Really really really important - COFFEE!

rexboggs5 · Senior Member

Really really really important - COFFEE!

signwilson · Senior Member

we use a plunger coffee machine or a stove top expresso maker both are quite good

KFT · Guru

We have been using an "Atomic" cappuccino maker for around 5 years now and it makes great coffee.

There is a more modern derivation of the stovetop machine though, have a look at this one: dibartoli.com.au/bellman-cx25p-stainless-steel-stovetop-with-gauge/

use it on gas or electric stove and the price looks good too

frank

Muzzlehatch · Senior Member

Bialetti Venus 2 Cup Stainless Steel Espresso Maker are great looking and easy to keep clean about 50 bucks. The Avanti one works just the same but being aulminium gets pitted after, like, for ever but at 10 bucks odd. Meh?

Also one of these are very handy. About 3 litres stainless. You can "swing" one - hey does any one still swing a billy? The spout makes them very safe and handy for filling hot water bottles etc. About 30 bucks.

-- Edited by Muzzlehatch on Sunday 30th of August 2015 08:16:14 PM

Dougwe · Chief one feather

You could always use a Inverter but would need a minimum 1500w job and good battery power.

I'm not a coffee drinker but know heaps out there are and know a few with the Inverter.

Keep Safe out there and your coffee.

KFT · Guru

Hey Doug, do you really expect us to believe you don't enjoy a cup of coffee even now and then?

I know, I know

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NeilandRaine · Guru

Nescafe Instant

Dougwe · Chief one feather

KFT wrote:
Hey Doug, do you really expect us to believe you don't enjoy a cup of coffee even now and then?

I know, I know

Nope, never. Don't like coffee.

Sorry Rex, KFC made me do it.

sunilshashi · Member

We use a stovetop machine. Works off the heat of the stove top. It is a Baccarat stainless steel from House. Was on special for $20.

Hey Jim · Guru

A total tea toteler then Doug,

Not what you told us. confuse confuse confuse confuse

Your lost, Not ours. biggrin

Jim

Philw · Senior Member

We buy beans, and grind enough for about a week and store in the fridge. The grinder is a little 240 volt machine, large coffee mug size, which we plug in when on power or through an inverter. Then simply use a stove top perculator. Remember folks. Coffee, along with chocolate is a core food. And no, Nescafe is not...real... coffee. Though the good wife is in love with George Clooney and he drinks Nescafe. A man of poor taste. For the coffee.....

Pete49 · Senior Member

Coleman has a propane powered drip filter coffee machine. I'm happier with my stove top percolator an the lunchbox cooker :)

Pete

dishlicker · Senior Member

You may wish to purchase a small generator then you will have coffee 24/7 i posted about them the other day opened a can of worms

WobblyNut · Senior Member

Nescafe & GLORIA Jeans.

kiwijims · Guru

WobblyNut wrote:
Nescafe & GLORIA Jeans.

That probably explains why the Better Half won't have Coffee in the Van,

Can't stand the smell of it and if Nescafe was stored in GLORIA'S JEANS, I can understand that !! wink wink wink

K.J.

hako · Guru

If you prefer espresso coffee brewed in a coffee machine then the other alternatives - percolators, drip machines, french presses and any stovetop device will never give as good a cup of coffee.
We've tried them all and the coffee machine with ground coffee beans cannot be equalled. Of course that's only in our opinion.
Good Luck.

Olley46 · Guru

Forget your coffee, don't worry about 240 volt ,get your caffeine hit with a nice cold bottle of coca cola this will mend a broken leg ,ahhh great stuff.

Lance C

KFT · Guru

hako wrote:
If you prefer espresso coffee brewed in a coffee machine then the other alternatives - percolators, drip machines, french presses and any stovetop device will never give as good a cup of coffee.
We've tried them all and the coffee machine with ground coffee beans cannot be equalled. Of course that's only in our opinion.
Good Luck.

Exactly

and that is why we use the Atomic cappuccino maker, espresso and steamed milk

yummo

done dreaming · Senior Member

I turn on the gennie as my better half is a coffee tragic.

aussie_paul · Guru

done dreaming wrote:
I turn on the gennie as my better half is a coffee tragic.

