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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: kballowe on November 20, 2022, 08:43:20 AM
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Either I'm not good at finding good coffee, or I'm too picky - BUT
It seems that every time I'm on a road trip, it's hard to find a decent cup of coffee.
So, how many of you take coffee with you and if so, what ?
Gas station coffee ???
Something else ?
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I like a Caribou coffee dark chocolate mocha, like everyday. Those of you who don’t have Caribou have my sympathy. You can stop at Starbucks if you must but I’d just skip the brew if that was the only choice. Flame on.
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Coffee at the cafeteria at a Panama City hospital was some of the best I’ve had. Brand is Hills Bros. Not sure if they are regional or national but worth looking for
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A memorable cup of good coffee was a cup of instant, Let me explain. It was at the flood at the National in Money Creek, MN when there was no power and a camper offered me a cup of instant at 8 AM. WHAT? Normally I've drank a pot of coffee by 7 AM so I'm getting the shakes by not having my coffee so having a cup of instant in a styrofoam cup beat all the fancy coffee I've had thru out the world.
Tex
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The best coffee we drink is at our house. We have a coffee maker that grinds whole beans and immediately brews the coffee. We like Peerless brand coffee. Nice rich flavor. I also have small espresso coffee maker that goes with me on my motorcycle camping trips. It makes pretty good coffee also, especially while camping.
kk
https://gsioutdoors.com/miniespresso-set-1-cup.html
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I just never found an instant coffee that worked for me - until now.
This appears to be a new offering from Nescafe, and it's pretty decent - and convenient.
There are several different versions of "Nescafe" and in my mind, this one is the best of the lot.
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Unfortunately, the people who make and sell it don't drink it anymore. Just the thought of Coke for a wake up drink repulses me. The crap served in the rooms at motels isn't fit to drink anymore either and the lobby stuff is just as bad. I'm seriously thinking of dragging a Kuerig machine with when I travel.
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Unfortunately, the people who make and sell it don't drink it anymore. Just the thought of Coke for a wake up drink repulses me. The crap served in the rooms at motels isn't fit to drink anymore either and the lobby stuff is just as bad. I'm seriously thinking of dragging a Kuerig machine with when I travel.
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I don't like instant at all, but this is a different beast. Instant, but not instant.
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If you could combine Starbucks water ( all Starbucks use water from reverse osmosis filters) with Caribou coffee it would be ideal, Caribou doesn’t go that far with cleaning their water. Unfortunately Starbucks and most chains use city roast coffee which really burns the beans. One of my friends roasts his beans and gets beans from around the world, he is meticulous ( perhaps anal retentive) about controlling his roasts. But he always makes an exceptional coffee. He’s also a BMW rider, and carries a small French roast device powered by a butane torch, takes about 5 min to make a couple cups of excellent coffee often in city park or wayside rest enjoying views only found on old two lane hi-ways. We travel those same roads mostly, but when passing thru those small towns, we look for the local coffee shops, which can be found and often also have great cookies or pastries to sample. We used to do 400-600 miles a day easy, now traveling this way 2-300 miles a day are typical, but we arrive less stressed out from pushing to get miles on. Reminding me of the old saying, on a motorcycle it’s the journey not the destination. But to each his own.
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I carry a pocket rocket butane stove with a packable GSI cook pot and my favorite Maxwell house hazelnut coffee with Melitta no4 filters and a little collapsible funnel built for the purpose. I will stop and make coffee at the drop of a hat or pretty scenic view anytime of day. I make coffee in motel rooms as well, have yet to set off an alarm. My outfit:
https://www.msrgear.com/stoves/canister-stoves/pocketrocket-deluxe-stove/10955.html
https://gsioutdoors.com/pinnacle-soloist-ii-one-person-cookset.html
https://shoponline.melitta.com/collections/filters/products/4-cone-filter-paper-natural-brown-100-count
https://gsioutdoors.com/collapsible-javadrip-blue.html
I also carry a flat piece of aluminum plate and a little leg spreader system for the butane can to provide stability on uneven surfaces and a hinged shield to keed wind off the stove. The whole rig, including coffee in a ziplock bag, fits in a small mesh bag in the top case or side case.
Brian
Edited for accuracy.
