Coffee prep. while traveling--help !!!!!
 

I REALLY like a cup of coffee first thing in the morning-some rooms have coffee pots and thats fine, however I take my own special grind coffee from home.<BR>If room does not have coffee pot "sometimes" one can be brought to your room. The Mayflower Hotel in Seattle had a tray with coffee and tea set out by the elevator on each floor..<BR>So you could get your morning fix and not have to go to the lobby...<BR>Otherwise, the only alternative is room service--the charge for a pot of coffee is out of reason for me. ($15 in New York)<BR>So now what???<BR>So far I have used the "one cup cone" with filter<BR>ie. heat the water with the electric plug in coil apparatus. Fairly convenient<BR>Do not like the "coffee"bags (like tea bags) as the coffee tastes stale<BR>Are there any coffee lovers out there that have other methods that they use???<BR><BR> <BR>

I ditto the above post. I am a coffee lover and must have it as right after brushing my teeth in the AM. I have not been able to figure this problem out either. I have paid the $15 for room service for a pot of coffee, but that can run into quite a few bucks when you are away for a week. It is almost like a drug addiction. Any solutions?

My parents take their 4 cup Mr. Coffee coffeemaker everywhere.

There are lots of one-cup makers out there. I have a Hamilton Beach one. Do a search on the web -- I know Hammacher Schlemerer (sp?) has one, probably Williams Sonoma, any place like that.<BR><BR>When my coffee addict hubby had to face four days camping with our son with no coffee I tried to find a non-electric one for him, but no luck.

Gimmee that Joe!<BR>I've been buying & using (and losing!&lt;g&gt;) "1 cup brewers" from Campmor camping supplies for about 20 years. It's a funnel-shaped device that needs no filter and goes over the cup. $2.99 item 80750-N www.campmor.com<BR><BR>I use an immersion heater if necessary, but will use a hotel coffee maker to make the hot water, yet still brew the coffee in this device, which allows me to make a STRONG cup of Joe, the way I like it. Brew my own cup at work too, even if there's coffee in the pot. Just love the device. (remove x in my eddress to reply)

I never leave home without my Black & Decker One Cup coffee maker and my own coffee. I've had it for years. There's no burner, just a plastic base, so I bring plastic mugs (very nice ones I found at Crate & Barrel). You just fill the cup with water, pour it into the coffee maker. The basket has a built in gold filter that takes exactly one coffee measure of coffee. I carry coffee and the plastic measure in a Rubbermaid container. All of this fits nicely in a small paper shopping bag with handles, or I pack it in the suitcase when flying. I don't like powdered cream either. Nearly every place we stay has a mini-bar or fridge. We either buy a small carton of half and half along the way, or ask the bartender (or hostess of the dining room) for a container of cream. Or, wherever we have dinner, I ask the waitress for some cream in a to-go-container. Another technique is to get a 16-ounce stainless steel thermos. Nowadays, there's a Starbucks or other quality coffee shop near the hotel. I just have that filled the night before and it's still nice and hot in the morning. I don't mind paying a little extra for room service coffee. But, by the time they add all the extras to the price of a pot of coffee, it's outrageous!

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I use a 4 cup percolater. It has the basket and stem for the ground coffee. It doesn't take up anymore space in your luggage than a pair of shoes, or a folding hairdryer.<BR><BR>I have been using this same coffee pot for 20 years. I started looking around for another one because I was afraid it would someday quit working. I found the same pot at an Ace Hardware store, only now, it is sold in a kit with cups, and containers for coffee and sugar etc. I use Ziplock bags for condiments and they also pack well. I buy flat filters to put inside the basket.<BR><BR>The coffee pot is made by Empire.<BR><BR>Sheila

Wow!!!Thanks for all the suggestions<BR>The Black & Decker outfit is really convenient--I am giving it a try on my next trip...<BR>Thanks again

Believe it or not the individual coffee bags are great....we started to use them while camping and now I pack them for all trips.

What about a french press?