Coffee at Camp

Coffee at Camp
A hot coffee with breakfast is one of the best parts of camping and there are many different methods to brew your morning joe, ranging from good old instant to portable espresso equipment. Our current method is to use an Alocs hand grinder with a sea to summit X-brew. The Alocs hand grinder was the cheapest option I found and for our purposes works perfectly, as a bonus a cordless drill can be used in place of the hand crank if you just happen to leave a drill in your car boot.  The sea to summit X-brew was not our first coffee dripper, we first tried a snow peak collapsible coffee drip. The snow peak was in my opinion a pain to clean and transport (especially if you take it hiking in your pack) being metal and having wire legs that can pop out. The X-brew is much easier to clean and a soft silicone construction. I have not had any luck with the X-brews inbuild filter (removable for cleaning), it is a fine line between clogging when the coffee is too fine and allowing the coffee to pass much to quickly when the grind is too course. We instead use the X-brew with filter papers.

sea to summit X-brew

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