No Hot Coffee? Le Gasp!
It was with a bit of a shock that I realized the other day: no 7-11 at the woods...
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There were many suggestions, for example get cold brews (already made) or get cold brews instant coffee. Really good ideas for when I am in my South West Leg. However, for the Western Expansion leg (Maine to Oregon) - I am going to be driving right at the beginning of the winter season and for what I have read, I am going to need warm yummy coffee in my tummy early in the morning. Hot Chocolate in the evening and maybe even some apple cider.
So following their advice, I decided to get a butane stove. I had to google what butane is. I was THAT clueless... but turns it out there is a whole world out there I had to idea about! Some of the stoves are tiny little things! they fit in a plastic container the size of a ivory soap. Since I am driving in a car and not back packing, I feel I can afford the extra space for a bigger size model - I settled on a Coleman Butane Stove - 19.00 at Walmart. Walmart was out of butane canisters, so I had to order that from Amazon.
Of course I needed a container to warm up the water, so I had to get the Stanley Adventure Camp Cook Set - My father had something similar and I was fascinated by it, now, I own one!
Just as a back up - in case I find myself being too lazy or too cold to step out of the vehicle to warm up the water for the coffee/cider/tea/hot coco - I bought one of these contraptions:
It claims to warm up water using the cigarette lighter - it takes up to 20 minutes to heat it up but like a one of the members in the group said: I can start up the car to get heater going, get the water going, while I change and do my morning routine. I'm going to test it next time I have to commute anywhere for more than 20 minutes and I'll update this post then.
So coffee crisis adverted!
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