Kuju Coffee Premium Pour Over Camping Coffee Singles - 6 Pack Basecamp Blend, Medium Roast - Superior Instant Pocket Coffee for Backpacking, Travel, and Camp

We use these products when camping all the time. They produce excellent coffee and a comfort of home when “roughing it”

Bottom line up front: I’m a fan and I’ll be ordering this again.I’ve been looking for something like this forever. In Asia Starbucks offers a similar single cup pourover prouduct called Origami but I haven’t been able to find it in the US. I’ve tried everyhing from instant coffee to Starbucks Via but nothing really comes close to the real thing. I resigned myself to bringing a small french press with me when I travel, until I found Kuju.Pros: freshness, flavor, design, volume per cupoThe quality and freshness are great and the design makes it very easy to use. I actually prefer the design of Kuju over the Starbucks Oragami pour over for two reasons. The first is the way it sits on top of the glass. It fits my wide or narrow mouth glasses equally well and fits snugly onto the glass. The second is that the filter pouch is sealed with a perferated tear-off edge. The Starbucks design kind of pops open all at once so I ended up spilling grounds while trying to set up the filter to sit on top of the glass.I really enjoy the taste. I ordered a medium roast and it was well balanced and fit the taste profile.The instructions say to use 8 oz per pour. I’m a big coffee drinker and 8 oz doesn’t cut it for me. Due to the cost per cup, I’ve been reluctant to use multiple packages and just started using more water per pour. I like strong coffee and the boldness of the coffee was sufficient to deliver enough taste despite me using more than the recommended amount of water per cup.Cons: costAt just over $2 per cup, it’s a little more than I preferred to spend. Granted, I’m not using this daily and it’s really for when I don’t have my regular options. That said, I like to drink about 2 cups per day and I cringe a little knowing how much it’s costing me. Again, exception not the norm.

I've now tried competing single-portion pour-over coffees from Copper Cow, Tribo, Twin Peaks, Kuju, and Casa (sold in local retail). Comparison follows.Kuju "Basecamp blend - Medium Roast" is at or near the top for sheer coffee flavor. I often drink coffees with milk, but some have such beautiful balance and complexity that the flavor seems wasted (blunted) by milk; those go particularly well with or after food. Kuju is one, surpassing my former #1 "good black" brand (Tribo "Guatamalan"). Both are expensive at $2 per serving in 10-packs (Tribo recently increased from $1.60; Copper Cow is even pricier, but includes condensed-milk packet for the Vietnamese serving style.)Tribo, another top-quality brand, sells several regional and blend coffees in pour-over format; trying a few assortments led to preferring Tribo's Guatamalan just mentioned. Another complex floral medium roast, "good black." B07GD1XJSN Tribo Guatamalan Coffee Pouches Copper Cow has slightly longer Amazon history than Kuju and, like Kuju, is promoted to outdoor enthusiasts (the Backpacker's Pantry camping-food firm sells Copper Cow in ruggedized 2-serving packs). At $3 per serving it's a "luxury" brand; it's also a unique experience with the intense savory Vietnamese-grown coffee and the included condensed-milk ration. Full review: https://www.amazon.com/review/R3EBS22BEXFCBXTwin Peaks, like Tribo, markets several differently-sourced pour-over coffees and is my everyday, value brand for this genre at 60 cents a portion in 10-packs. After trying several of its varieties I prefer Costa Rican and Colombian. (Sometimes black, sometimes w/milk.) B0777RWW96 Twin Peaks Costa Rican Coffee Pouches Casa (bought at local "Ranch 99" Chinese-themed supermarket; like many of these products it's assembled in Taiwan, apparently the center for pour-over pouch manufacturing) also offers different regional coffees. They were inexpensive and not bad; but with the competition above, I'd call it a commodity brand and I haven't re-purchased any.

Like many other reviewers, I agree these pour overs are so tasty compared to instant coffee or even other ground coffees on the market, but when they’re past their prime, they’re downright awful. I love buying things from Amazon for selection and convenience but many of the Kujus I purchased from Amazon were stale and undrinkable. I recommend purchasing them from a brick and mortar store where you can view the expiration date on the boxes before you buy.

Kuju is bold in trying to be innovative / disrupt the space especially when coffee is a commoditized product that you find everywhere you go. As a frequent traveler (business and leisure), I love throwing a few of these specialty-grade, single-serve packets into my suit case. As an individual always on the hunt for new products that help make life easier / better, Kuju coffee strikes the intersection of quality, ease, and convenience. Below is some additional food for thought:- Packaging: I was afraid the pouch might break with the back and forth of everything in my suitcase. I’m glad to say that so far the quality of the packaging has been rock solid and has preserved the freshness Kuju promises- Making a cup of Joe: The pour over apparatus easily slips on and hugs the edges of any basic cup / mug you already have. As you pour hot water over the coffee grounds, the mechanism simply works and is more time efficient than I anticipated. Within a minute or two, you’ve got yourself a quality cup of Joe that you'd find at your eclectic coffee shop around the block; thank god the days of burnt, watered-down coffee no longer need to exist (hint hint - hotel rooms)All in all, this is a versatile product for today's times; it’s one that I use even with the hustle and bustle of traveling as well as one that delivers joy when I’m soaking in the sun on a Saturday morning hike.

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