I thought hard about how to prepare coffee when camping. I thought about instant which is ok but not really to my liking. Cowboy coffee which is similar to my pressed coffee. Drip coffee which usually requires a big piece of contraption. Or pressed coffee made in a travel mug.
I personally like my pressed coffee because my travel mug is my coffee maker. Just add boiling water to the grounds and press them to the bottom after steeping them for about 4 or 5 minutes. My brother likes perked coffee which was ok with me. But I hate waiting for it to perk, adjust heat properly for a good perk, waiting how ever minutes or so, or watching the little bubble glass for proper color. You sit there and watch it about the whole time. Blip blip, blip (imitating the sound of coffee perking)blip, blip blip blip, blip arh. And then you have to let it sit and drain a couple more minutes.
With a small travel mug coffee press, boil water, pour in water, stir, press, coffee ready and in your mug. You don't have to keep an eye on it.
I let my brother do the cooking, and I did the washing up. He brought paper plates, so this reduced the amount of dish washing. Normally all there was to wash was, spatchula, pot, fry pan and 2 forks. He started out with the 2 forks the very first meal cooked, so after washing I'd leave them out and ready to use again. My little ole spork I kept in my pocket. I used it quite a bit. Easy access, use, lick clean and put it back in my pocket. Ready to use when I needed it[emoji39]