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Lyons Coffee break smooth all day coffee 18 individually wrapped coffee bags!
http://lyonscoffeeuk.com

I've been using these now for a couple of weeks and one bag does three good boat size coffee mugs when put in a 'tea pot'.

The plunger you can finally take off the boat (cafetiere).

For the swanky boats, these are for breakfast or when the Nespresso machine fails!

If nothing else every purchase taises miney for the Royal British Legion.

Hopefully this will get a write up in PBO and Yachting World, Go on Matt ;-)
 
I used to use coffee bags, found that I needed one per mug if the coffee was to be good and strong.
Use a cafetiere now, no problems with this. I carelessly broke one accidentally once but replacement was only a fiver from Asda.
But you are right, of course, proper (ie not instant) coffee is an essential on any boat.
 
Each to his own.
I prefer a Moka pot, both at home and on the boat. The home one is a 1 litre job. The boat one is small, enough for one cup espresso.
The beans are ground at home, though.
I know a stove-top pot isn't the most convenient when underway, but I limit myself to one cup in the morning.
 
Jamesuk said:
I had to share this

Lyons Coffee break smooth all day coffee 18 individually wrapped coffee bags!
http://lyonscoffeeuk.com

I've been using these now for a couple of weeks and one bag does three good boat size coffee mugs when put in a 'tea pot'.

The plunger you can finally take off the boat (cafetiere).

For the swanky boats, these are for breakfast or when the Nespresso machine fails!

If nothing else every purchase taises miney for the Royal British Legion.

Hopefully this will get a write up in PBO and Yachting World, Go on Matt ;-)
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A few years ago YM tested different ways of making coffee on board, including those coffee bags, but didn't rate them.

Whereas I've been using Lyons "Gourmet Italian Evening" bags, in red boxes, for years, including taking a supply on yachting holidays in Turkey!

My supposition was that YM didn't palpate their bags properly, but assumed you just dunk like a tea bag. But since coffee grounds are denser you have to put in a bit of effort. Gently, or you will split the bag.

But I'm not going to share my bag with anyone; one each, please!

Mike.
 
I went through a phase of drinking coffee bag coffee (also Lyons iirc) about 20 years ago. Despite the convenience I don't think it ever really worked and I always ended up with an inferior cup. Has something changed since then?

Stainless steel cafetière works for me on the boat. Even if I do have to interact with bearded and tattooed hipsters to purchase decent coffee in Brighton.
 
blackbeard said:
I used to use coffee bags, found that I needed one per mug if the coffee was to be good and strong.
Use a cafetiere now, no problems with this. I carelessly broke one accidentally once but replacement was only a fiver from Asda.
But you are right, of course, proper (ie not instant) coffee is an essential on any boat.
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we have insulated cafeteria @ home & o/b & wouldnt have anything else. no nasty ersatz instant in our house
 
I've been using them for years. The red ones are the best.They are perfect for the boat, but each to his own.
 
We use an ordinary glass cafetiere. That means we can make coffee of the strength to suit the drinker. Haven't broken a cafetiere yet, but there's always a first time . . .

I do find that some people (notably many Americans) make coffee pitifully weak (or of course it's that I like mine unbelievably strong compared to many others). In the US I need my coffee in normal restaurants (not Starbucks etc who can turn out a decent cup) at least quadruple strength if it's not to taste like dishwater. An American friend explained that this is because the thin stuff is brewed like that intentionally in the expectation that people will drink it in large quantities to quench their thirst.
 
When my usual sailing mate is on board, he brings his stove-top pot that makes eight espressos (or whatever, I believe coffee-pedants would claim it's not actually espresso). Usually that gets split between two mugs so we have four each, but if I don't fancy a coffee at that moment then he will happily have the lot.

If he's not on board then I'm happy with a tin of posh instant that has a proportion of very finely ground beans in it, or in fact will tend to drink tea anyway.

The stove-top pot works ok under way in moderate conditions, clamped in the cooker's pan-holders.

