If you have some sort of coffee travel kit, I invite you to share what you use. If you don't think the faff of a travel kit is worth it, more power to you but you're invited not to clog the thread with that. The idea is to catch ideas from those who have a travel kit. If you can post a pic, so much the better. But if not a simple description of your kit will suffice. Thanks to @"wilburpan"#672 whose review inspired me to try the 9Barista, mine consists of that ingenius device and a Lagom Mini. I'm considering replacing the latter with the Varia VS3 with the Hypernova burrs because even though it's larger and heavier, I enjoy the espresso significantly more. (If you have an interest in the VS3 there is a review here https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/1667-varia-vs3-three-month-review-april-2023/17 ) [URL=https://i.imgur.com/ak5aILJ.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/ak5aILJ.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I used to take a C40, V60 and papers and buy coffee from a roaster local to wherever I was traveling. However after discovering you can get a plastic V60, and 40 papers for like £10, I’ve taken to ordering one of those to the location I’m travelling to, and just buying from a nearby roaster and asking them to grind for v60. It’s obviously not quite as fresh but negates actually carrying anything and that’s especially valuable if traveling by motorbike. This works especially well if I’m staying with friends or family who usually drink instant, I leave the new V60 with them and they get a coffee upgrade.

I also go for the v60 route. Plastic v60, MBK aergrind and a few papers. Just used it this morning as we're away camping.

@"Ernie1"#p45870 What do you do with the v60 at the end of the holiday? I've got a MBK F47 and am currently deciding on what to use for brewing. Aeropress likely to win at the moment.

@"PortafilterProcrastinator"#p45874 Pass it on to a friend/family/colleague I’m traveling with.

OXO pour over cone, Feldgrind, My Weigh Triton XL Scales. Bloom with twice the dose weight from your hotel room kettle, drizzle this over the coffee bed via the Oxo water tank, to fully wet the grinds, add the rest of the water quickly at 1;00. If a compact kettle, with a small minimum brew capacity, pre weigh your brew water.

Depends, Aeropress and Kingrinder if I am riding or motelling. Just fresh roasted beans if I am visiting.

Bad coffee, whatever everyone else is having. I see it as an opportunity to reset and appreciate more what I have at home. First one on return is often the most amazing coffee.

I'm away next week, I just don't drink Coffee, I'll wait till I come back Unless I see a nice cafe, but I've never done that yet. I normally come back, realise I don't really need coffee and contemplate selling it all 🤣

Travel kit

PortafilterProcrastinator

Norvin Do you have a ‘go to’ aeropress recipe?

Norvin

PortafilterProcrastinator
Not really, I just load the grinder up with a scoop of beans and churn away. It takes much less time to grind with the Aerspeed than it ever took with the Rhino grinder that I had before it. Just grind, tip in the aeropress, stir and press. No attempt to weigh beans or time anything. The inverted cup method works best for me. Probably heresy on this board 😀 but when travelling, ease and convenience are more important to me than trying to get the best possible taste experience.

PortafilterProcrastinator

Norvin Getting anxious just thinking about being that free and easy with it! 🤣🤣🤣

It certainly isn’t a bad way to be.

I brew inverted unless I’m using the prismo.

Norvin

PortafilterProcrastinator
Here is a photo showing the setup in action, just before taking the plunge.

The photo shows that both types of essential foods are being catered for.

whinmoor85

MediumRoastSteam Nothing for me. This is when I check out the local shops.

Same! Too much faff bringing equipment and coffee most places.

JHCCoffee

Is there anything easier to use for travel espresso (of similar size) than Nanopresso? It doesn’t have an easy work flow.

I also like milk drinks, but have not been able to get decent micro foam using a microwave and battery operated with. Any light weight /small solutions?

What about when I do have access to a stove top?

Dusk

JHCCoffee

A French press actually makes half decent milk, you just have to be sure not to over froth it

JHCCoffee

Dusk It’s for travel. So I suppose I could buy a very small French Press for frothing.

@tompoland and all - What’s the gold standard device, for frothing milk when travelling. I’m looking for micro foam. But it needs to be light and small.

And can I do better than Nanopresso? Again it needs to be light and small.

tompoland

JHCCoffee 1`

alas I don’t use milk when I travel. I did try the nanopresseo many years ago just to have a play and I remember thinking that it was OK. Not high praise I guess but remember that this is coming from someone who knew little about milk based coffee. I also tried the Breville/Sage milk warmer/frother and thought that it was excellent (there were others who disagreed) but a bit bulkier of course.

mathof2

When I leave Britain, it’s inevitably to go to Italy. So I don’t have a problem. Every street has at least one espresso bar where the standard is high and the cost is low.

tompoland

mathof2 Italy is still on my bucket list. So a question if you would please: others have commented that they find Italian espresso, especially in the south, to be dark roasted to the point where they don’t drink espresso when in Italy. But it sounds like that’s not your experience?

MediumRoastSteam

tompoland - I’ve been in Southern Italy a few times. Last one was about one month ago. Plenty of people drinking coffee in the bars, often packed. It’s certainly not third wave espresso, and it’s more on what you’d expect to be on the “traditional” side of things: short, intense, dark, strong and thick.

mathof2

tompoland I’ve never found espresso in the south to be that dark. Kimbo seems to be the house brand of about half of the coffee bars in Naples. You can buy their beans online and taste for yourself.

JHCCoffee

See this Post.

tompoland

mathof2 tx for the update. Bit pricey getting Italian beans to Australia.

mathof2

A google search reveals that numerous importers in Australia offer Kimbo beans at prices similar those asked in London:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=kimbo+coffee+beans+australia&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#ip=1

tompoland

thanks, you, I roast my own beans and so a bit ignorant of Italian roastery brands.

When you’ve bought them did they have a roast date on the bag? As opposed to a best buy date which supermarket beans often come with,

John_Yossarian

tompoland Some of them do, and it is a recent thing. A couple of yers ago it would be Best Before only date and one had to calculate 18 or 24 months back. 6 months uncertainty in roasted beans world is an eternity as the good folks on this forum know very well😀

John_Yossarian

tompoland Hi Tom, this morning I had a Nirvana moment with a coffee I bought a couple of weeks ago, roasted in May, it makes it around 2-ish (rather 1.5) month old since roasting.
I do not know whether this is available in the Land Down Under but their website is: www.torrefazioneronchese.it
They use wood for roasting and whilst I cannot judge how much difference this might make, the flavour in the cup is amazing.

John_Yossarian

MediumRoastSteam In Sao Paulo it is not difficult to find a good coffee shop. 😀
When on the go (in the UK) I stick with a French press or Moka Caffetierra, hand grinder and take beans with me. At one place I have got a Gaggia Tebe that pulls pretty good shots, there again I have got a hand grinder and take beans with me.

oddbean

Kafflano kompresso and aergrind. If traveling by car I take the la pavoni.

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