Brew kit - what do YOU use?

[Tommyd345]

Now we all know that the best thing about bushcraft is making a nice cuppa in the woods

But my question to you guys is, what do you use for milk?

I have a brew kit in my car and I also take it out with me on trips. I use Nescafé 3 in 1 thingys because it's easy, just add water! And I'm not a fan of milk powder in my brews!

So what do you carry in your brew kit? Think this could be an interesting thread!

 

[mick91]

A tin of condensed milk personally. Just scoop it into a Tupperware and tape it up. My steel bottle is my kettle and a little double walled carabiner cup. 3 separate Milbank bags coffee, tea and water. Can't stand instant coffee and prefer leaf tea so it makes sense and they roll up to nothing. As for a stove or burner, I prefer the oldest way, just light a fire! Although I've been known to carry a squat candle to have one early on

 

[Tank]

I found the simplest way was to give up milk and sugar in my day to day coffee drinking, so now i do not need to carry milk or sugar

 

[Tonyuk]

Condensed milk in a squeeze bottle,

Tonyuk

 

[mick91]

Condensed milk in a squeeze bottle,

Tonyuk

Well you've just changed my life there to be honest

 

[rorymax]

I don't like powdered or long life milk, I take full fat milk in the 250 ml, if I will need more then the 1/2 litre plastic container size.

This sort of container, the 250 ml is rather tiny and only weighs....... well you know

 

[Tonyuk]

Well you've just changed my life there to be honest

I have that effect on people...

It changed my life too also when i saw it in Tesco doing the shopping.

Tonyuk

Edit;

Have a look into Coffee bags too, i've never bothered with them since i like instant coffee, but for some they might help. Often seen in fancy hotel rooms;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lyons-Gourmet-Italian-Coffee-Bags/dp/B009ZARG5S

 

[Yorkshirewanderer]

I make my own coffee mix at home in a small zip lock bag (size of a matchbox) one spoon of coffee, 2 of coffee mate and 2 sweeteners. hell of a lot cheaper than the the 3-in-1 packets that you can buy, and the zip lock bag can be reused.

 

[Alan 13~7]

I can't stand instant its fresh ground Kenyan AA coffee in a Bialetti & I use Aldies best bally castle or Baillies Irish.

Irish coffee at McConnell camp Redgates in Maidens by Alan 13-7, on Flickr

The Bialetti 9 cup Mocka express Italian espresso coffee maker by Alan 13-7, on Flickr

& sometimes coffee mate

 

[mick91]

I can't stand instant its fresh ground Kenyan AA coffee in a Bialetti & I use Aldies best bally castle or Baillies Irish.

Irish coffee at McConnell camp Redgates in Maidens by Alan 13-7, on Flickr

The Bialetti 9 cup Mocka express Italian espresso coffee maker by Alan 13-7, on Flickr

& sometimes coffee mate

Well... They make my milbanks look a bit ghetto doesn't it! Feel like a hillbilly now

 

[Alan 13~7]

Well... They make my milbanks look a bit ghetto doesn't it! Feel like a hillbilly now

cheers mick it gets worse

camp kitchen breakfast time looking a bit untidy, by Alan 13-7, on Flickr
that was breakfast... teatime was good too...

camp kitchen (prepairing the vegies) by Alan 13-7, on Flickr

Trangia Mince n taties by Alan 13-7, on Flickr

 

[rik_uk3]

Condensed milk in a squeeze bottle,

Tonyuk

+1 for that and it comes in smaller tubes. Many of us 'oldies' here have used the stuff for years, I still remember shops like Blacks and the Scouts selling the tubes in the sixties and seventies.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coghlans-...EW-/261911764916?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368, used these for years too, they fill from the bottom end and can be cleaned and reused many many times; also good for things like butter, jam, honey etc.

IMHO the best dried milk by far is

Easy to get these days, local Asian stores, Tesco, Amazon et al and my favorite online Indian grocer
http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/cgi-...=ready+meals&PR=-1&TB=O&ACTION.x=0&ACTION.y=0 Look at the boil in the bag ready meals, most are 300g veg based (but nothing stopping you adding some meat and rice) and free postage on orders over fifty quid but not extortionate for smaller orders.

 

[Stamp]

I buy the best quality powdered milk I can find and keep it in my kit in a zip lock bag.
As long as you buy a good quality powder its good in tea and coffee.

 

[Alan 13~7]

I buy the best quality powdered milk I can find and keep it in my kit in a zip lock bag.
As long as you buy a good quality powder its good in tea and coffee.

Stamp, what would say was the best powdered milk product then ??? & by that I mean most like milk I've tried several & haven't really found a good one yet unless you count coffee mate.

 

[Alan 13~7]

+1 for that and it comes in smaller tubes. Many of us 'oldies' here have used the stuff for years, I still remember shops like Blacks and the Scouts selling the tubes in the sixties and seventies.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coghlans-...EW-/261911764916?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368, used these for years too, they fill from the bottom end and can be cleaned and reused many many times; also good for things like butter, jam, honey etc.

IMHO the best dried milk by far is

Easy to get these days, local Asian stores, Tesco, Amazon et al and my favorite online Indian grocer
http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/cgi-...=ready+meals&PR=-1&TB=O&ACTION.x=0&ACTION.y=0 Look at the boil in the bag ready meals, most are 300g veg based (but nothing stopping you adding some meat and rice) and free postage on orders over fifty quid but not extortionate for smaller orders.

I'm going to look out for this, in tesco's you say rik, I will give it a go...

 

[Andy BB]

Stamp, what would say was the best powdered milk product then ??? & by that I mean most like milk I've tried several & haven't really found a good one yet unless you count coffee mate.

See Rik's post above - Nestle Nido!

 

[Alan 13~7]

"Many of us 'oldies' here have used the stuff for years, I still remember..... is that a title for another thread maybe Rik??? I think it should be...? remember camp chicory coffee then?

 

[Stamp]

Stamp, what would say was the best powdered milk product then ??? & by that I mean most like milk I've tried several & haven't really found a good one yet unless you count coffee mate.

I just buy the most expensive one in the supermarket

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[Alan 13~7]

I just buy the most expensive one in the supermarket

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bit of thread crossover going on here stamp I will give "Nido" a try
What kind of a name is that anyway N.i.d.o. any funny sugestions??? (Not in date oops)

 

[tombear]

If away from a shop for several days (a very rare occurrence for me these days) I take little cans of evaporated milk but mostly use normal full fat milk in a little fake Sigg type bottle, holds about a quarter of a pint. In winter it keeps fine and in summer I tend not to drink hot drinks. I did go through a stage of drinking lemon tea which don't need it but the novelty wore off.

i think I only use powdered milk in cooking, added o bannock or damper.

ATB

Tom