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    Kier Selinsky
    Member

    @kieran

    Locale: Seattle, WA

    Coffee drinkers may want to give this a try. $2 for 10 packets, and it's "all dressed up" as they say – it has creamer and sugar in the packet. I picked up a box and it's not half bad. I usually don't take cream, just sugar, but this simplifies it enough for me that I think I'll switch from CoffeeBucks Via. One concern: there's some air in the packets, which makes me wonder if the packets would pop open when compressed in a pack. I think I'll be wrapping in a ziploc for the first few trips.

    #1861272
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    "One concern: there's some air in the packets, which makes me wonder if the packets would pop open when compressed in a pack. I think I'll be wrapping in a ziploc for the first few trips."

    Just make a very small hole in the packets with a needle before you put them in the ziploc. I've been doing that ever since I had a packet of Perpetuem bust on me that way, and no problems since.

    #1861274
    Kier Selinsky
    Member

    @kieran

    Locale: Seattle, WA

    good call!

    #1861740
    sam ketchum
    Member

    @samyk

    How does it compare to the via? Equal? Not as good but tasty? Not in the same ballpark?

    #1861745
    Kier Selinsky
    Member

    @kieran

    Locale: Seattle, WA

    Not as good but tasty. Probably worth the hassle savings if you take cream and sugar in your coffee. So cheap you may as well give it a try

    #1865961
    Heath Pitts
    BPL Member

    @heathpitts

    Locale: Nashville

    Just wanted to add my opinion of the TJ's coffee :) definitely not as strong as via but tastes better to me than my old way of using via with Nido as creamer.

    #1868898
    Jason G
    BPL Member

    @jasong

    Locale: iceberg lake

    I'll have to go check these out! seem like a REALLY good deal compared to Via. 10 for 2$ compared to 3 for $3!

    #1868901
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    I bought a box of the stuff, and two of the packets are in my food bag for this weekend's snow camping. But, don't trust my opinion since I'm not a serious coffee drinker.

    –B.G.–

    #1869587
    Nathan Hays
    Member

    @oroambulant

    Locale: San Francisco

    I drink a lot of coffee at home but oddly, I come to dislike it after a few days out. I've tried the Via and the Joe's and don't like them at all. Even using the Jetboil press with Peet's Arabian Mocha Sanani (really awesome coffee) doesn't cut it. Much happier with teas and EmergenC. For caffeine (which I definitely DO like on the trail) I use no-doze.

    In general I also tend to grow weary of anything that ends up with a chore – packing/unpacking kitchen, washing dishes (which takes all of 10 seconds/cup mind you). I SO much prefer a cold meal munched on while I enjoy the landscape or chat over a candle.

    Hot oatmeal in the am is still hard to pass up. Perhaps as I work on my own breakfast bars substituting maltodextrin for sugar I'll leave the oatmeal behind as well.

    The more time I spend in the wilderness the more I want to be in the wilderness when I'm in the wilderness. Doesn't that make sense?

    #1869734
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    "The more time I spend in the wilderness the more I want to be in the wilderness when I'm in the wilderness. Doesn't that make sense?"

    Yes, indeed. It's good to find a kindred spirit.

    #1870072
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    "I bought a box of the stuff, and two of the packets are in my food bag for this weekend's snow camping."

    It's OK. Not too strong. Convenient.

    When I go snow camping, I like to keep things simple.

    [California, Carson Pass]
    The weather was mild, the snow was thin but decent. South-facing slopes were bare. North-facing slopes were OK.

    One good sunburn.

    –B.G.–

    #1870078
    Don A.
    BPL Member

    @amrowinc

    Locale: Southern California

    After running the gamut I've settled on TJ's. If I want it strong I'll use 2 packs or a little less water. I was carrying TJ's and mixing it with a Via. I've also used various coffee/creamer/sugar products from http://www.veryasia.com/indonesian-coffee.html but TJ's is by far the most compact and best I've found.

    #1871424
    Ben Wortman
    BPL Member

    @bwortman

    Locale: Nebraska

    I saw this thread and went out last night and got a box. It is the best I have found so far. I do like my coffee less strong and sweetened up, so this is perfect.

    Thanks

    Ben

    #1871605
    JOHN ZENNER
    Spectator

    @johnz

    Locale: East Bay

    I bought a box of the TJ stuff, nowhere near as good a coffee as Via but I'm glad TJ's is pushing it as it might make Starbutts come down in price.

    #1872613
    Ben F
    Member

    @tekhna

    They don't make a black version.The cream/sugar version is fine, pretty decent actually, but I just can't do sugar in my coffee.

    #1872782
    Brad Walker
    Member

    @brawa

    Locale: SoCal

    Cool, I'll have to give the TJ's a try.

    As for Via, be sure to buy it on Amazon or Costco (which has a coupon going for it now too). It gets close to $0.50/packet, which is still more than the TJ's but a lot more reasonable.

    When I buy them they usually have 6-9 months until the best by date, but I've used Via packets 6+ months past that date and they've tasted fine–so load up!

    #1872828
    John Jensen
    Member

    @johnj

    Locale: Orange County, CA

    I like Italian roasts, more or less. The Via Verona is pretty good for me.

    Coinstar lets you convert your change jar into Starbucks cards with no fee, so I think of the Via as coming from spare change.

    If I didn't have that, I might check out the instant French Roast at Asian markets …

    #1882857
    Thayne N
    BPL Member

    @teethless

    Locale: Four Corners

    Instead of 2 cups of Via in the morning, and maybe adding a little creamer or milk if convenient… I now go halfsies with a packet of Via and one of the TJ's for 2 separate cups.

    Did that come out right? 2 packets, 2 cups consumed, cutting the Via with the TJ's for each cup.

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