I find the AeroPress superb for bicycle/travel coffee. All of the pour overs I've tried don't keep the coffee hot enough for in the field use. I do wish the AeroPress came in a non-plastic version, but I honestly can't taste even a hint of plastic and the tiny paper filters are great and tasteless if rinsed first.
Scott in Tucson On Sunday, November 23, 2014 5:16:07 PM UTC-7, David Banzer wrote: > > Roger, > I've used the Helix dripper and was slightly disappointed. The design > leaves the tip of the cone pretty far into a mug, if you're making it > directly into it, moreso than a similar Hario dripper with the same style > filters. It really needs a separate pot to be made into, then poured into a > mug, defeating the minimalist coffee kit. If you're ok making coffee half a > mug at a time, it would work, or if you bring a taller mug than the typical > camping mug. > While not collapsible, this looks interesting: > http://www.amazon.com/Hario-Paperless-Dripper-Stainless-CFOD-02/dp/B0040VIN18 > - built in metal filter, looks like some contact with plastic though. > Currently, I'm happy with the AeroPress, but I've been on an espresso kick > lately, and it makes a reasonably close version of a true espresso. > Agree about beans being of the most important if you're after good coffee > flavor, and a small hand grinder would be essential. > David > Chicago > > On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:38:05 AM UTC-8, Roger wrote: >> >> As a continuation of this last winter/spring's thread "Yet more travel >> *coffee* questions! >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/coffee/rbw-owners-bunch/lGetc-8p6XI/ab4n60B2PwAJ>", >> >> it seems the Helix Coffee Dripper >> <http://store.oceanaircycles.com/products/helix-coffee-dripper> sold by >> Ocean Air and others is coming onto the scene. Do any of us here have much >> experience with it that they could share? >> >> For myself, I don't put paper or plastic into the path of my hot coffee, >> so it would take a metal travel filter to make this filter holder happen, >> but maybe that's available ... or tinker-able (!) Still, except for the >> paper, I'm very intrigued by this elegant solution. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
