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Pixmaker > wrote:

> But I will greatly appreciate any suggestions as how to best solve
> this problem. Boiling lots of water is no problem whatsoever. But time
> is sorta of the essence because there's another one of these tropical
> hummers cooking in the South Atlantic and this seems to be the year
> for us to take multiple hits.
>
> FWIW we do like the Gevalia coffees and use them regularly. I assume
> that's not a problem. However, if a particular coffee is strongly
> recommended, I'm willing to use it. Remember, I'm planning for a
> degree of desperation here.
>
> Your recommendations will be welcomed.

Whenever I go camping, I bring along an insulated French press:
<http://tinyurl.com/548pq>
I prefer this over the common glass ones because (1) it's largely
unbreakable, and (2) it keeps the coffee hot while steeping, ensuring
better extraction. As always, when the coffee is done it should be
poured out of the press, else it will over-extract.

You can try one of many styles of non-electric drip brewers:
<http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.brewers.shtml>

I'm not a big fan of Gevalia. I roast my own coffee every week. If you
don't want to do that, try to find a local coffee roaster and invest in
a decent quality burr grinder. For emergencies without electricity, you
might want a backup hand-cranked grinder, like one by Zassenhaus.

I'm not a big Starbie's fan, but they sell a small insulated press
<http://tinyurl.com/3pbsy>
for about $10. When I've had to go to work really early, I put some
ground coffee in it at home, and brought it to work and filled it with
hot water, then decanted into a mug when it was done.

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