Coffee On the Boat

Coffee is a part of our life, every morning.

In preparation for living aboard the boat, we knew we did not want to take our electric coffee pot on board. So we started using the coffee press a couple years ago, and we researched and trialed different ones. 

Our initial coffee press had a glass carafe encased in stainless frame. We took this out on our trailer sailboat several times and were very happy with our pressed coffee. In fact, we were so happy with the resulting coffee from the pressed coffee we started using it more and more, instead of our electric coffee pot.

The bad parts about the glass carafe, as we found, it would not keep the coffee warm for very long. And on a boat which rocks and rolls the glass was too fragile to keep safe. So we looked into other options of coffee press. We finally settled on the Frieling all stainless steel insulated press. It holds up to 32 ounces, we can get 4 cups of coffee out of it. It keeps the coffee warm for at least a couple hours. On a typical morning, we will make two of these pots. Also, it can sit on top of the wood stove to keep it warm, although we typically boil water in our tea pot not the press.

In our downsize, we got rid of our electric grinder, now we are looking for a good substitute. I've been using the mortar and pedastle, but it's a lot of work. In time, we may purchase a grain miller that can mill grains and grind coffee, a multifunction gadget would be ideal, less to store on a boat.