in works just as well and is usually quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagleSM Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 we bought 'em, just as soon as they came out. dang ,they are slow. Watch Out!, you can melt 'em with too much heat! dont let them burn dry! but know what? they make Great Camp Coffee! (goodbye to "GBTQMaster", we dont need no more stinkin' WB coffee) kidding aside, we have found these a great product for the Old Goat Patrol, if used right. eSM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 We picked one of these up! I love the cups that come with them. Too bad Coleman doesn't sell them separately! Ed Mori Troop 1 1 Peter 4:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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