I realize the way that people take their morning coffee can vary significantly. Some people don’t drink coffee, some people need/want coffee first thing, some people don’t. Some people like drip coffee, some people like espresso. It’s all great.

The way we do coffee on cruises is… first thing. We like to have our coffee in the cabin before having breakfast. The other thing is that we prefer lattes and the such, not drip coffee. Since we don’t stay in Star Class Suites 🙂 that means one of us has to make a coffee run.

A coffee run equates to grabbing two (preferably three) cups of scalding hot coffee. The is followed by navigating multiple elevators. Capped by the final feat of strength and endurance… opening the cabin door.

I’ve never been seriously burned but it is a perilous journey that can be uncomfortably hot and has resulted in spilled coffees.

The obvious solution to this is a drink carrier. Drinks go in the drink carrier, I’m not getting scalded, the coffee is much less likely to spill and it’s easy to carry. Whammo!

Some ships do offer drink carriers and that’s great. In my experience (mostly Royal Caribbean recently) most ships do not offer drink carriers. That’s especially true of the Crown Lounge where it takes an act of Congress to get half and half. What I have been offered is a… plate. I’ve given that a try and it works out about as well as you’d think it would. Needless to say… carrying coffees on a plate should be added as an Olympic sport.

An outstanding solution to this is to pack a fold flat reusable drink carrier.  This has become a must pack item for us that makes a regular part of our day a lot easier!

Here’s a hands on look at the Drink Caddy Drink Carrier

This is made out of a durable and lightweight nylon canvas sort of material. It folds flat for easy packing and storage

Here it is standing up.

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A closer look at the reinforced handle. I found it easy and comfortable to carryA look down into two of the four cup pouchesEach cup pouch has an adjustable elastic drawstring that you can use to further secure cups and bottles. I didn’t find the need to use these, but it’s nice to have the option if neededFor size reference next to a bottle of Sun Bum sunscreen (my standard size reference item on Cruise Packing List)Heading down the hallway ready for coffee!Here we are in Café al Bacio aboard the beautiful Celebrity Ascent!  Morning one coffee order is four Americanos. This morphed into three as the week went on and we fine tuned our coffee order.Time for a wonderful coffee date on the balcony/not balcony/infinite veranda thing that we had in our cabin. And… I wasn’t even scalded in the process!Another coffee runBonus coffee run, this time with a water bottle

Conclusions

This comes down to how you cruise, but for us, this thing is a home run and a must pack item for all of our cruises. It’s a simple and cheap solution to a problem that we – actually me as the coffee runner 🙂 – dealt with for years.

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Lots more options are available – search Amazon for collapsible drink carrier to shop around

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