RE: [Philmont]: Coffee Questions

After reading various accounts of the evils of caffine and how you really
wanted to wean yourself off it prior to hitting the trail I decided to do
just that and go coffeeless. I was surprised to find two things at the
Ranch in 2004:

1. At the Advisors meeting on the first night at the ranch (the night
before you hit the trail) coffee bags and all the fixin's were made
available for advisors to take on the trail with them.

2. At every Staff Camp, Coffee (in cowboy brewed form) was available
morning noon and night.

In the end I didn't pack any coffee (and left my cup in basecamp cause the
ranger said we wouldn't need cups), had a cup (initially in a nalgene, later
in a cup purchased on the trail) when it was offered (normally in the
afternoon) and didn't really miss it.

Now that said, for the trully coffee obsessed, your own backup plan (be
prepared etc etc) is advised, but for those that it is a nice to have, these
arrangements may prove sufficent.

Finally, most breakfasts are no-cook, that is they don't require hot water
for any aspect .. only a couple had cider or cocoa. So one of our coffee
dependent advisors brought along a heat-tab stove solely for the purpose of
preparing his morning cup, for those of you like me (who just can't get
enough gadgets) this may just be the reason to buy that jet-boil stove ...

Jim Thompson
SM T6 www.troop6bsa.org
74, 04 .. hoping for a nice spot on the 06 waiting list ...

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
Behalf Of Pete Swiggum
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 10:22 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Coffee Questions

Folgers singles always work for me. No, they're not the second coming of
"the cup of coffee from heaven", but they're still pretty darn good when
you're on the trail. They're lightweight, they pack small and they taste
pretty good.

Pete Swiggum
Troop 1173
Green Bay, WI
Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net

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Received on Tue Jan 4 14:23:54 2005