Pete
 
For a proper espresso then you need a Handpresso. You insert any espresso coffee pod into the capsule, fill it with water from the kettle and pump it up bike-pump style. The air injects the hot water through the pod and espresso comes out. It works surprisingly well and because of the coffee pods is quite mess free.
 
I am a teetotal non coffee drinker, but if I did not keep an insulated stainless cafetière in the galley locker and a supply of premixed G&Ts in the icebox, my other half's visits to the boat would be very short and infrequent.
 
Coffee is very complicated on our boat. We have to cater for both caffeinated and otherwise, instant for wet cockpit duty and proper, and keep a reserve of Romboult filter things for odd occasions the secret of necessity being known only to my wife. Cafetiere for most occasions.
 
I have a polycarbonate cafetiere, but do not want to wash coffee grounds into the holding tanks. I now use an old fashioned filter with filter papers, and can make whatever coffee I want to any strength I want. Alright, no espressos, but very good Americanos.
 
JumbleDuck said:
I am a teetotal non coffee drinker, but if I did not keep an insulated stainless cafetière in the galley locker and a supply of premixed G&Ts in the icebox, my other half's visits to the boat would be very short and infrequent.
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Hmmmmm I dont drink alcahol any more but still drink coffee. I never relax! I think maybe the caffeine has to go too! Will i be able to function??!!
 
johnalison said:
Coffee is very complicated on our boat.
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I don't understand this. I really don't understand any of the coffee-threads which appear here. There seem to be as many ways of making coffee as there are people who enjoy it...and I certainly like it to be made as well as I know how to make it...but I don't understand why anything more complicated than THIS, is required:

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Decent-sized mug (pre-heated by filling with hot water on cold days), tough IKEA plastic funnel, unbleached filter paper, good Columbian ground coffee...

...if you can master the business of boiling water, superb strong coffee is as easy as that, and it really is effortless. I haven't done it in the dinghy lately, but I certainly could...so I'd never think of resorting to instant coffee instead.

The only question is which coffee? That's a matter of taste of course, but having sold coffee by weight over the counter at Harrods for many years, I'd recommend just one thing...

...keep switching place of origin, brand and roast. However superior your 'preferred' coffee may be, trying something else for a day really rewards reverting to your favourite. Over-familiarity is fatal.

But I truly can't understand the difficulty which people have, preparing their brew. Personally I don't like cafetieres because most of those I've used were of flawed manufacture and too big or too small. But a filter in a funnel works 100% of the time and there's no need for cumbersome equipment or electricity...so why make it harder than it is?

JumbleDuck said:
I...keep...a supply of premixed G&Ts in the icebox...
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I'm delighted to hear that...but I'm particularly impressed if you have an icebox on board your compact cruiser!
 
dancrane said:
...if you can master the business of boiling water...
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You should never pour boiling water onto coffee, even instant. About 85°C is the maximum, otherwise the coffee will be bitter and lose other flavours.

For instant, put the milk in first. For cafetiere, cover the grounds with cold water first.

The latest device seems to be getting rave reviews, Aerobie AeroPress Coffee Maker
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GXZ2GS/dolcetto-21

Otherwise a polycarbonate cafetiere is the way to go
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002ZHH5JA/dolcetto-21

[Note that there is an Amazon affiliate code after the ASIN in these links, feel free to delete it]
 
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nigelmercier said:
You should never pour boiling water onto coffee, even instant. About 85°C is the maximum, otherwise the coffee will be bitter and lose other flavours.
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I meant, one only needs to be able to heat water. Although, careful testing by the staff at Harrods 20 years ago, of coffee made with boiling water vs slightly cooler water, never ever rendered any noticeable difference in taste. Seriously, no difference. I reckon the thing to avoid is literally boiling the coffee, after the water is added. But who does that?
 
Norman_E said:
I have a polycarbonate cafetiere, but do not want to wash coffee grounds into the holding tanks. I now use an old fashioned filter with filter papers, and can make whatever coffee I want to any strength I want. Alright, no espressos, but very good Americanos.
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Exactly what I do. No waste of water washing out a cafetière, just chuck the paper filter and grounds overboard ( at sea). Easy. Good coffee. Make into an insulated jug if you want, or direct into mugs. Simples
 
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