I have an affinity for medaglio d'oro espresso to make my daily cappuccino.  It tastes great, reasonably priced and comes in one-pound cans. The cans are recycled into Vanagon parts-washers. I have a lot off them that ebb and flow with the complexity of my engine projects. 

Jim

On Jan 2, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Sounds convenient!
> 
> But who buys coffee in cans any more?  For us coffee snobs, who buy fresh
> roasted beans and travel with coffee grinders (and in my case, because I
> couldn't find a decent manual grinder, who also had to buy an inverter so
> we could run the electric coffee grinder in the van), this would be kind of
> like traveling to Logan, Utah to look for a Bentley in Tom's used bookstore!
> 
> Why punch holes in the bottom (now top) of the can, rather than simply
> removing the bottom so it becomes a cylinder?  Does it toast better with
> some small holes rather than one big hole?
> 
> 
> Joy
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:08 PM, James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm on it.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>>> Okay, I think it's just a matter of time before this is Wiki'd or put in
>>> the ETKA files....   With specs for
>>> the hole spacing in the coffee can...
>>> 
>>> Steven
>>> 91 Westy
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:45 AM, chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@yahoo.com
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have been following this thread but didn't reply earlier because I had
>>>> no glossy pictures to post.
>>>> Now that the tin can idea is out there I will try and describe what I
>> have
>>>> without pics.
>>>> 
>>>> You place a large coffee can over a stove burner--the bread sits on top
>> of
>>>> the can.
>>>> It is super simple and free. You only need to punch a bunch of holes in
>>>> the bottom  (which is now actually the top)--this is your toasting
>> surface.
>>>> I think the reason why it works so well is that the bread is kept far
>> from
>>>> the flame.  My family used a toaster like this at a primitive camp since
>>>> the 1940's but it was slightly different.  We had an old fashion 4 slice
>>>> pyramid style toaster but the this can method always made the better
>> toast.
>>>> Alternatively;  you can completely cut off the bottom of the coffee can
>>>> and create a wire grid to hold the toast high above the flame.  Use
>>>> about 30 inches of some thick solid copper household wire. Punch some
>> holes
>>>> around the perimeter of top edge and thread the wire through to create
>> the
>>>> grid .
>>>> 
>>>> Best part is that the can can be used to hold things while you travel so
>>>> it doesn't waste space. We keep clean-up stuff in it.
>>>> 
>>>> Chris C
>>>> Wisconsin
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Any details? After seeing a demonstration of a backpacking alcohol stove
>>>> made from two aluminum cans, I am a believer in such stuff.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:37 AM, John C... <yacoltyayhoo@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> The Neatest one I've come upon
>>>>> was shown to me by a little lady
>>>>> at BBtB last year !
>>>>> A tin can with holes poked into it
>>>>> as I recall?
>>>>> She said that it was a gift
>>>>> and that she had been using it successfully for years !
>>>>> Anyway, she said... the price was right !!!  :o)
>>>>> 
>>>>> JC...
>>>> 
>>