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One-Cup Coffee Maker

Item # 401153

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Start your day with a jolt of joe! This single-cup coffee maker is designed for use with regular-grind coffee.

No filters are required--detachable coffee basket features a reusable fine-mesh filter
Plastic construction is lightweight for backpacking or camping
Rim designed to prevent spills
Easy to use--just twist out coffee basket; fill with regular grind to desired strength; replace basket and fill top of cup with boiling water

Made in USA.

Item 401153

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One-Cup Coffee Maker Specs

Specification	Description
Best use	Backpacking
Material(s)	Plastic
Weight	1.75 ounces
Dimensions	4.5 x 4 inches

One-Cup Coffee Maker Customer Reviews

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One-Cup Coffee Maker

3.4

(based on 32 reviews)

68%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Lightweight (29)
Easy to clean (22)
Compact (17)
Durable (16)
Stable (12)

Cons

Heavy / bulky (4)
Slow (3)

Best Uses

Backpacking (18)
Car camping (14)
Hiking (10)
Home (3)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Casual/ recreational (15), Avid adventurer (11), Casual adventurer (6)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort driven (13), Survivalist / minimalist (13)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (5)

Reviewed by 32 customers

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Jun

2008

(8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Light but bulky, brews a nice cuppa java

By John F

from Maryland

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight

Cons

Bulky

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Home and Office

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

This is probably best suited for home or office use, but is light enough for shorter backpacking trips where space is not a premium - the awkward shape makes it a little tough to pack. A snap to use, holds just enough grounds for a robust mug of coffee. The permanent mesh filter seems to be very durable (still going after several years of almost daily use at home).

For the life of me, I do not understand the comments about this being tough to clean - the spent grounds some out easily, and a quick rinse (if you're at home) and/or a wipe (if you're on the trail), and you're done! Same for it taking too long to brew - all I can figure is those users packed the grounds in too tightly. The pace of drip-through is about the same as for a paper filter, but without the funky aftertaste that a paper filter sometimes leaves behind.

Apr

2009

(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Loved this one for years

By pchoate

from SacTown, CA

About Me Casual Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Home or Office
Travel

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

I have used one of these at home and traveling for years - super easy to use and very quick and convenient.

To those who say it's slow - here's what you do - let the coffee drip for 30 seconds or so and then just pick the filter up an inch from the cup and tap it straight down on the rim once or twice - all the coffee immediately drains into the cup. I make a perfect cup in under a minute every time.

Jul

2008

(5 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great for what it's made for

By Desert Rate

from Boise, ID

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Bowhunting
Hiking

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

I have owned this little gem for about 15 years ... maybe longer. It has been to Alaska, Canada, the Olympics, Owyhees, Sawtooths ... it's been more place than most of the commenters here.

The secret to the problem of slow brewing and hard cleaning is to not grind your beans so fine; course grind works best, which I do in a hand grinder. It brews an excellent cup of coffee within two minutes, usually much less, and the grounds simple pour out with a flip of the wrist.

Even though it may be slightly bulky, smart packing, by placing smaller items in the funnel to use the space efficiency, negates this problem.

For the lightweight backpacker or deep woods bowhunter, this is an ideal way of getting an excellent cup of fresh brewed coffee.

Dec

2008

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Works Great!

By JonAssink

from Santa Cruz, CA

About Me Casual Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Clean
Lightweight

Cons

Sometimes Slow to Brew

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Hiking
Home
Work

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

The key to getting the most out of this coffee maker is to use coarse grounds and not fill the filter hopper completely. I leave about a 1/8" gap and it doesn't take more than a minute or two to drain. Using super hot water also helps because the brew does tend to cool quickly. All in all though, a great portable, easy to clean, and tasty way to get coffee on the run.

Mar

2009

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Love it!

By Bikerunhikegirl

from Seattle, WA

About Me Casual Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Car Camping
Home

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

I initially bought this because my mom makes weak coffee at home.

The one-cup coffee maker was my solution to the weak coffee problem and so far it has panned out.

I make sure my coffee beans get grinded to "paper filter" grounds--because anything finer would require the water being exposed to the grounds much longer to extract enough caffeine to make a decent cup of coffee.

