Now that I'm going to be carrying a Backcountry Boiler, it seems silly to carry my Snowpeak mug around. However, I will want my coffee, and I'd rather not just pour Starbucks Via into the boiler itself. What's a good lightweight option for drinking coffee? I figure there must be a < 1 oz cup out there that can handle the heat. Plastic/cheap is fine.

If you don't need something durable, I don't think you're going to get much better than a styrofoam cup. For a couple grams more you can get a waxed paper cup from any quickee-mart.

The styrofoam cups mentioned are definitely good and light and work well. I tend to steer clear of stryfoam and instead carry a solo hot beverage paper cup. Like this: http://www.wesellcoffee.com/product158.html. You can most likely find them in quantity at your local grocery/costco. They're only a few grams.

I carry two for insurance and a additional bit of insulation.

Edited by jreigle on 06/14/2011 16:32:34 MDT.

Although I'll admit to having carried a styrofoam cup in the past, the environmentalist in me would definitely like to carry something reusable. Plus, if I accidentally crush it, there goes the best part of the morning!

maybe this? http://www.rei.com/product/401090/open-country-plastic-measuring-cup

That's pretty solid. The price is definitely right! I bet I could trim off the handle for a bit of weight savings, and I like the multi use measuring cup aspect. Thanks for pointing that out.

Anybody else?

The biggest problem I have with 8 oz styrofoam cups for coffee is not the fragility (which can be a problem of course); it's the small size! How about 12 oz?

Cheers

Yeah, that's the main drawback to this Open Country measuring cup. But it's cheap, light, and durable. If there's a 12 oz version of that for an ounce or less, I'm sold.

Use the cup from the "just add water" mac and cheese. Weighs about 0.5 oz.

Nice. That mac & cheese cup sounds like a good one. Bigger than 8 oz? If not, I may splurge on a couple of those Open Country mugs.

I've brought a red cup before. It cracked.

When you heat polystyrene, it may release nasty chemicals

Depending on which information sources you look at

REI sells a similar 12 ounce cup (REI house brand, but made by GSI) for $2. I think it weighs a hair over an ounce. I'll check when I get home.

http://m.rei.com/mt/www.rei.com/product/784667/rei-campware-polypropylene-cup

Big enough to be a small bowl. Small enough to be a cup. It fills a nice gap.

I was actually paying attention to plastic types. Yet another reason those Open Country mugs are so attractive.

I think this is a pretty worthy discussion, though, since so many people are about to switch over to that Backcountry Boiler!

ETA - that 12 oz cup looks cool, but it says that it weighs 2.5 oz. Probably not worth it at that weight.

Edited by Knaight on 06/14/2011 17:47:26 MDT.

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Edited by cadyak on 06/14/2011 17:51:55 MDT.

>> ETA - that 12 oz cup looks cool, but it says that it weighs 2.5 oz. Probably not worth it at that weight.

I'm almost positive it's under an ounce and a half, but I don't have the latest copy if my gear spreadsheet on my phone. I'll double-check tonight.

Campbell's soup single-serving container.

Insulated and it has a lid.

Free if you buy the soup.

+1 on the Campbells Soup container being the boss.

I first thought of a yogurt container, but I don't know their size, and I suspect that they'd go flimsy with hot water.

http://www.peak62.com/search/itemno/75232/#

GSI Outdoors Insulated Infinity Mug - 17 oz.

This is my best find. Multi-use for me as a bowl, mug, treat water with steripen, and I can use it as a container with a tight fitting top. Stacks well in small titanium pots,and does not need a handle or cozy because of insulated material. It weighs slightly under 3 oz. which is not bad considering its volume,durability, tight fitting lid, and outside insulation.I paid $5 new.
Bill

That REI/GSI 12 ounce cup weighs in at 50 grams (1.8 ounces).

Holds about 11 oz., weighs 0.5 oz., a Planter's nut can lid fits nicely (but not water tight), and it's insulated. The only drawback I found is water can get between the styrofoam and the cup's wall, and get funky after several weeks (that's how long it took in a sloppy environment: my office). The styrofoam held up pretty well. Comes in attractive blue with orange, or if you're afraid to lose it, try Velveeta Shells in the high-vis yellow and orange.

Open Country cup is .6/18. A 16 oz Ziploc screw top container is .8/23 without the lid. The Ziploc jar might be a little big but it is relatively light and versatile. I like the Open Country cup just fine and use it for my morning tea although it is on the small side.

I have used the cup you get from Asian take out for their hot soup and cut it down. It is made for hot liquid and is very light

+1 on styrofoam (doubled up, such as a cut-down 12 oz. surrounding an 8 oz.) w/ a lid

- and/or -

+1 on the mac n' cheese or soup cup - the kids size is about 8 oz. and a bit lighter. I like the ones that are slightly insulated with EPS on the outside.

Either one is super light - the former being a bit more so, and less plastic taste, IMHO.

8 oz ziploc container wraped in reflectix. Will keep coffee warm for at least an hour.

I like the Snow Peak Titanium Cup I because it is very strong, light, has a handle, and can be used to boil small amounts of water. Can easily convert the Cup I to an insulated cup by sliding it into one of those very thin foam can cozies.

Unfortunately, the Cup I doesn't appear to be available anymore (at least, not that I can find). Here's a picture of the "unavailable" Cup I at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Peak-Titanium-Single-Cup/dp/B000IS1ZMQ

The Cup I weighs 1.1 oz with a capacity of 9.5 or 10 ounces. Adding the can cozy brings the total weight up to 1.5 oz -- pretty good for an insulated titanium cup that can do double duty as a very small pot once the cozy is removed.

Snow Peak's current version of this cup, which is called Titanium Cup II, has a little less capacity, yet reportedly weighs a few tenths of an ounce more, than the Cup I version.

The Cup II has angled sides, unlike the straight-sided Cup I as shown by the Cup II at the link below compared to Cup I at the above Amazon link:

http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/stovedetail.cfm/SN3100

Don't know that the can cozy would work very well with the Cup II version due to the angled sides of that version.