Re: car coffee maker / electric kettle / water heater?

Depends on what you mean by car camping and how often you do it.

I've been an inveterate backpacker all my life. Have done the
Apalachian Trail a couple of times as well as other trails in US,
Europe, and Asia. When packing, I drink tea. Any kind of coffee
apparatus is too much weight when you're carrying your world on your
back.

For campground camping, I heartily agree with the recommendation that
you pregrind and seal up as many portions of coffee as you need and use
a little french press. The coffee you'll get is so much superior to
"cowboy coffee" that you'll never consider it again.

I hope that you are green enough that you do not build campfires. Sad
to give them up ('Kumbayah, m'Lord...") but they've gotta go. And
using an inverter and running your car to power it is equally bad on
the environment. So get a propane or liquid fuel stove. If you camp
light and you do it a lot, get something like an MSR Whisperlite or a
Brunton Optimus. Saving money should not be your highest priority if
you camp away from easy access to the outside world.

If you camp heavy, I guess you get a Coleman monstrosity. I dunno, I
never camp heavy.

Oh, almost forgot. Hexamine stoves are very lightweight, inexpensive
and reliable. They also have extremely low heat output and will take
forever-plus-ten-minutes to boil your water. I know of no experienced
camper who uses them except, perhaps, as an emergency backup.

Drop me an email if you want to discuss stoves or "camping light" gear
in more detail.

Good luck and good coffee,

Will (who knows more about camping than about coffee)

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