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Favorite camping/boating coffee cup?

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#1 ·
I am trying to find a coffee cup that will hold a bit of heat, and not make the coffee taste like metal. I am not thrilled about putting really hot stuff in plastic, but it is not microwaving it, so that is something. I tend to brew with either a funnel or an aeropress, and will make it one cup at a time. Whats in your drybox/kitchen box or drybag? and hopefully it will fit in a cup holder for shuttle runs too
 
#7 ·
Second for hydro flask.

But my wife and I both picked up yeti tumbler knock-offs at Walmart before a Ruby Horsethief trip. I was blown away at how it did. Coffee was warm even after an hour, and it also kept drinks cool for hours in 104 degree heat. Brand was Ozark Trail.
I think the kids in the chicom factory just put the Ozark Trial die in the press in the middle of a run of Yeti tumblers and sold them cheap to Walmart. My guess is Yeti sued so the factory made a different shape outer wall so it wasn't a direct knockoff. There were a ton of YouTube videos on them ~5yrs ago when they first came out...including thermal and destructive (sawzall) tests on both Yeti and OT tumblers...and they're pretty much the same thing for $30 less. They're fantastic tumblers, and are also my go-to river and daily use for coffee.
 
#9 ·
Hydro Flask or equivalent for morning coffee. The last cup goes on the boat with me and stays warm until lunch.

For wine or cocktails, I got a double wall stainless six-ounce tumbler that was sold as an espresso cup. It even has a lid so it spills more slowly when I knock it over.
 
#10 ·
I like and use the yeti rambler, no metal taste that I can tell, yep, is expensive but the lids on the Ozark ones aren't nearly as nice to use IMHO, is the only YETI thing I like and use daily. I have one that's a shorty, like 12oz that I won in a raffle, tried it for whisky, but drinking from it feels strange. I typically bring a glass whisky glass in a pelican for just that purpose..

FWIW, YMMV 😉
 
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My company gave us 20 oz Yetti with mag lid. I love it for the river. I keep a tall cup of coffee on board in morning, use it for a bowl at lunch and drink cocktails at dinner. I drilled a hole it nestled in in the side deck and it is super stable there. Next to that is a hole for my yetti colster I found in a thrift store. Other side rail has a hole that fits a hydro flask knock off. On the cougar there is lots of space under the board, so they sit deep and are really stable.
 
#19 ·
I like to shotgun beers for breakfast, and pull from the flask / bottle for lunch... lol

In all seriousness yeti's cause I get them all the time through work for schwag and they work great. I wish Engel made a similar cup as I'm kind of an anti-yeti guy... We also keep a few single wall stainless cups in the box as well that we have collected from numerous keg cups at Gore Fest.

Whatever you do though, don't let your wife/significant other convivence you to let them use your favorite Nalgene for a bloodymary!
 
#52 ·
I like to shotgun beers for breakfast, and pull from the flask / bottle for lunch... lol

In all seriousness yeti's cause I get them all the time through work for schwag and they work great. I wish Engel made a similar cup as I'm kind of an anti-yeti guy... We also keep a few single wall stainless cups in the box as well that we have collected from numerous keg cups at Gore Fest.

Whatever you do though, don't let your wife/significant other convivence you to let them use your favorite Nalgene for a bloodymary!


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I use an old insulated Bodum stainless steel coffee mug, mostly because that is what I had around that fit my coffee cup criteria, and because it has proven Grumman-like unkillable.
 
#20 ·
I think Engel does make a similar mug to the yeti one.
 
#22 ·
@MisterBob

Hot damn! I'm going to have to get a couple and check them out!

Thank you for the heads up!!!
Be sure and let us know, I can't see any picture looking down on the cap, it appears that it might be one of those 180° flip thingies with a little hole.. I'm not much for engle coolers, put the cup does look similar to a yeti, except for the cap, which is why I really like my yeti...
 
#26 ·
I have a Yeti...and the lids are interchangeable with my OT tumblers. It's definitely splashproof..if you tip the cup over, coffee won't spill but maybe a few drops.
If you tip the cup over violently, it's likely the entire cap will come off and it spills as much as ever. I would NOT put it in a pack if it had any risk of tipping.

If they had a screwtop, it would be 99.9% spillproof. The Contigo tumblers posted earlier in the thread are absolutely spillproof.
 
#29 ·
River Day Beverage schedule and vessel transitions... 10:00 coffee to beer. 5:00 beer to whiskey. Regarding the other thread about beverage holders for paddle boats,,, that is a mini chalk bag in the middle that happens to be the perfect size to hold a beer can. I've had it for a couple of decades. It biners to the front of my PFD.
 

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#30 ·
I'm a fan of the MiiR products. They work well. A portion of sales support community and environmental programs, and personalizing laser etching for about $10.
My personal favorite is the old school style of the Camp Cup camp. I've also got a taller, no handle cup of theirs with a spill prof lid for drinking on the go.


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#33 ·
I'm a fan of the MiiR products. They work well. A portion of sales support community and environmental programs, and personalizing laser etching for about $10.
My personal favorite is the old school style of the Camp Cup camp. I've also got a taller, no handle cup of theirs with a spill prof lid for drinking on the go.

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the miir pourgami may be my wifes christmas present this year, that thing is rad, and second only to the aeropress a good pourover is a darn good cup of coffee.
 
#31 ·
I use my Drinktanks pint cup daily on and off river. coffee in the am, then water, then cocktails... on the river it is coffee, then into the captains box until it is cocktail time, 'cause the beers are fine in the can. it also fits in a little sucker well enough to keep it in place on the box in class 2-3 rapids.
 
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Great coffee cup! inside is ceramic but protected by cork. I hate throwing away good coffee b/c it's cold. This allows you to nuke it no problem. The cork is also a great insulator keeping the coffee hot and your hands not. Eventually you'll have a dumbass moment and it'll break, but if it does break it turns back into bark and clay and goes back to the earth, unlike the aluminum/ plastic types. Only problem is it was made by a local rafter/good guy and he has since moved away and not sure if he's still making them. His website is still up so I'm hoping.
 
#36 ·
I'm a fan of the Yeti mug, cup itself seems the same as the Walmart version but the Yeti mag lid is awesome - very spill and splashproof, and the coffee stays warm for a couple hours. I like my hydroflask for water, I'm sure it would work well for coffee too. I also like the GSI Commuter. It's a metal mug and french press all in one. Coffee stays very clean with no grounds coming up and stays warm too. Great for making your own coffee on the go without having to worry about anyone else's coffee needs.
 
#37 ·
All great options. Regardless having hot liquids on board is imperative. When it's cold i make an extra thermos of tea and finish the first one before the transition time to real beer brewed in accordance to the German purity law of 1516. Most "beers" now are alcohol made from rice or corn and flavored for "taste" . Adulteration of products and consumables has been a problem for a long time. The Poison Squad is a good read that details the issues.
 
#39 ·

I have an older version of this. The lid is the same and virtually spill proof. Holds a big cup of coffee or a big cocktail for long term enjoyment. Keeps temps like a champ. Not sure about the new shape. The old one is a cylinder and fits in a (big) car cupholder not sure the new one would. However the wider base of the new one probably makes it more stable on the deck of the raft.