Ode to Camp Coffee

boy o boy

black coffee in a mug

yep, beans and water
good like my daughter

'cept that time I gave her a squeeze,
planted a kiss

on her little head
'cuz she pushed me back then said

No no papa, I don't want a hug

My Life is Thus.

It's the unimaginative who actually think a French press is the best way to brew coffee while camping - consumerist fools!  My world changed - rocked - when I found the Ortlieb coffee filter holder.  This baby lets me brew up a mug of coffee or two or three by simply heating up the water and pouring it over the grounds.  The filter holder, uh duh, holds a #4 conical filter right over the mug and makes the coffee drip style.

And what do I have to clean?  Nothing much.  Toss the dirty filter in the trash, rinse the mug.  Here's the cool part.  The Ortlieb filter holder folds flat.  Can you say that about a press or percolator?  It costs less than fifteen bucks, too.  I think it was eleven-ninety-nine.

What's up with those tent pegs, you ask? Not only do those stabilize the filter holder over your mug, but they also have this cool multi-function-adventure-camping-thing going for them.  Tent pegs: they'll hold your tent to the ground over night, and help make coffee in the morning.