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#271011 - 07/25/14 10:35 PM Re: Mess Kits [Re: Deathwind]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
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cool It works well for tea. I was just hoping you found a real Ti teapot.

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#271015 - 07/26/14 05:42 AM Re: Mess Kits [Re: LesSnyder]
CANOEDOGS Offline
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Registered: 02/03/07
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Loc: MINNESOTA
Les..if you have a Trangia tea pot the lid fits the cup on the Swiss kit like it was made for it,fits the 123 stove cup too.

more about the square kit coming up.

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#271019 - 07/26/14 03:46 PM Re: Mess Kits [Re: wildman800]
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Registered: 12/12/04
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Loc: Nottingham, UK
I use a flat, rectangular Esbit-style stove, but I dislike the round Esbit fuel tabs. I use a stash of ex-military, flat, rectangular tabs instead.

I have a Trangia liquid fuel stove, too, but I rarely use it, partly because I have a fear of spilling the burning fuel.
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#271023 - 07/26/14 06:11 PM Re: Mess Kits [Re: Russ]
Deathwind Offline
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Registered: 02/01/14
Posts: 310
I saw one years ago on the web, it looked like a metal glass but with a tiny pouring spout and a lid. It was way too expensive to justify the cost. For me that is. I read on another forum that someone makes a percolater insert for the one I carry, but I didn't note any details and I don't remember there being a link.

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#271024 - 07/26/14 06:41 PM Re: Mess Kits [Re: wildman800]
wildman800 Offline
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Registered: 11/09/06
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For coffee or tea, I use tea or coffee bags. A small amount of coffee placed in a paper filter and then twist the filter edges closed will also make a coffee bag.

The amount of coffee grounds can be small enough for a single cup or large enough to make a small pot of coffee for 2 - 4 persons.
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#271026 - 07/26/14 06:47 PM Re: Mess Kits [Re: wildman800]
Deathwind Offline
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I use Tea bags, and Folgers crystals. This keeps the pot clean as I brew in the cup.

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#271027 - 07/26/14 06:48 PM Re: Mess Kits [Re: wildman800]
wildman800 Offline
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And cups are easier to clean than pots!!! Good point!
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#271035 - 07/27/14 09:04 PM Re: Mess Kits [Re: wildman800]
boatman Offline
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Registered: 03/10/03
Posts: 424
Loc: Michigan
I have used tea balls for course ground coffee.I use the screen type.The grounds that do make it through are not that bad.

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#271036 - 07/27/14 10:44 PM Re: Mess Kits [Re: boatman]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
There's a piece of Ti for coffee too -- Snow Peak Ti Coffee Press. I really like Titanium for cooking, no metallic taste.

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#271038 - 07/28/14 01:01 AM Re: Mess Kits [Re: CANOEDOGS]
UncleGoo Offline
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Registered: 12/06/06
Posts: 390
Loc: CT
Originally Posted By: CANOEDOGS
i use that old Coleman aluminum box kit.made to carry a Peak stove. the large bottom section will cook a good size one pot style meal,oatmeal,noodles or heat a MRE dinner pouch.the top is the right size for boiling coffee water.
i don't use a Peak anymore but carry a smaller Gaz cart and burner.
a fork and spoon fit inside and a plastic cup fits over the Gaz cart and burner. i have tried other kits from odd parts like a small billy inside a 2 quart pot and because the billy have a bale they do work better over a open fire but in the end i went for the Coleman kit and a gaz stove.

this is the kit making dinner on a canoe trip.the bottom section is heating a MRE pouch and enough heat is coming up to cook the rice packet that will go with it.i use a big butane bottles on long trips.


Ditto. Mine's stuffed with "the essentials" and fits nicely into a '70s vintage USArmy "fannypack" with a giant garbage bag and a few other items. My stove is a knockoff of an old SVEA stove...123A, maybe...I forget...it works. When it doesn't work, a campfire does.
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