How to Make a Latte With Camping Equipment
Enjoying a coffee while camping is a wonderful way to relax and add that small comfort from home while in the wilderness. Several nice tricks will bring the city's latte to your outdoor camping experience.
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Things You'll Need
- Camping kettle
- 2 cup travel coffee mug
- 1 cup safe drinking water
- 1 cup milk
- 1 packet bold micro-ground coffee
- Handheld milk frother (if available)
Instructions
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Boil the 1 cup water over a fire. If you have another open-fire-safe cooking container, add the 1 cup milk to the separate container and place that over a cooler spot of the fire. Do not let the milk come to a boil.
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While the water is over the fire, open the packet of bold micro-ground coffee. (The bolder the coffee, the richer espresso flavor you will have.) Pour the coffee grounds into your empty travel mug.
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Once the water reaches a rolling boil, carefully remove the kettle from the fire and slowly pour the 1 cup boiling water over the coffee grounds in the travel mug. If you did not have the additional kettle or frying pan, place the milk in the now empty kettle and place it on the fire. Chose a hotter place over the fire now--you want the milk to heat more quickly at this point.
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Stir the grounds and boiling water for a few seconds and then cover the travel mug to retain heat.
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When the milk is steaming, but not boiling, move it to a cooler place over the fire. Use the milk frother (if you have one) to create a top layer of foam on the milk.
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Very slowly, pour the milk into the 1 cup of coffee in the travel mug. You may need to scrape some of the frothed milk out of the kettle onto the top of your campsite latte. Slowly stir the contents of your travel mug. The latte is ready to drink.
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Tips & Warnings
If you do not have a milk frother, you can heating the milk and then pour the milk into the empty travel mug. Secure the lid of the travel mug and shake the milk for a minute. Once the water is boiling, add it to the mug along with the micro-ground coffee for your latte.
Because it is nearly impossible to make espresso in the wilderness without an open fire espresso maker, your campsite latte will not taste precisely like a regular latte made with espresso. To arrive at the closest flavor to espresso, find the darkest and boldest roasted micro-ground coffee you can.
Cooking over an open fire is far more dangerous than cooking over a stove. Move slowly while transferring boiling liquid into smaller containers and double check all your camping gear before using.