I just put the grounds in the basket at the bottom, pour boiling water into the cone, wait about 3 to 5 minutes and voila.

I get an excellent cup of coffee...I should know I am a Barista!

Mar

2009

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great for what it's NOT made for.

By Nealster

from Bloomington, MN

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

Had one of these left over from a couple of years ago. It kinda worked OK for coffee. Unscrewed the filter on the bottom and slightly sanded off the grippy part. IT FITS PERFECTLY IN THE NECK OF A KLEEN KANTEEN as a silt pre-filter before using my steri-pen.

Sep

2008

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Makes a great cup of joe without filters

By Accidental Tourist

from Westminster, CA

About Me Casual Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Can be slow
Parts fit loosely

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

To dispel any confusion, I use regular store bought grind, and fill the little coffee container on the bottom only about half full. This way the brew strength is good, and the brew time is short, usually about 2-3 mins. Fill the top part with hot water up to where the funnel part meets the vertical lip, and you will brew about 3/4 cup of really good coffee.

Don't pack too much coffee in it or you'll need an espresso machine to pump the water through this thing! Anyway, I did some brew time tests and taste tests before heading out to figure out the best amount of coffee to use. This little gem uses about 1 rounded tablespoon of supermarket grind at a time. Keep in mind this is according to my tastes, YMMV.

Just tap out the grinds and repeat for more coffee. Makes it easy to plan your coffee usage. Adjust the amount of water to adjust strength, but resist adding more coffee or you slow down the brewing.

Way more economical than my mini filter/drip combo (you know the one), that requires twice as much coffee (but brews in half the time). Plus, you don't have to pack out wet filters when backpacking, or resort to other funky filter methods. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that the little coffee basket on the bottom fits a bit loosely, and the tab locks don't click too positively, still it works just fine. I like it!

Aug

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Decent, but not for coffee snobs

By Marco, The Complete Outdoors Newbie

from New York, NY

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Lightweight

Cons

Slow

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

This is an acceptable way to make coffee, but it has a few severe limitations:

It *barely* holds 8g of grounds, loosely resting in the filter cup. It needs to be loose: packing it down is a bad idea, because...

Its permanent mesh filter is extremely fine, which results in a very slow brew (much slower than a regular filter-cone brewer) even with French-Press-sized coarsely ground coffee.

Use anything finer than a French Press grind and the drips effectively stop, with a little puddle of sludge only dripping out after 10 minutes or more.

As a result of having to use very coarse grounds, and just barely being able to fit enough coffee into it for a well-proportioned 5-ounce cup, the coffee it produces is too weak. If you're not ridiculous about your coffee like me, you probably won't care. But it's not very similar to what you get from a regular filter cone.

I'm glad I tried this before we left. Ordered an Aeropress instead -- hopefully that works out. But since this cost so little and weighs so little, I'll probably bring it anyway as a backup. (In case it's not obvious, coffee is a priority for me.)

Jul

2009

(1 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Does not make a good cup of coffee

By Michael%

from Los Altos, CA

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact

Cons

Clogs easily
Does not make good coffee

Best Uses

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

I made the mistake of taking this on a backpacking trip without using it at home first. I used the coffee that I had on-hand, which was ground for a cone style filter (fine grind). It completely clogged up this coffee maker.

I gave it a second chance and took it along on a camping trip. I made a pot of coffee in my Coleman coffee maker (basket style, medium grind). Then I made a cup of coffee using this coffee maker. The coffee from the Coleman was rich and flavorful. The coffee from this coffee maker was weak and watery.

The problem with the design is that it doesn't allow water a lot of contact volume with the coffee grounds.

After the taste comparison, I threw this coffee maker in the trash.

Apr

2008

(1 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

almost Worthless

By yschuck

from Seattle

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cons

Difficult to Clean
Takes way too long to bre

Best Uses

Makes tiny cup of joe

Comments about One-Cup Coffee Maker:

I actually am just using it at home, but I have found it difficult to clean and only makes for a tiny cup of coffee. It takes forever to brew and by the time the coffee has filtered through it is lukewarm.

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