coffee coffee

[Westinghouse]

My bicycle tours were long and intense. For example, 54 days from southeast coastal Florida to San Diego, California, with only 44 days of actual cycling. The other ten were full rest days in motels. I got 35 miles on short days, and from 60 to 130 miles on good days, usually about 65. Mornings I was rootin tootin ready to go. There was little time for coffee. Coffee in restaurants, yes. Canned energy coffee in stores, yes. Starbucks only occasionally or hardly ever. There does not come to memory a tour where I carried and brewed coffee, myself. There is good hot coffee in McDonald's. What a variety of beverages there are that are called coffee. In one place they served ice coffee. They sweetened it. It was like pancake syrup sweet. It would spike blood sugar levels and jam the pancreas into discharge mode.

Some towns on the pacific coast bicycle route had coffee cafes. That is where you will find the richest, most delicious shot of caffeine. If you feed your addiction, do it right. East coastal Italy had fine coffee shops with the best cappuccino in the world. The coffee they brewed in Ukraine is a close second.

[ray b]

Coffee? Who needs coffee?? 
A nice bottle of night-chilled water is the ticket.

Physiologically it's true. A few minutes on the bike gets the adrenaline levels up and coffee has little if any additional effect. On tours ,I drink the coffee more for ritual and taste.

[Galloper]

I recently bought a Hario 01 dripper.   It's small, lightweight and makes very good coffee.   The weight penalty is slightly increased by paper filters but well worth it.   No need for a carafe, it sits on top of a mug.   Well worth a look.

[OHRider]

My standard is two straws of Starbucks instant in a 12 oz mug every morning.  Seems to get me thru the day although if I stop at a restaurant I get coffee as well if it is in the morning.

[driftlessregion]

The Bodun 15 oz travel press plastic mug weighs only 9 oz. Makes good coffee especially for the light weight.

[Westinghouse]

The Bodun 15 oz travel press plastic mug weighs only 9 oz. Makes good coffee especially for the light weight.

It must be one hell of a device. I saw a man in a campground on the pacific coast route. He had a small espresso coffee brewer. He heated and drank at the table. Later I saw him in a coffee shop, and again in a food store, and again later on. He was cycling the coastal route. I love good rich delicious coffee. Though I would not carry a brewer, it is easy to understand why others would.

[BikeliciousBabe]

The Bodun 15 oz travel press plastic mug weighs only 9 oz. Makes good coffee especially for the light weight.

And keeps it hot for a good while. I don't leave home without mine.

[Ty0604]

I started off using the French press attachment to my JetBoil but it’s a mess to clean up, harder when dispersed camping without a water supply. I usually eat oats for breakfast while on tour, which means having to make one or the other first and not both at the same time. I settled with instant coffee packets. It’s not the best but with enough creamer it’s fine. I usually got for convenience over taste etc.

Occasionally I’ll stop by a restaurant or gas station and grab another cup of cheap coffee if my camp coffee didn’t suffice.

[David W Pratt]

If you want to carry cream with you, Mr. Canalagator, get the little, single serving plastic cups some restaurants use.  Yo have to carry the empties, but those weigh very little.  They keep without refrigeration.  I drink my coffee back, but I've used the coffee creamers to enrich couscous.

[canalligators]

If you want to carry cream with you, Mr. Canalagator, get the little, single serving plastic cups some restaurants use.  Yo have to carry the empties, but those weigh very little.  They keep without refrigeration.  I drink my coffee back, but I've used the coffee creamers to enrich couscous.

Years ago I looked for them, and other single-serve items like mayo, with little success.  Few merchants carried these things, and those who did had them in far larger quantities than I cared to buy, e.g. boxes of a hundreds, or a thousand mayo packets.  On a quick look, it seems that situation hasn’t changed.  If I could buy twenty or thirty, I would go that route.

[HikeBikeCook]

Asking a server for a few extra creamers or mayo each time you do order out is a good way to build up a few days supply. At a gas station or C-Store that sells coffee and uses those creamers a few $$ tip to the attendant would probably get you a small bag full.

[froze]

I looked at several travel coffee makers but after taking an AeroPress on a ride I found out it was too bulky, it took up too much space, not to mention the weight, which isn't horrible but any extra weight you can eliminate makes it a bit easier to ride.  So I decided to go with the GSI Outdoors Ultralight Java Drip pour over maker, this thing weighs next to nothing and takes up very little space, but more importantly, it makes a decent cup of coffee, it's not espresso, but it's better than drip makers or instant coffee.

I drink my coffee black so no need for carrying creamers or sugar.

I love the taste of coffee a lot, and the stronger the taste the better, but I don't drink a lot of it, I only have a half a cup with breakfast, and that's it for the entire day. 

[Westinghouse]

Somewhere they sell coffee in small bags the same way they sell teabags. That way all you have to do is heat the water and dip the bag in the water.

[Iowagriz]

Check out Black Mountain Coffee. Approx 5 blocks east of Adventure Cycling HQ in Missoula.

On my last tour, several coffee addicted buddies bought their single packs and said they were much better then the Starbucks singles. Spendy little suckers, but good.

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[froze]

I just pre grind my coffee beans the amount I need for the time I'll be gone and do it right before I go, put it in a ziplock bag, and pack it.