A look at some coffee brewing methods while out and about in the woods. Handpresso, Minipresso, Aeropress and Bialetti Moka Express. Note: On the handpresso, I pumped it up again before adding the coffee...I forgot to mention.
Nice review - try the Moka pot with pre boiled water next time and see how this works. I find it gets up to pressure quicker and produces a better taste.
I love my Aeropress! I use an Aeropress every morning and have learnt that if you don't follow the makers instructions (I use three scoops of a medium grind) and use a metal filter (from Abel), I get a delicious full flavoured coffee with crema that's suitable for latte every morning. Of course, it's all dependent on the quality and flavour of the beans you use but it's the closest thing I've found to proper cafe made coffee I've found so far
Oh, little tip for those who like cinnamon coffee, especially for latte, when using a stovetop, put a spoonful of ground cinnamon in first then put coffee grind on top when making, do not put it in after the coffee as the fine ground cinnamon can block the filter a bit. Wonderful smell too when it's brewing!
It's nice to see a video about my favorite custom of making a good coffee with great presentation and clear outcomes for each device. Probably I will go with this one which gives the sense of creame as well. Greetings from Greece!
Exactly the video I needed! Thank you! My wife and I camp regularly have been making coffee for years with a Moka-style espresso maker. I was considering one of the newer pump machines - but you reaffirmed my belief in our old Moka espresso maker. It really is the best solution for us. And... I nearly spit coffee all over my keyboard when I got to the ending ROFL Great video!
The end sequence answered the question I was considering starting after the second cup of espresso ... love it. I use a French press at home and not long ago bought my second GSI camping press, having stored my first one away so effectively I couldn't find it.
Great video; I use the Aeropress and recently started using the metal filters. In 90secs I get a great cup of coffee. Clean up is quick, everything stored away in the travel bag, and being plastic it's light weight and I didn't break the bank when I purchased it.
With a moka pot try preheating the water chamber and using boiling water in the chamber. It means that your grounds are being heated for a lot shorter duration resulting in a much less bitter brew. I tend to use that frequently but the aeropress wins it for me, it has the most flavourful brew and absolutely no grounds or grit left in your cup so you can enjoy it to the last drop 👌
Hi Donny.....now I must say I've never been a coffee making man but your video here extols the virtues of doing so. Some great bits of kit here. I admire your patience for the whole review. ATB Mark.
The aeropress inventors demo shows it with putting the filter disk in and resting the flange on the cup. Put a little hot water in because the wet filter is easier to press the coffee through. Put the scoop of coffee in about to the 2 mark and let it sit for 30 seconds or so. Stir. Add water to the 4 mark. Steep for 2 minutes and press. The cylinder isn’t long enough to get a 12 oz cup if you don’t do the first water up to the 2 mark.
Great video. I make either coffee or tea each trip into my local woods as well. I have a mini 1 cup percolator, a 1 cup "flip and drip" Neapolitan coffee maker and a 1 cup Bialetti Moka pot. Great fun making up a brew in the woods. Gonna get a larger 3 cup Bialatti as well. (Have a large one for home use)
They rock. Got a huge 12 (or is it 16....?) cup stovetop one I bought in a market while in Italy, ideal for happy caffeine overdosing. 😉 phenomenal smell you get from them while its percolating through. Btw if you're looking for a really smooth coffee I recommend lavazza crema e gusto, gusto dolce. Not widely available in the UK but can be found if you hunt for it, it's a packet with a pink at the top, not the more widely available red topped packet.
FOR COFFEE LOVERS, the day doesn't just begin with a good, hot cup of coffee-it seems almost impossible without it. It's not only the dose of caffeine that does the trick, although that does help. It's also the ritual that surrounds it-the smell, the sound, even the wait are all a part of how coffee gets the day started right.
I just put grounds in the water, bring to boil, remove after a minute or two. Sip and sift the coffee grounds through my teeth. ;) Good old cowboy coffee. I feel like an animal after watching this. Great video and i loved the end.
Excellent review, very informative! Just found your awesome channel and subbed. Really looking forward to watching more of your videos. Thanks for sharing, Atb. Steve. 👍👍
I use that Moka Express... but after I pour it, I add some water into to top and in a few seconds it warms up nicely. Then I add this water to my mug to make the perfect cup of brew.
