Nanopresso or minipresso

Looking at either of these as a birthday treat to myself.  Budget won’t stretch to picopresso.

Any experience/ great difference between these 2?

Cheers,

Niall

Nanopresso will take pods with adaptor, Minipresso has a different shap basket, closer to traditional machine maybe? But not pod compatible. That’s it I think. I went Nano as I wanted to keep it and a few pods in the car for ’emergencies’.

I have a minipresso. It’s OK but not amazing. Nanopresso is supposed to achieve higher pressure, but I think that temperature is the biggest challenge with these. I now have a picopresso. It is better, but still key to try to get (and keep) heat into it.

Just adding a test link for the Nanopresso.

Available from Idealo (£53.99), Alpinetrek UK (£63.95) and Amazon UK (£84.90)

I was looking at the minipresso but really all I want is the 9barista Espresso machine, despite the price ?

BTW they do a minipresso for Nespresso pods:

MINIPRESSO NS2

It is better, but still key to try to get (and keep) heat into it.

Can you prime it with boiling water first? I’ve wondered if temp might be an issue with these – but then again an Aeropress or V60 must take a similar/longer amount of brewtime, and I’ve never felt drinks from those aren’t hot enough.

I had a minipresso until it broke, and was happy with it.

I replaced it with a nanopresso that I much prefer. It’s a bit more compact, seems to be better put together, and makes a better espresso in my experience.

Like fooman I have a pod adapter for ’emergencies’, though I usually use ground coffee. I’ve had it for well over a year and it’s used 4-6 days a week. The coffee is good, though as said earlier it’s a problem keeping the water temp high enough.

If it broke I would replace it immediately.

Nanopresso here. Works great for me… I do occasionally prime it with hot water when I’m able to/remember but haven’t found it to be essential as such

Can you prime it with boiling water first? I’ve wondered if temp might be an issue with these – but then again an Aeropress or V60 must take a similar/longer amount of brewtime, and I’ve never felt drinks from those aren’t hot enough.

Yes, running them through with boiling water helps a bit, but the volume of water used is much less than e.g. an Aeropress, so there’s just not much heat going into the unit. As a result the brew temperature can be quite low. This gives a pale crema, and a warm shot that doesn’t taste as good as it could. I don’t mean to sound negative, it’s just quite important to try to get it as hot as possible in order to get decent coffee out.

Thanks all, umy sensible side is trying tell me that my 1970’s dripper machine, aeropress and aeropress go, V60 dripper and nespresso machine are enough. I’m not so sure.

Nanopresso and pod adapter seem essential for my list ?

When would you use it? If it’s for camping or travel then sure! Not essential obviously, but a fun toy certainly, and useful for some situations. (You would be unlikely to use it in your kitchen with a Nespresso machine right there though.)

Stop talking sense @gray there’s no place for it here. Aeropress go was bought for travel/ camping and does a sterling job already.

I agree, I fancied a toy/ treat but think in reality I’m covered. Maybe for Christmas will ask santa for one.

“When would you use it?”

I take mine to work. It means I can have a decent coffee rather than instant*

Many days I also stop somewhere pretty on the way home and have a drink. It’s a little gap between work mode and home mode – just 10 minutes, but I love it, even when the weather is bad.

*lots of people at work laughed when I first started doing this – “I can’t believe you bother”. I have regular visits from some of these people – “Could you make me an espresso please?”

I have a minipresso which takes Nespresso pods. It’s not brilliant and will leak manky coffee water into your bag because the internals trap water and the cap isn’t watertight.

Believe the nanopresso fixes this problem and I’d not even heard of a picopresso.

really all I want is the 9barista Espresso machine

Me too, but given I have a manual press there’s not really a good justification for a tool with no pressure control 🙁