304 Stainless Steel Coffee & Tea Canister

Why it exists

Beans, tea, and sugar pick up damp and camp smells the moment they sit in a bag or an open jar. A torn bag in the cooler bin means grounds in the ice, and a half-rolled bag on a humid morning means stale beans before the trip is over. This 304 stainless canister keeps a tight lid on a small stash at the picnic table or on the kitchen counter, so the next pour still tastes like what you packed.

How it works

Fill it with whole beans, ground coffee, loose tea, or sugar, press the tight-fitting stainless lid on, and put it in the kitchen box or on the shelf. Each morning, pull the lid, scoop what you need for the French press, pour-over, percolator, or tea, and close it again. The lid closes tight between pours, so the contents are kept away from damp air, campfire smoke, and whatever else is in the bin. With a 7.5 cm (3 in) footprint it stands upright in a camp kitchen box or a narrow cupboard without taking the space of a full-size storage bin.

Pick Small, about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) tall, for tea, sugar, or a weekend of coffee for one. Pick Large, about 15 cm (5.9 in) tall, for a longer trip or two coffee drinkers who go through beans faster. Both share the same 7.5 cm (3 in) diameter, so they sit side by side in the same box.

Built for the trail

• 304 stainless steel body for coffee beans, ground coffee, loose tea, or sugar: no glass to break, no plastic to hold odors.
• Tight-fitting stainless lid keeps the contents closed between pours and keeps damp and camp smells out.
• Sized as a tea tin and coffee/sugar storage canister, not a bulky bin, so it fits a camp kitchen box or a narrow cupboard.
• Slim 7.5 cm (3 in) footprint in both sizes; choose Small or Large by height to match how much you actually carry.
• Steel shrugs off the knocks of a cooler bin or a truck bed where a bag tears and a jar cracks.
• Listed with no high-concerned chemicals in the material.
• Hand washes in a camp basin; dry it fully and it is ready for the next refill.

Best for

Car campers who want a few days of beans or grounds in a solid tin instead of a bag that tears in the cooler bin, van and truck-camper kitchens where every container has to stand up to vibration, and home brewers who keep tea and coffee on an open shelf and want them out of the light and air. Small suits the solo camper, the tea drinker, or the sugar tin at the camp table. Large suits two coffee drinkers or a longer weekend. If you are storing a bulk bag of beans at home, this is a travel and counter canister, not a bulk bin; buy it for the stash you are using this week, not the whole bag.

Honest limits

This is a storage canister, not cookware: it is not a vessel for heating, so keep it off the stove and campfire. The lid is tight-fitting and made to keep damp air and smells out between pours; it is not sold as a vacuum or waterproof seal, so do not count on it in a dunked pack. Hand wash it and dry it fully before refilling; moisture left inside is exactly what you bought it to avoid.

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What's covered

• 30-day returns for unused items in original packaging; anything that arrives defective or damaged is replaced.
• Free shipping on every order.