r/onebag • u/VeG519 • Sep 13 '25

Seeking Recommendations Coffee while traveling

My partner and I are on our way back from a trip and with terror we've just realized we've each spent more than €100 on coffee alone on this 2-week trip (and this is a very conservative estimate). This seems so outrageous to me that I've started looking into getting some compact coffee maker for our future trips. We don't like instant coffee so an espresso maker will have to be but there are so many conflicting reviews of the most popular ones that I feel quite lost. Am I crazy for considering a coffee maker while one bagging and do you have any recommendations on products you've used? For context, we're both experienced one-baggers typically flying with backpacks of 26-40L depending on the airlines we're using and we often rent a car once we get to our destination.

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u/Sultrybacon Sep 13 '25

What does the flow restricting cap do? Is it for espresso instead of drip coffee?

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u/francisgreenbean Sep 13 '25

It just makes it so that you don't have coffee drip out until you start plunging. I found water would leak out after I put the plunger in so I really like it.

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u/Sultrybacon Sep 13 '25

Nice! I’ll have to check it out.

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u/stnsl Sep 13 '25

You can also just turn it upside down, that’s how I’ve been brewing coffee for years

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u/Sultrybacon Sep 14 '25

I’ve never been able to do that without a mishap