Coffee Pour Over-2nd Cup Options

Thank you. Yes, top teacups are only about 3″ in height. The bowl below is maybe 4″ in diameter.

I have a SoCal GGG cup I picked up off the trade table in 2017 (?). I don’t carry it on BPs, but I think about backpacking whenever I use it.

thanks WISNER!

Wisner, I applaud you. I wouldn’t carry any of my mugs or bowls backpacking, but I certainly understand the desire to.

I’m not a ceramic artist, but I am a potter, and have quite a few tea bowls I’ve thrown. An oldie that I still like… saggar fired stoneware, 4.75″ W x 3.75″ T

I should really try throwing again. We have a very pleasant ceramic studio at school.

I should really try throwing again. We have a very pleasant ceramic studio at school.

Matthew, are you a teacher?

Found a 1.5oz mug. https://www.toaksoutdoor.com/products/pot-550-nh

Wisner, would you have been the one who handed out beautiful little cups at a northern CA GGG? It was quite a few years ago, and I can’t remember the potter’s name, but I treasure that cup. I’ve most often used it for wine since I usually make my tea and coffee in large servings.

For me the 1 pass pour over does not brew the coffee strong enough for my liking. Thus i pour over the first pass, then set the grounds in my cup to steep another 5 minutes like tea, dunking it in and out a few times. This increases the brew strength, but if you did this method right off the bat it would eliminate the need for a 2nd cup for you. just a thought.

I do steeped coffee in the backcountry, and I think it tastes good and is nice and strong. I put the coffee directly in the water and find that the grounds generally settle to the bottom pretty well if I use a fine grind; turkish grind is optimal, but just running my cheap little home grinder till it looks pretty fine is good enough. If you want to be grounds-free, I expect steeping in a filter would have pretty much the same results.

I use this. https://www.surlatable.com/coffee-cone-4/PRO-340.html

I cut the handle off so its not as bulky and shaves some weight. Still bulky, but I am a guy who needs coffee in the am.  Have also tried putting grounds in a filter, tie the filter up so the grouds are inside, boil water and toss in the filter into my TI cup.  I like the pour over better.  For the record, I really like coffee, but have not dove into the depths of it.  Just dont want it to be watered down.

Nice bowl up there. What temperature/saggar materials are you into.

yea, I was giving away cups at a GGG years ago.

On short trips I don’t worry too much about quality.  A decent instant is fine.  In the past I’ve experimented with grounds using tea bags.  Works ok.  Hot, cold, take as many as you want, steep, resteep, add to, take from. It all depends how I feel.  And since everyone packs out their grounds, yes?, clean up is easy.