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Travel espresso gear. Minipresso review

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Joe:
I was able to score a couple travel espresso machines. My first review will be of the minipresso gr by wacaco. I actually really like this travel espresso maker for a few reasons. One it's small, light, everything fits inside of it much better than say an aeropress. In fact I would recommend this hands down over an aeropress in every aspect. The espresso that comes out is nice however definitely a single shot amount is more appropriate.

The cons: it's very plastic, I assume durability will not be great. Price is seen around $60-100 and I think that might be high for the materials. If I go hiking I would take this and my west german grinder and my titanium bowl set and my msr pocket rocket...I would have amazing espresso and caffeinated hikes.


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Abqbomb:
Looking at their web site they've got an up sell item called the "tank" which says it's for pulling a double shot. Did you have one of those to try?  The pump reminds me of the one I use with my MSR whisper light stove, which I've had for 20 years. Of course it doesn't get that much use, but has been durable. What was the quality of the shot like?  If it's substantially better than the aeropress, might be worth a look?  On their web site the base unit is listed at $59. Look forward to seeing your other review.

Batman:
Very cool.  I could see keeping one of these in the office even.

Joe:

--- Quote from: Abqbomb on January 24, 2016, 11:52:33 AM ---Looking at their web site they've got an up sell item called the "tank" which says it's for pulling a double shot. Did you have one of those to try?  The pump reminds me of the one I use with my MSR whisper light stove, which I've had for 20 years. Of course it doesn't get that much use, but has been durable. What was the quality of the shot like?  If it's substantially better than the aeropress, might be worth a look?  On their web site the base unit is listed at $59. Look forward to seeing your other review.

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The quality of the shot was compatible to what I was able to achieve with a lever prior to selling it. It has Crema but the way this machine delivers the hot water through the mini-puck reminds me more of the Saeco/ Starbuck pressurized Porta-filter. I did pull shots with the Ethiopian Derar Ela which is probably not fair to check for defects "Blueberry bomb" espresso is always good.

The quality of the cup is comparable to the Aeropress while I would say this is more in line with true Espresso, however because of its delivery model it is naturally compared- Hot water and manual pressure. Not quite espresso but not a moka pot either. The place where it pulls away from the Aeropress for me personally is the package of it. It is organized and fits very well, my main complaint of the aeropress is all of the parts and exhaustive cleaning. This cleans simply is not messy and is easily packed with everything including, cup + scooper(also works as a tamper) inside itself. So yes it's definitely better to me.

Where I would say the Aeropress has the advantage would be in the durability of the materials.

ButtWhiskers:
This looks interesting. Not much of a heat sink, though, being plastic.

Funny thing, even though I have a LaPavoni Lever, I seem to actually use a handheld Mypressi Twist more than anything for shots these days. I have pulled incredible shots on the lever, but the Twist seems to be more consistent, and quicker to prep and clean up.   :-[  Too bad they don't make em anymore. I have two, and usually keep an eye out for used ones. 

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