We've had lots of threads over the years about coffee and how best to make it in camp. I've always been on the sidelines of these discussions because I've overwhelmingly been a tea drinker all my life. I've traditionally found coffee to be either fairly weak and tasteless, or having a taste I don't like, or tasting and aftertasting like hydrochloric acid mixed with old motor oil (that's you, Starbucks).
Recently, however, my wife and I have discovered a coffee that I (and she) really like. It's Irving Farm coffee in Millerton, NY. We now travel there once a week for lunch and a coffee fix. Irving Farm also has six locations in New York City, and has been awarded best coffee in NYC by New York Magazine.
Coincidentally, Millerton, NY, is also the home of Harney & Sons Tea, which tops many tea rankings you can find on the internet.
I am now thinking of grinding and brewing coffee from Irving Farm beans. However, I've never done either in my entire life. I'm looking for suggestions for a grinding method (electric or manual?) and a brew method that is simple to use both at home, on road trips in the car or motel, and in a camp. In other words, some combination of devices that will grind and brew several cups of coffee and is reasonably portable.
Suggestions?
Recently, however, my wife and I have discovered a coffee that I (and she) really like. It's Irving Farm coffee in Millerton, NY. We now travel there once a week for lunch and a coffee fix. Irving Farm also has six locations in New York City, and has been awarded best coffee in NYC by New York Magazine.
Coincidentally, Millerton, NY, is also the home of Harney & Sons Tea, which tops many tea rankings you can find on the internet.
I am now thinking of grinding and brewing coffee from Irving Farm beans. However, I've never done either in my entire life. I'm looking for suggestions for a grinding method (electric or manual?) and a brew method that is simple to use both at home, on road trips in the car or motel, and in a camp. In other words, some combination of devices that will grind and brew several cups of coffee and is reasonably portable.
Suggestions?