Great tips for coffee making out in the great outdoors! Thanks for sharing. On a side note, when tasting various coffee types or brands, you should do like tasting wine, otherwise you won't sleep for a week.
Most of the posts are from years ago. I've only tried the Moka pots, the small one and the 3 cup size. The small one gives you about 50 ml of coffee. The 3 cup does not give you three cups. It will give you 100 ml of coffee. I guess if you're making espresso it will give you 2 cups. The downside of the Moka pots is that it takes several minutes for the pot to cool down.
I know this is an old video but still a valid test. Thanks for the test. I have been looking for a better way to make my long blacks in the bush and I am leaning towards a Moka Pot. As long as fresh coffee and clean water, it should be fine for me. Yes I know 'no crema' but mine gets watered down for a full cup of double shot so should be good, cheers Donny.
As far as the Aeropress, you've basically produced an Americano. To properly compare the Aeropress, use the classic, documented instructions. You'll produce a more espresso-like shot. Great either way.
Glad I'm not the only one that brings a burr grinder and aeropress on backpacking trips haha. If you get the chance, you should check out Kalita Kantan drippers. They are these awesome single-use foldable pour over vessels that are super light and great for backcountry. Cheers!
Awesome video mate. Good to see them all side by side. I've been eyeing off that MiniPresso because of the amazing crema it produces. Only just realised I wasn't subbed to your channel too. What an oversight! Fixed that now. Take care buddy.
It was worth hanging around to the end for the after coffee effects ☕🙃☺ Another way to make your moka pot is to pre-heat the water, assemble the pot and put it on the heat to finish it off. I find the coffee tastes a little less 'burnt' . Give it a try. 🤷🏻♂️
kinda half-assing most methods. for the handpresso, you get the best shot w/ the 3-tamp method (fill to peaked, tamp, peak again, tamp, then peak and tamp flat); couldnt say about the minipresso, but can imagine a better shot w/ similar tamping. the aeropress is an infinitely adjustable method, but longer steep (2 min) and longer extraction (1 min) gets more efficient results, regardless of grounds to water ratios. cool range of methods, tho.
Great vid...you make an Aeropress the same as i do. However I think you can make a more espresso like product (for flat whites ect) if you use less water and press harder!
Good video! Impressive beard mate!! Another easier way to do coffee is carry a tea strainer and just ground coffee! Put coffee in strainer then just poor water through into cup perfect coffee every time try it!! Cheers!
Hey Donny, the handle bottom of the espresso pump (the football pump one) is the right size to tamp down on the coffee grounds. I don't know if the makers jagged it that size or if it was by design. :) Thanks for the video. I was leaning toward the last coffee maker but you've provide some food...sorry coffee for thought. luved the hyperness at the end :)
I was given a new BioLite stove last week and I was wondering which kind of coffee machine would be best to pack with it. Looks like I'm going to go pick up an Aeropress next - I'm Italian, and I use a bialetti daily already, I'd like something closer to an Americano when I'm out and about. I love your video, thanks for the info. :-)
LOL!!! good one bud! LOL! i got a nifty little thing made by GSI you put on a nalgene 32 oz bottle and you got 2 ways to make the coffee! put the coffee in the screen or in the bottle! then you let it sit! LOL! i like the messy way better! i think it the coffee turns out better. the coffee is loose and free! compared to being cooped up in the screen!
Brillant ending, I don't think the foam from the minipresso is crema, I think the device has a "crema enhancer". I can't see how you can get the pressure required for it. I might be wrong though.
I do like my coffee, well Cappuccinos really, I miss em when I'm out camping. As far as I know there isn't a portable Cappuccino maker with milk frother out there on the market as yet, shame, ha, ha. If you ever hear of anything like one do let us know eh Donny, thanks.
It's not quite the same, however you can get a milk frother. It's a steel jug with a lid that has a plunger inside on the other end of the plunger there's a sort of whisk that you plunge up and down to make a froth for your coffee, I'll try to find a link.
+Alex Arcano I actually recommend this too! In fact my first ever coffee maker was the Bialetti Moka pot, and I got this very milk frother to go with it. I made very nice cappuccinos with this setup!
Sounds like your handpresso is done for. As said it should take about 20sec to brew one cup and i assure you it produces the best coffee of all of them when you got the right grind and a handpresso that is not damaged.
