Recommend me a commuter coffee solution

[one60]

Found this espresso maker to be well designed, easy to use and clean. Plus it makes a very reasonable espresso. Of course, requires access to hot water.

[Ozz]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

I tried this once and earned a reputation as a pretentious snob. Maybe I should just lean into it. .....

"pretentious snob" vs. "you get what you settle for"

Pick one......

[72gmc]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

Per above, I'm on your team now. A single really good cup is probably better for my kidneys than the 4 hour caffeine drip of swill I'd be doing otherwise.

How are you heating your water?

A little Bodum 0.5L hot water pot. I took notes in European business hotels and my wife set me up with the kit.

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by batman1425

Make it at work. Aeropress or equivalent french press + electric kettle.

Need a good conical burr grinder. Makes the freshest, bestest grounds, plus its use annouces to everyone in the office that you're at it again.

I work at home. The dog doesn't give a crap about any of this!

And my wife works at home too. She has a Keurig extruded coffee appliance. Oh, the humanity.

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

I tried this once and earned a reputation as a pretentious snob. Maybe I should just lean into it.

That's just a story and it doesn't mean anything.

What others think about you is irrelevant, if you think well of yourself.

[stien]

I have a sweet hydro flask "flip lid" coffee thermos that fits in water bottle cages. Cheap and works fine. I also use it to keep my coffee hot on weekends after French press.

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by one60

Found this espresso maker to be well designed, easy to use and clean. Plus it makes a very reasonable espresso. Of course, requires access to hot water.

You've had good luck? I considered buying one many times.

[72gmc]

If the pretentious snob reputation is already in place, why not use it?

[Jaybee]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

That's just a story and it doesn't mean anything.

What others think about you is irrelevant, if you think well of yourself.

Truth. Im gonna be me, and me likes good coffee.

Thanks for the ebcouragement

[one60]

Originally Posted by charliedid

You've had good luck? I considered buying one many times.

yes...I was impressed that it worked as well as it did. Comes with a zippered & padded storage bag. The cap doubles as a cup, so all that is required is ground coffee and hot water. There is also an adapter for nespresso capsules though havent used that.

Gifted it to my son (future school teacher) who tells me he uses it daily. Teacher's lounges have terrible coffee.

[kiwisimon]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

I tried this once and earned a reputation as a pretentious snob. Maybe I should just lean into it.

lean into it. Only takes 3 minutes to use an aeropress and you'll probably get people asking for a cup. Life is too short to drink ****ty or lukewarm coffee.

[d_douglas]

Originally Posted by kiwisimon

lean into it. Only takes 3 minutes to use an aeropress and you'll probably get people asking for a cup. Life is too short to drink ****ty or lukewarm coffee.

Inverted aeropress daily. I once broke the vacuum seal on mine while pressing and got boiling hot coffee sprayed on my man-bits in the kitchen at work. All while someone was marvelling at how easy it looked!

Only time that happened...

[Louis]

Originally Posted by d_douglas

and got boiling hot coffee sprayed on my man-bits in the kitchen at work

You work in a nudist's colony? Cool!!!

https://nyti.ms/2vGWiVs

(NSF prudes, but totally harmless)

[d_douglas]

Originally Posted by Louis

You work in a nudist's colony? Cool!!!

https://nyti.ms/2vGWiVs

(NSF prudes, but totally harmless)

Ha ha - not quite but close. No, this was fortunately not too bad due to my clothes, but the big wet brown stain on my crotch wasn’t the best

[kiwisimon]

Originally Posted by d_douglas

Ha ha - not quite but close. No, this was fortunately not too bad due to my clothes, but the big wet brown stain on my crotch wasn’t the best

veterans brew nude.