I’ve spent more time outdoors lately. From day trips to overnight backpacking in a tent. My choice so far has been the Aeropress Go. I’ve been using a recipe by MWJB with great success (thank you). Add grounds and water, stir, leave it inverted or flip and pull the plunger a little to create a vacuum, let it sit 20-25 minutes before removing the plunger to drain and finally squeeze out the last parts with the plunger, stopping when it has cleared the bed and starts hissing.
If you only bring the parts needed to make coffee, it’s 160 g. That’s quite good, but when looking at the equipment, all you do is immerse the grounds in water and pass the coffee through a filter. Can I do that with smaller and lighter equipment? The AP Go does take up a bit of space and any items I can eliminate is a positive.
My first idea was to just place a filter (02-04 size) in a cup, add grounds and water, wait 20 minutes, lift up the filter to drain, maybe squeeze out the last parts when it stops dripping. Some of the water will go through the paper and not be in direct contact with the grounds, but isn’t that also true for a lot of the water in an Aeropress once the grounds has sunken to the bottom? If so, maybe it won’t matter much to the brew as long as the grounds are completely immersed and all liquid eventually mixed together. I always bring a cup, so this could reduce the euipment to only filters, maybe 0.5-1.5 g per brew, and they are easy to pack.
You could maybe remove the plunger and only bring a spare silicone seal for the inverted immersion part and either let it drain completely by gravity or using some other equipment you’re bringing to plunge down at the end.
On shorter trips I prefer to not bring the grinder, but pre-grind for 2-3 days. At 600-700 g, my Commandante is on the heavier side. I could buy a Timemore, 1Zpresso, Made by Knock or something and get down to 350-450, but preferably not.
Before anyone mentions it: I know about freeze dried and it’s not an option.
