I actually have a dedicated 2-cup Chemex coffee flask for the
Westfalia, but didn't bring it along because I'm making a fleece and
foam container to keep it from harm. The Mellita in the picture was an
emergency purchase that I made when I discovered I didn't like going
without the smell and warmth of coffee, even for one day.

Mark

On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:

> Hi Rob, yes, the fine grind is essential to get the grounds to
> settle.  With coarser grinds the grounds do settle, but enough will
> float to be bothersome.  Mind you, the coffee is still great, just a
> little chewy sometimes.
>
> mcneely
>
> ---- Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> I've been using the one cup funnel rather than the French press just
>> because of the cleaning issue. I have boiled it in the pot (cowboy
>> coffee) when that's all I had, I'll have to try it with the fine
>> ground coffee. I do miss the aroma.
>> When I saw Mark's photo my first thought was that I do the pouring in
>> the sink, I've poured too much water before and the sink is a great
>> place for the that mess.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> At  2/22/2011 09:43 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>>> ---- "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET> wrote:
>>>> On Feb 22, 2011, at 7:27 AM, John C... wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Man! I can almost smell the coffee brewin' inside that bus !!!
>>>>
>>>> http://ocotillofield.net/blog/2011/02/22/coffee-in-the-westfalia/
>>>
>>> Nothing beats coffee on a cold morning.  Tea is great later in the
>>> day, for those that like it (I do, especially when camping and it is
>>> cold, but it has to be coffee in the morning).
>>>
>>> To each his own so far as making coffee is concerned.
>>>
>>> My wife, who doesn't drink coffee, keeps a French press at home and
>>> one in the camper.  When she makes coffee, for some reason, she uses
>>> the thing, which is a pain to clean.  The coffee is good, but lacks
>>> something -- maybe the aroma of the coffee brewing.  Or maybe just
>>> my prejudice toward my way.  I don't complain though.  Anyone who'll
>>> make coffee for someone else while not drinking it herself is a
>>> jewel.
>>>
>>> mcneely
>
> --
> David McNeely