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Pour-over pots like the Chemex, full-immersion brew methods like the French press, or hybrids like the Clever coffee dripper are the new trendy ways to brew.

FORBES: Hands-On: Bodum's 'Pour-Over' Coffee Maker

While the casual camper may be happy with instant coffee, the Flash Java Kit includes a French-press filter for a more refined brew as well as sample packet of Green Mountain Coffee organic house blend.

WSJ: A Coffee Press for Campers

To drink your flavanols, Choffy is specially milled 100% cocoa and roasted to taste good when brewed like coffee ideally in a French press, says Jason Sherwood, co-founder of Choffy LLC, Vancouver, Wash.

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