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@theplaceswebrew
Love your tumblr! I'm a fellow coffee lover and was wondering what each of your favorite setups are? I currently have only a ceramic v60, which I obviously wouldn't use. Just curious what you would recommend for a few hour hike? Not backpacking. Thanks!
Thank you! For cuppa on a smaller hike I prefer an aeropress-- it’s small, light, and practically unbreakable. Plus, aeropress coffee can stand up to pre-grinding, if you’re doing that.
Good luck and have fun!
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It’s beginning to taste a lot like Christmas with all those wonderful Holiday Blends coming out of such lovely roasters! I’ve tried a few myself.
It’s also beginning to look a lot like COMPETITION SEASON! Basically, Bethany and I will be 100% hustlin’ and bustlin’ until it’s all over.
It’s hard to believe 2 years ago, we started this blog because of competing and now, here we are again. Seasoned and ready to DO THE THING!
I brewed up some of Velton’s Holiday Blend on, which received a score of 94 on Coffee Review. Pretty wild and delicious. In Santa’s Sleigh. Sadly, without Bethany.
So here’s my Holiday Greetings! Cheers to a DELICIOUS New Year!
(Photo Credit goes to cdoconnphotography)
July 2015: We brewed coffee at Kelley Point. Sometimes when you can't find a level brewing surface, you improvise-- and freestyle a lil
Sometimes Bethany and I have a hard time finding new and exciting places to brew coffee, so we seek help from our friends. The only thing better than coffee in nature, is sharing coffee with people in nature. In 2013, we asked our friend Josh (Water Avenue Coffee) to help us find something more adventurous, and well, we ended up at the spaceship on Sauvies Island.
Sometimes, it’s all about the coffee, and other times, it’s all about the company. This particular trip, all I remember is the 3 of us singing in unison “Circle of Life” as we approached our destination.
Summer of 2013?? Megan and I hiked somewhere with our friend Jason. Hamilton mountain, I think?
These pics have been sitting on my hard drive for ages.
I am so excited to see all of you at SCAA 2015 next week!
Hey guys! Megan again. I'm constantly moving and brewing. Made my way down South to work on some personal projects and to challenge myself to grow and learn more about Coffee.
Somewhere in Arizona, I brewed some coffee in hopes to see the Grand Canyon, but all I got to see was a beautiful glow in the night sky. I will be back. I will lose my breath over that view. Until then, more coffee.
i get excited to go to bed every night, just so i can wake up the next morning and make coffee.
My favorite thing about brewing outside is that I'm always reminded to let go of the things I can no longer control.
Halfway down the steep grade to get to this trail, my dad stopped and asked me if I remembered to bring a cup to brew coffee into.
I didn't, but we were on a limited time frame. I took stock of what we had and decided the wide-mouthed stainless steel water bottle would work just fine.
It did.
We summited the shadowy peak in that last photo, and brewed Roseline's Ethiopia Aramo (one of the best Yirgacheffes I've had this season.)
Because I'm working on being okay with imperfection, I didn't use a scale for the coffee or the water. It wouldn't have won any prizes, but at the end of a fairly rigorous hike, with the view of all of Central Oregon and the butte we had just conquered, that was a perfect cup of coffee.
Today we hiked to the highest peak accessible/visible from Smith Rock-- all the way up Burma Road, and then continued up from there.
Last time I was in Central Oregon, I tried to brew in the desert on a butte. It was too windy— my kettle got knocked off my stove twice, so I aborted the brew. I ran out of water and I was worried that the stove could be a fire hazard. (Safety first!)
But it was a nice walk with my dog and the views were beautiful.
On a drive back to Portland from Central Oregon, I stopped at the PS Ogden viewpoint to brew coffee on the retired highway over the Crooked River. I used to come out to the bridge with my friends on summer nights to stargaze.
This was the first brew where I've gotten rained on. I did what I could to keep the rain out of the coffee (put a dry filter over the top of the bloom/slurry when I wasn't pouring) but if the rain that did get in affected the flavor, I didn't notice. The view was too good.
I brewed Slate's Ethiopia Sidamo.
Love,
- Bethany
Hot Air Balloon Festival.
On Friday, I found myself waking up at 4am to do something I have wanted to do for many years; watch hot air balloons launch. This is apparently an impossible hour to convince people to have fun. But I had fun!
I got out the Kalita and sat on rocks as the crews pulled out the balloons from their trailers. My first cup was great! The second time I tried to brew for a picture, I was so worried I was going to miss something I didn't put enough grounds in my filter, and I underestimated how much water I actually had left. We can't stress the importance of pre-weighing your coffee and water! But at 4am, ain't nobody got time for that!
Here are a couple of the shots I got. I took 140 pictures! It was amazing. Enjoy! -Megan
Last July I made iced coffee in the Washougal River.
Viva Las Vegas!
Hey guys, it's Megan! I haven't mentioned it yet, but I picked up and left Bethany in Portland, Oregon and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada to work at PublicUs with a few of my PNW friends. It's been quite the adventure, but I definitely miss brewing with Bethany.
Luckily for me, my friend Dylan Evans is up brewing adventures. We risked getting eaten by coyotes and rattle snakes to brew Velton's coffee at Red Rock Canyon. Brewing in the desert is a trip! My only regret is that we didn't have enough time to really get deep into the canyon and explore. I'm excited to go back and try again!
This is Dylan Evans. He also packed up and relocated to work at PublicUs in Las Vegas. He's a very dedicated and passionate coffee professional. He's taught me a lot since I've been here. I'm excited to be working with such talent. He is very focused on brewing the best, even in the heat of the desert.
Same beach, different day.
In August my sister and I backpacked up the east coast of New Zealand. Our favorite stop was Kaikoura, where we brewed coffee before getting back on a bus.
