what, cold tea or coffee!??
Bah Humbug!
Originally Posted by
manapua_man
This.
This^ +1 Forget it man, I want HOT in the morning, every morning. Even if in the backwoods, I want coffee. I have stopped brewing though. Nothing like a "backwoods mocha" to get you going and out of your sleeping bag on a cold frosty morning. (1 Starbucks VIA and 1 pack Swiss Miss instant cocoa. Good stuff)
Originally Posted by
bikenh
Since May last year I have been eating dry oatmeal, even while riding. Just transfer it to an old 1 liter pop bottle and then I can pour it right into my mouth and eat it dry. Why cold soak it when you can warm soak it in your mouth.
Avoid cold soaking and switch up to veggies/fruits instead that take no soaking.
Those packets of instant oatmeal, especially the Apple Cinnamon that has little dehydrated apples can be eaten right out of the packet & makes a nice snack. They can also be dumped in with trail mix.
Just getting started bike touring so my experience is backpacking and pack-in hunts in Idaho.
What I carried on backpack hunts for all day in the mountains, Hard cheese, it can be kept without refrigeration. A summer sausage or good jerky (I make my own venison jerky), a bag of raw almonds, some tortillas and some peanut butter(or Nutella, or almond butter) Sometimes would carry dried apricots. Out of that you can make a decent lunch and several varieties. You can live pretty nice without cooking. However, that was for during the day when active. I always wanted something hot in the evenings after a long day hiking the mountains
Oh, and that hot coffee in the morning.