An Off-Grid Coffee Setup Built for Trail Builders: Testing the Stoke Voltaics Kettle Pot

Trail builders rarely start their day near an outlet. More often, the morning begins at a remote trailhead or in our neck of the woods, a base camp tucked deep into a cold, damp Pacific Northwest forest. When that is the reality, hot water is not a luxury. It is part of the workflow.

This field note looks at a simple question trail crews may be asking. As more crews rely on battery systems and vehicle-based power, does electric camp gear actually make sense in the field?

To answer that, I spent a cold morning brewing coffee off-grid with the Stoke Voltaics Kettle Pot, paired with Off the Grid coffee from Treeline Coffee Roasters (I know, a “rough” morning). What follows is less a traditional gear review and more a trail builder workflow story.