I have tried a couple things. On bicycle tours I have often just done without unless there was some place to buy coffee. That often meant that I might not get my coffee until after I had 30 miles in and some days not at all.
In the backcountry I have used:
- An old aluminum 4 cup percolator It was "borrowed" from one in our group's grandmother. I still have it these 50 years or so later. I am sure Gram Rodrick has been dead for decades so I guess it is officially mine now. It worked fine, but I have not used it in decades. I am not sure if I still have the "guts" for it so it may no longer be a percolator. FWIW, a SVEA 123 fits nicely with a piece of 1/2 foam pad wrapped around it.
- The guts from a glass press that happened to fit a ti cup. Worked okay, but made less coffee than I wanted.
- Starbucks Via instant - I am a Starbuck hater, but Via isn't bad.
- Folgers instant -Tasted terrible, big mistake.
- Abstinence from coffee - I was surprised that I managed okay without. I kind of did it as an experiment to see if I was physically addicted to caffeine of just loved my coffee. Turns out I am not physically addicted.
I like the sound of liquid coffee, sounds really easy to deal with. I don't mind cold coffee too much so when I didn't feel like firing up a stove or fire it would be nice. If you take sugar in your coffee, you could probably presweeten it
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The Snowpeak press looks nice, but kind of spendy. It holds 24 ounces and only weighs 6.3 ounces.
I have considered taking a drip setup. I don't see any reason it wouldn't be fine, but I have not used one in camp.
As someone who likes, but doesn't absolutely need cream in my coffee I found that Nido is a good substitute. It isn't a match for half and half, but it is powdered whole milk and quite good. It keeps forever until you open the can and for a long time even after that. It does all of the sudden get clumpy and not dissolve at some point after having been opened. I think high humidity shortens the after opening shelf life, but it typically keeps WAY longer than any trip I am likely to go on. At home I have had a previously opened container last a year or more..
