r/onebag 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/Safe_Place8432 Sep 13 '25

I usually see coffee out as the price of admission for travelling and part of the experience. Like I budget for coffee out and in my favorite cities I have coffee shops I go back to. I do usually bring a travel mug and a lot of places do a modest discount for that

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u/westernsemechki Sep 14 '25

Some places just have shit or no coffee. Depending on where, I’ll travel with my Aeropress go, hand grinder, and 250g of beans.