Touring Equipment

My main worry is how to make decent coffee though. I need my coffee.

If all you need is coffee, have a go at making a beer-can stove yourself. It's not difficult and it'll boil a few cups of water tolerably well.

What's your preferred outdoor coffee? I go for the cheapest instant coffee I can find, pre-mixed with brown sugar and full-fat dehydrated milk, in a film canister. Water in mug, empty contents into mug, boil off the giardia = tastes like shit, but it's hot and sweet and convinces me to do a shit before we get moving - nothing worse than turtleheading on an exposed ridgeline.

I made a plate out of stainless that sits nicely on the pot holders of my Trangia set that supports my Bialetti Kona perfectly. That and my Zassenhaus Turkish grinder follow me and the beans whenever I go camping these days.

That does sound wonderful, but how far from the car do you venture I wonder?

I have wondered about making a cafetiere that sits on my stove.

Some sort of spray on nikwax type thing normally does the trick. I think there are different ones for old ripstop and new silnylon.

Yip, or you can get the wash-in stuff. Nikwax techwash is pretty good.