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OLLIE wrote:

gon2srf wrote:

OLLIE wrote:Purchase a JetBoil. There are numerous uses for it, it is quick, compact, and it's as simple as boiling the water and finding which of the many types of coffee that are available to use that your wife might like.

The jet boil is just for boiling the water, is that correct? Or do they have a coffee maker too?

They make a press adapter for it. It's lightweight and conveniant. SP Jon M3 always has his and makes coffee for everyone at camp in the morning. If you are a backpacker it is da bomb!!! The JetBoil is a very convenient system. Compact, lightweight, and it boils water in under 2 minutes at altitude.

Some day when the kids graduate college I'll be able to afford the finer things in life. Until then it's the old Coleman stove and my $5.00 Melitta coffee maker.

NotAMog wrote:If your wife prefers Cappuccino or Latte' this is the ticket -



Put milk in the top and coffee and water in the bottom like a conventional stove top espresso maker and it will steam the milk as it makes the coffee. It is a bit harder to clean while camping because of the milk residue but it makes great cappuccino.

That's really nice Bruce, I may have to get one for home and then steal it for camping...

I use the Mukka Express more at home than my fancy Krups espresso maker. I like the fact you set it up and you don't have hover over it heating the milk then making the expresso. You don't want to leave it unattended but I can be packing my lunch for work while its heating up.

NotAMog wrote:If your wife prefers Cappuccino or Latte' this is the ticket -



Put milk in the top and coffee and water in the bottom like a conventional stove top espresso maker and it will steam the milk as it makes the coffee. It is a bit harder to clean while camping because of the milk residue but it makes great cappuccino.

This is awesome. *That* is exactly what I need to have a happy wife on camp outs. Just found one at Sur La Table in Carlsbad and will be going up there tomorrow to pick it up for this weekend's camping trip. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

An instructional video for your new toy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i6YGTnSuyM

Caio!

Holcomb creek was great, and so is my percolator

salad_man wrote:Holcomb creek was great, and so is my percolator

Good times for sure.

Picture of my new Muccha, story about it's acquisition later.

That's a funny picture Scott!!! A cardboard box on the stove with a flame burning near by. Classic

Did you think that little flame was gonna jump out and light my Muccha Express Box on fire and burn my stainless steel stove to the ground? Geeze Ollie relax a little man. LOL

As they say in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - "Pleasure to be of service!"

The credit for finding the Mukka Express goes to someone I met on one of Tom's Badlands trips. For years I had been using a cheap stove top espresso maker for camping. It made one cup of very strong coffee and I was happy although I prefer a cappuccino or latte since they are less harsh. I thought the Mukka Express was really cool the first time I saw it. I wasn't in a hurry to find one but one day happened to be in a Crate and Barrel and saw one there. It's been my favorite camping coffee maker ever since.

It fits well into the concept of overlanding - going to out of the way places in style and comfort.