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By the way I am a proud coffee luddite! What most consider good coffee I find to be over roasted crap not fit to be consumed by man nor beast, Starbucks being the worst of the lot. McDonald's is almost drinkable and will do mixed americano style, half coffee half hot water or some ratio there abouts. I'll stick to my Maxwell House thank you.
Brian
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I bring it with on short trips in a decent thermos. Peets coffee is what we generally use. I make travel coffee about stout enough to float a small hammer. On longer trips I have a camping espresso maker but rarely take the time unless I’m stopping for a few hours. Tex puts it in perspective.
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All depends on my mood. Dunkin Donuts is my long time go to, and I can't stand Starbucks. Also enjoy Peets and Caribou. I have a small stainless French press that makes 4 mugs, and last year bought one of these. I also have a stainless french press travel mug that has a screw on top. I'll throw that in my tank bag. For instant, the Nescafe Gold instant is fabulous.
When traveling, I always try to seek out local indie coffee shops.
These little espresso pots are super easy to use. Fill with coffee and water, put over the heat, wait to hear it boil and take off heat. Pour and enjoy......
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Pity , so many don't live on the west coast . Every time I attend any of the gatherings out here ( Washington,Oregon), I stop
at pretty well every road side coffee hut and have been thrilled silly with the fix I've gotten . One in Idaho was noteworthy , in
that I got my usual double espresso for 75 cents :bow: ! And that's one of the many reasons I love visiting the US . No matter
how tired I am when I arrive , I'm really awake ! Peter
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I was an overbearing coffee snob back in the 80's. I got over myself. :kiss:
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When I travel I seek out local coffee shops. A regional chain is OK as long as it's not a national chain. One large black coffee. If it's too bitter nothing a dash of salt and or some cream can't fix. Can't think I've ever gone wrong with this approach.
-AJ
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Depends on where I am; in most of west Texas I drink "Western Gold" roasted i San Angelo; in east Texas I usually can find Community dark roast and McDonalds is usually drinkable and I can get buy on most cafe coffee as well???
Order WG online as well as Deidricht. I also like HEB's low acid ground coffee and Maxwell House. as well as about anything that is the only choice!!!!!!
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Great an aeropress, good ground coffee and a kettle. Don’t forget your favorite mug too. Super simple and good, plus you can geek out on multiple techniques if you want
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A memorable cup of good coffee was a cup of instant, Let me explain. It was at the flood at the National in Money Creek, MN when there was no power and a camper offered me a cup of instant at 8 AM. WHAT? Normally I've drank a pot of coffee by 7 AM so I'm getting the shakes by not having my coffee so having a cup of instant in a styrofoam cup beat all the fancy coffee I've had thru out the world.
Tex
Yeah, those folks were great! I won't forget the coffee or the campfire they got going so we could get warm and dry some of our clothing. What an adventure that turned out to be, we were on the other side of the swimming pool, had to teardown the fence to wade through the campground office to get out to the road at 2am, spent the rest of the night on someones covered porch with a half dozen other soaking wet guzzistas.
Anyway, back to coffee. I aint fussy, instant in some jet boiled water is fine with me after crawling out of my tent in the a.m. At home, it's drip Maxwell House , folgers, etc. or sometimes Kcup crap. Locally we have Macs, Duncan D, S Bucks & a few indie shops that riding buds & I might meet up at for caffeine & chat. There's this one notable place about 40 miles down the road that has great tasting coffee but gets the bowels roaring 20 minutes afterward, anymore I'll eat the chow there but steer clear of the coffee.
Art
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Whatever they serve with breakfast is ok,food is the priority for me.
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On my 10k mile loop of the country, I made a study of coffee; my observation of MO/OK/KS was "There is no coffee here".
Best to hope for is Starbucks unless you have some local independent who cares. :coffee:
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At home I always use a drip cone/filter and freshly ground Cameron’s Hawaiian (from Wisconsin). It’s best in ceramic cup.
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I just drink the coffee. If it’s really good, we remember it. If it’s really bad, we remember it. As mentioned, sometimes the worst stuff makes the best memories.
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Starbucks have instant coffee in individual servings
Along with a good slug of Baileys Irish cream it makes a good coffee.
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It can be the worst rot gut in the world, if I’m away on the bike it always goes down ok.
