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Be Your Own Back-Country Barista

Summer is the favorite season of many campers and hikers. They opt to take time off from work and backpack on mountain trails, spending the night away from city lights and noise. One of the pleasures of snow-peak-titanium-trek-700-mug-rei.jpgcamping is enjoying a fresh cup of coffee or espresso at your camp site. At Everestgear, you’ll find the Thunderpress ($16) , a handy combination coffee press and travel mug, where you brew one cup at a time. For a larger group of campers, try the Lexan Javapress ($20), which looks like a clear pitcher with a coffeepot top. Place medium ground coffee inside, add boiling water, and allow to steep for 4 minutes. Press down the built-in plunger and you’re ready to serve your java. If you are more of an espresso person, GSI Outdoors carries a four-cup stainless mini expresso machine ($50). You place ground espresso beans inside it, set it on your camp stove to heat (this does not work in microwaves, or over campfires), and soon you have four double-shot (2.5-ounce) servings. To really impress your fellow campers, you can also purchase the milk frother kit ($20) to make lattes. Pour hot or cold milk inside the frother and move the plunger up and down until the milk foams. To look like a real outdoorsman, you can drink your coffee or espresso out of a Snow Peak Titanium Trek Mug from REI. This metal mug with a flip-top lid works as a cooking pot for pasta, a serving bowl for soup, and as a coffee mug too. It only weighs 4.25 ounces, so it’s easy to carry as well.

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