Important Stuff: Making Coffee, Cocktails & Tea

Listen here: you can survive the cold floors and the cozy quarters, but nobody—and I mean nobody—survives Bevverly without caffeine or a proper cocktail. This ain't rocket surgery, but RV livin' means ya got two ways to brew: plugged in like a normal human or boondockin' like some kinda wilderness legend.

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Read on, don't be a jagoff, and you'll be sippin' like a pro.

Section 1: While Powered

When Bevverly's hooked up to shore power, You have electric gadgets at your disposal. Don't overthink it.

Coffee (Electric)

What you will need:

Amazon Basics Electric Coffee Grinder

Tastyle Mini Hot and Iced Coffee Maker with reusable K-Cup

Whole beans from the cabinet

Water

Step-by-step

Step 1: Open the grinder lid, pour in whole beans (about 2 tablespoons for one cup, don't be a hero and overfill).

Step 2: Close lid, hold down the button for 10–15 seconds until beans sound like gravel. Open and check texture (should look like coarse sand, not dust).

Step 3: Dump fresh grounds into the reusable K-Cup in the Tastyle machine.

Step 4: Fill the water reservoir on the coffee maker (there's a fill line, use it).

Step 5: Pop the K-Cup into the holder, close the top, and hit the brew button.

Step 6: Wait 3 minutes. Don't wander off and forget. Bevverly's small—there's nowhere to go anyway.

Step 7: Remove cup, enjoy. You did it, genius.

Tea (Electric)

What You need:

Govee Smart Electric Kettle

HRHongRui Stainless Steel Tea Kettle with Strainer

Loose leaf tea or tea bags

Water

Step-by-step:

Step 1: Fill the Govee kettle with water (don't overfill past the MAX line, or it'll spit at you).

Step 2: Set your temp on the kettle (black tea = 200°F, green = 175°F, herbal = boiling; if you don't know, just pick 200° and call it a day).

Step 3: Press start, wait for the beep.

Step 4: While waiting: put loose tea in the HRHongRui strainer basket, or drop a bag in your mug.

Step 5: Pour hot water over tea, let it steep 3–5 minutes depending on how much you like to taste the suffering of leaves.

Step 6: Remove strainer or bag, sip like royalty (even though you're in an RV in the woods).

Section 2: While Boondocking (No Power, Full Pioneer Mode)

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No shore power? No problem. Welcome to the stove-top, hand-crank, "Little House on the Prairie but with better coffee" era.

Coffee (Boondocking)

What you need:

Mini handheld coffee grinder (crank style)

Propane stove

Coffee Gator Gooseneck Kettle with Thermometer (52 oz)

Asobu Insulated Pour Over Coffee Maker

Whole beans, water, patience

Step-by-step:

Step 1: Fill hand grinder with beans (about 2–3 tablespoons).

Step 2: Start cranking. And cranking. And cranking. For roughly 10 minutes. Yes, really. Think of it as your morning workout. This is why God invented biceps.

Step 3: Fill Coffee Gator kettle with water, place on stove, turn burner to medium.

Step 4: Watch the thermometer on the kettle spout—aim for 195–205°F (if yinz don't have a thermometer that works, wait till it almost boils but doesn't scream at yinz).

Step 5: Set up the Asobu pour-over with a paper filter (or the reusable one if you're fancy), add your fresh-ground coffee.

Step 6: Slowly pour hot water in a circular motion over the grounds—don't dump it all at once like you are puttin' out a fire; this ain't a race.

Step 7: Let it drip through (2–3 minutes), then pour into your mug.

Step 8: Feel like a back-country barista. You earned this.

Tea (Boondocking)

What you need:

Propane stove

Coffee Gator Gooseneck Kettle with Thermometer [SAME AS ABOVE]

HRHongRui Stainless Steel Tea Kettle with Strainer [SAME AS ELECTRIC SECTION]

Loose tea or bags, water

Step-by-step:

Step 1: Fill Coffee Gator kettle, heat on stove same as coffee instructions above (195–205°F or "almost boilin'").

Step 2: Put loose tea in the HRHongRui strainer, set it in your mug.

Step 3: Pour hot water over tea, let steep 3–5 minutes.

Step 4: Remove strainer, drink up.

Cocktails (All Conditions)

Whether you're plugged in or off-grid, cocktail hour don't care about your power situation.

The Setup:

Liquor cabinet = the old microwave hole, now stocked with craft spirits collected at local distilleries from Bevverly's snoverlanding adventures across North America. (You're welcome.)

The bar = wooden cutting board placed over the stove burners (don't turn the stove on while bartendin', jagoff).

Cutting boards = separate smaller boards for slicing fruit, garnishes, and mixing ingredients (don't cross-contaminate your lime with last night's onion, please).

Ice situation:

• No ice maker, no freezer trays that work right.

• Solution: clean snow. Scoop it, pack it, use it

• DO NOT use yellow snow. This should go without sayin', but here we are.

Mixing & Serving:

Grab your shaker, jigger, muddler, or whatever yinz need from the bar kit. Mix your drink, toast to not bein' stuck in traffic on the Schuylkill, and enjoy.

Cleaning Up (Non-Negotiable)

Coffee & Tea Gear:

Rinse and wash all equipment after every use—grinder, kettle, pour-over, strainer, mug, the works. No "I'll get it later" allowed; Bevverly's tiny, and dirty dishes turn into a science experiment faster than you can say "mold."

Cocktail Supplies:

Wash your shakers, jiggers, muddlers, tumblers, and cutting boards per use. Sticky bar tools attract ants, even in winter.

Waste Disposal:

Coffee grounds, tea leaves, fruit peels, garnishes → all go in the slush bucket (not to be confused with Slush Puppies, the delicious frozen beverage of your childhood). Empty the slush bucket daily into proper waste disposal.

Learn more about proper waste disposal in RVs

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