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I thought I was the only one that that didn't care for Starbucks coffee. Always tasted kind of burnt to me. My wife likes it though. As a follow up on my espresso maker, I don't put a lot of grounds in it just enough to make a reasonably potent cup of coffee. Even when I go to a rally where there coffee supplied I still make my own. I use one of those small butane burners. It takes fewer than five minutes to make a good cup of coffee.
kk
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When camping on our bike trips, I carry a jet boil and Black Rifle coffee in the little tea bags. At home it's Folgers Black Silk or Black Rifle black. Straight up, just coffee please.😋
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I've heard good things about Black Rifle coffee but have never tried it. Wasn't the company started by veterans? I thought I had heard that.
kk
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I was an overbearing coffee snob back in the 80's. I got over myself. :kiss:
:laugh: :laugh:
You are a rare bird among the wild goose flock!!!
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I've heard good things about Black Rifle coffee but have never tried it. Wasn't the company started by veterans? I thought I had heard that.
kk
. Black Rifle coffee has a lot of blends to choose from. From light roast to their beyond black, it's a pricey but very enjoyable. Yes veteran owned and big supporters of our first responders and law enforcement.
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I stayed the weekend at a very affluent friends ranch home that had a 50,000 dollar kitchen. ( guessing that amount). Anyway I asked his lovely wife where the coffee maker was and she said “we don’t have one here”. I was devastated. There’s no convienece store around the corner. She said I do have this… a Starbucks instant coffee powder packet. I was like wth is this?? No self respecting coffee man could drink that. I had no choice. She also had an in-sink-er-ator brand hot water spigot on the marble counter top. Never seen one. Pushed the button and molten HELL WATER came out. I mean HOT!!!! Put in the mars dust coffee mix and was blown away how good it was. It must have been the heat. It vaporized the bean powder. I dunno. It was good. My daily brand is 8 o’clock Italian espresso roast
7-11 has good coffee. Love it
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Like Brian, above, I am a coffee Luddite. McDonald's senior decaf for an average of 80c is as good as I'll ever let myself be accustomed to. In desperation, I may stop at a travel center (fancified truck stop) and pay double what McD's gets, but I try to limit such excesses.
Ralph
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I was an overbearing coffee snob back in the 80's. I got over myself. :kiss:
I'm still an overbearing coffee snob...........ok maybe not so much overbearing. I actually had pretty good lobby coffee at the inn I stayed at on my Catskills trip a few weeks ago...I posted on this trip. But normally, unless I am in a somewhat developed area, finding really good coffee is nearly impossible. So I bring my travel jet boil type device and some Big Barn dark roast of Starbucks Italian roast that I have pre-ground before the trip, and I do a pour over or use my Aeropress. I bring those little half and half cups that I get from a diner along the way......either ask if I can take some or a pay for them. Good coffee is one of life's affordable and great luxuries.
Scott
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Like Brian, above, I am a coffee Luddite. McDonald's senior decaf for an average of 80c is as good as I'll ever let myself be accustomed to. In desperation, I may stop at a travel center (fancified truck stop) and pay double what McD's gets, but I try to limit such excesses.
Ralph
Amen. McDonald's coffee tastes great to my wife and I.
Most Saturday mornings we treat ourselves to breakfast from McDonalds, Wendy's, Hardees, or Waffle House. Occassionally, we go the full 24k route and go to IHop!
But I do enjoy hearing the opinions of coffee snobs, beer snobs, wine snobs, whiskey snobs, oil snobs, motorcycle snobs, clothing snobs, and snobs of all flavors, colors, and sizes!
It is amusing and I often learn a lot about a world I have not experienced!!!! Gives me reasons to dream.....
Diversity is our strength! SNOB ON! :wink:
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I'm still an overbearing coffee snob...........ok maybe not so much overbearing. I actually had pretty good lobby coffee at the inn I stayed at on my Catskills trip a few weeks ago...I posted on this trip. But normally, unless I am in a somewhat developed area, finding really good coffee is nearly impossible. So I bring my travel jet boil type device and some Big Barn dark roast of Starbucks Italian roast that I have pre-ground before the trip, and I do a pour over or use my Aeropress. I bring those little half and half cups that I get from a diner along the way......either ask if I can take some or a pay for them. Good coffee is one of life's affordable and great luxuries.
Scott
Pre-ground coffee beans?
I thought the hard core snob types had a bare footed virgin stomp on their coffee beans!
