[Closed] Handpresso.... Any Good?

Lovely bit of kit - I always fancied one. However, isn't carrying that, some coffee, a cup and a flask of hot water a bit of an overkill for a wee coffee on the trail?

Ohhh neat, good for camping though.

How robust? How do you get the pressure required? Wheredawatergoin\out?

Could be worth a look at that thingy, good info, ta.

Here's a video of how you make it, looks and sounds like the start of a cheesey porn film! 😆

However, isn't carrying that, some coffee, a cup and a flask of hot water a bit of an overkill for a wee coffee on the trail?

I'm thinking it would be perfect for the tops of mountains in Snowdonia this year..?

I've had one (the version that uses ground coffee) for 2 and a bit years. Had to be replaced under warranty after 6 months or so- seals in the pump went, possibly due to overuse, but has been fine since.

It takes a fair bit of practice to get a good, as opposed to acceptable, coffee out of it. You use the end of the handle as a tamp, but that doesn't work brilliantly in my opinion. Finicky with the coffee grind, and coffee is too cold unless you preheat the bowl.
The ritual you need to go through is all part of the charm though. If you're taking it bivvying you'd be better off with the version that takes ese pods.

You take a mixer and a couple of 1210s out with you when riding?

£80 quid just to make some coffee (and I love coffee), when out on a bivi ride (and I love bivying) seems a little extravegant imo, but I'd gladly share a cup if you made it, while knocking out some tunes on the decks 🙂

Thanks for the review Vinnyeh! I've now bought the Domepod version, as I like the idea of using different coffee types and its portable, home/office/trails! The chances of me bivvying are nill, I like my creature comforts..

You take a mixer and a couple of 1210s out with you when riding?

Don't forget the solar battery charger...

A mate has one which takes the pod things. It's easy enough to batch things up, with one person and Jetboil doing the water, one person pumping, and the third person drinking coffee.

You can't beat a nice espresso on a cold windy range.

I have one of these:

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Works well and was cheap 🙂

Got a dome one, and it's brilliant.
Pump up to 30bar (about 40 strokes), hot water and pod in, press button and out comes the coffee. No real faff but on a ride you'd need to take either hot water or a kettle and fuel.
Seems robust enough, I've had mine for a good while now and no problems - don't get the red one though, the colour's horrible, I wish i'd got the black one.
Pods not too expensive, but for me, difficult to find locally, had to source on line but a decent choice of some decent coffees. Remember ESE pods, not nesspresso or tassimo, these won't fit.
[url= http://www.ukcoffeepods.org/esepods.htm ]UK coffee pods[/url]do a range of sample packs as well, good idea to try one.
Mol's stovetop above will make a half decent coffee but with pressure at around 3-5 bar won't touch the handpresso and will need a stove, not just hot water.

Increased pressure is not the goal. And that thing will make very high pressure if you pack the coffee in but you have no way of regulating it. But who cares? It does make great coffee.

I've had a couple of stovetop makers, none of which have been great and have all tended to be a bit hit and miss. the handpresso pumps to a pressure (indicated on the gauge) and fires the water out through the coffee at that pressure. Pods are of a consistent weight and density = totally consistent coffee, time after time.

the mypressi twist is supposedly a better machine [tool?]
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