Our choice also. biggrin

Aussie Paul. smile

Cupie · Guru

We are fortunate in that our coffee tastes run to Moccona Indulgence. So instant is the go for us.

For my part I prefer Tea.

Yes I swing the billy when making tea over the open fire.

I also -

-tap the outside of the billy,

-put a stick across the top while boiling it

- drop in a small handful of leaves just as the water is coming to the boil.

-use no sugar or milk in billy tea.

- honey in Chai is a must

- 1/2 Litre of green ITOEN (Sencha & Matcha) tea with breakfast is hard to beat.

No need for fancy coffee for me but I do love a double shot of expresso in a small cup with sugar & a Dutch triple salt licorice after a good meal.

-- Edited by Cupie on Monday 31st of August 2015 12:14:39 PM

Muzzlehatch · Senior Member

Cupie wrote:
<snip>
Yes I swing the billy when making tea over the open fire.
I also -
-tap the outside of the billy,
-put a stick across the top while boiling it
- drop in a small handful of leaves just as the water is coming to the boil.
<snip>

I was out bush with a buncha city boys and went to "swing a billy" and they all freaked out. Dunno what they teach those guys at University.

Those other three things you mention though - what is that about ?

Suzi_Q · Member

Hi Frank, KFT,
Thanks for the Tip. Hubby keeps complaining every time we go away that we don't have, or forgot the blasted coffee machine. Its to darn big for the Van so have just ordered the DiBartolli stove top one to give him for fathers day. Thrilled.!!

WobblyNut · Senior Member

ahh but KJ .

as JFK once said . "You are not a real sailor , until you can brush your teeth

4foot from somebody taking a dump" . Yep . "no muff too tuff"

& as a bloke we used to know sang about . "ya can't drink crook coffee"

Cupie · Guru

Muzzlehatch wrote:
Cupie wrote:
<snip>
Yes I swing the billy when making tea over the open fire.
I also -
-tap the outside of the billy,
-put a stick across the top while boiling it
- drop in a small handful of leaves just as the water is coming to the boil.
<snip>
I was out bush with a buncha city boys and went to "swing a billy" and they all freaked out. Dunno what they teach those guys at University.
Those other three things you mention though - what is that about ?

Tapping the side of the billy is supposed to make the leaves settle to the bottom ... Try it.

The stick across the top is supposed to stop it boiling over. Not too sure about this though. Let me know how you go.

I reckon a good billy of tea on the camp fire is made by bringing the billy to the boil & then dropping the half handful of tea leaves in and with the stick across the top letting it 'stew' for a minute or so on the side of the fire.

JonJo · Member

Choice just did a review on portable espresso makers - this one came out OK - works off 12v
www.lavazza.com.au/au/at-home/espresso-cappuccino/amodomio/machine/espressgo/

Bruce and Bev · Guru

Gloria wears her jeans super tight, so you wont get coffee in them lol

When I pass through any town on city - Im on the lookout for McCafe. In Melbourne I saw a guy take his Jayco poptop through the drive through. That was hilarious watching him get stuck trying to get round the corner of the building. Total prat - I walked in and got my coffee and he and the Maccas Manager were outside talking - reckon he would have had to un-hitch the van and buy lots of burgers to get some staff to help him push the van backwards and out of the drive through

RosieW · Guru

Philw wrote:
Coffee, along with chocolate is a core food. And no, Nescafe is not...real... coffee.

Amen to that!!!

NB: I drink decaf (unleaded) for health reasons, but I swear, it is addictive as the leaded version. My day does not start til I've had a cup - even though by that time I've walked the dogs 6km, and often eaten and done dishes.

03_Troopy · Guru

I have one of these at home, a breville 240V machine, but have heard you can get a stove top version as well, which I'd like to get.

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Currently we use a bialetti 6 cup stovetop machine like this.

KFT · Guru

03_Troopy wrote:
I have one of these at home, a breville 240V machine, but have heard you can get a stove top version as well, which I'd like to get.
Currently we use a bialetti 6 cup stovetop machine like this.

Troopy have a look at the link I posted further up for the Bellman. It is a stove top unit and looks very similar to your Breville machine.

frank