Real Italian wine drinkers and coffee drinkers everywhere are offended! :wink:
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I've heard good things about Black Rifle coffee but have never tried it. Wasn't the company started by veterans? I thought I had heard that.
kk
Black Rifle is good coffee. We switched to Death Wish coffee, and it's as good or better and (insert absence of politics here)
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A few years ago, some journalism types did a big survey/taste test on the best coffee served in the country. As I recall, some national gas station coffee was deemed number one (Quick Trip, maybe?) McDonalds was second and Dunkin Donuts was close behind. I love good black coffee, but have found I can only drink McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, and Waffle House coffee black. Everything else, including what I try to make at home, requires me to add coffee creamer to make it tolerable. I love a good Latte or Capuchino, but can't stand any of Starbucks straight coffees, too bitter.
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A few years ago, some journalism types did a big survey/taste test on the best coffee served in the country. As I recall, some national gas station coffee was deemed number one (Quick Trip, maybe?) McDonalds was second and Dunkin Donuts was close behind. I love good black coffee, but have found I can only drink McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, and Waffle House coffee black. Everything else, including what I try to make at home, requires me to add coffee creamer to make it tolerable. I love a good Latte or Capuchino, but can't stand any of Starbucks straight coffees, too bitter.
Good thing we have chocolate and vanilla ice cream......some like one and not the other. ....I wouldn't drink any of those on the list. DD used to be better 15 or 20 years ago. I love Starbucks but I do use half and half or organic milk when I make it at home.
Scott
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Road coffee??? is that like.........BEER??? :boozing: :boozing: :boozing: :boozing: :boozing: :boozing: :boozing: :boozing: :boozing:
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the other unspoken truth: "The colder you feel, the better the coffee as long as it is HOT!"
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I definitely have my strong preferences; if I make coffee on the road, it is Peets and either an Aeropress or an insto-espresso thing. But if that don't fit the schedule, then I'm a little more flexible. Prefer small coffee shops, then starblech's, then whatever road-gravel-over-water I can find. It may not be great coffee, but at least I can complain about it.
And Tex has it right- context is important.
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I got a cup at a truck stop on 44 the other day that reminded me of a gal I used to date. Not very sweet, but it sure was strong :thumb:
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At the National in John Day, OR a number of years ago there was a mobile coffee shop set up. I needed an interpreter to read the list of coffees. After waiting in line it is finally my turn so I order a plain cup of black coffee, no fo-fo stick, just ole black coffee. The man behind me was from Michigan and he said, "give me what Tex ordered".
Tex
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Talked to a kid making coffee at a gas station, Quick Trip I
think, he said it was a waste they were supposed to dump it after 4 hrs. (If they remembered).
Now, as gas stations are getting huge and have grind it now coffee. :smiley:
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I brew my own Cuban espresso at home with a stove top Italian coffee maker, using Cafe' Bustello. On the road, I usually take instant coffee with me. The two best brands I have found is Mexican Cafe Combate, and Bustello Instant. You can make it as strong as you want, and as long as you use good water, it tastes great to me.
Rick D.
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Nescafe' Decaf is my daily goto. I haven't found another instant that will dissolve as easily in cold water during the summer months. I can't handle regular caffeinated coffee anymore as it turns me into a stressed-out basket-case with a sour stomach for hours. :violent1: I will do a single half-caf, but only when absolutely necessary.
Starbucks drip coffee is nasty, bitter, and burnt shite. Their Americanos are hit-n-miss, but the frappuccinos are tasty, as long as you don't mind drinking a pound of sugar. I share a Tall (small) or two a year with my hubby during the holidays.
Coffee blasphemy, I know
https://www.purewow.com/food/best-instant-coffee-brands
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I prefer local diners when I'm on the road. Usually only one cup and then lots of water, otherwise Ill be taking bathroom breaks every hour.
If I'm in pinch, I'll do McD's and get a coffee and Egg McM. I can't stomach the "hashbrowns" anymore. That hazelnut at Panera is pretty good but I don't stop there when I'm riding.
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We have a (very manual) espresso machine at home; I found very few coffee shops on the road that beat my own and paying (a lot) for something inferior, hurts. I now carry a flask of water in the backpack, and in my tank bag resides sachets of the flat white foaming mix. To this I add 1/2 a teaspoon of instant to give it a bit of kick. Nowhere near as nice but cheap. :rolleyes: Also means I am not stuck in a cafe or shopping centre with the madding crowd but can stop at somewhere scenic.