On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:48:45 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:



I think the small 1 cup espresso pots would be great. A propane torch and
the pot and about 5 minutes total you would have coffee.
http://www.fantes.com/espresso-stovetop.html
I bought the last one at Marshall's (closeout store chain) for about $5.
http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/bnzts3000t.html
propane torch like you probably already own for plumbing and igniting
dynamite fuses.

I'm not much for espresso, just like good fresh drip brew.
Besides, being an old boilerman, I'm done with pressure vessels.
My torches will stay at home, not that it's a bad idea.
I even got to thinking of putting a heat exchanger in-line with my
car's cooling system, which runs 195F, good enough for coffee.
Then I started looking for a compact burner - have a 2-burner gasoline
Coleman around somewhere we used for camping, but it's overkill for
coffee.
Came across this
http://www.jetboil.com/Products/Cook.../Personal-(PCS)
which looks good, at a MERE 100 bucks.
Just set it up, boil up a couple cups of water in 5 minutes, slowly
pour into the small Melitta drip maker I have, or into a French press.
Pretty easy to do all this at a rest stop on a picnic table.
Maybe take half an hour after clean-up.
Only cost a hundred bucks with the one above, but you could do
basically the same with some of butane cannister burners that sell for
20 bucks.
Then my wife says, "Hey, you already wasted 20 bucks telling me to get
that cigarette lighter pot. Just get the damned coffee at McDonald's.
You can live that long without good coffee."
I'm tending to agree with her.
But I ain't quite there yet.
Still thinking of a hot water tap connected to the car's cooling
system.

--Vic