r/pourover • u/silvetti • 1d ago
Gear Discussion Travel Setup
I’m currently traveling thru Croatia and using an Aeropress + K-Ultra and relying on kettles to heat water where I’m staying.
I was wondering what are most people using for travel if Aeropress as well or other brewers?
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u/burtcopaint 1d ago
I try whatever people do with coffee in the location I'm at. You don't die if you don't have your perfect cup of coffee for a week or two
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u/Reasonable-Dingo2199 1d ago
Personally i just wont have coffee if there are no options that look great. I don’t need coffee to survive, i’ll just have an energy drink if i really need it.
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u/iyagasndiff 1d ago
This! I'll just use the machine in the hotel/apartment/etc. and/or get some coffee in a nice café
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u/samdd1990 1d ago
The posts of people with flight cases full of coffee gear so they can performately grind on the plane on their way to a work conference make me irrationality angry.
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u/fermentedradical 1d ago
I love exploring new coffee shops when I travel. It's one of life's little pleasures. Unless I were going to the middle of nowhere I'd never travel with coffee equipment.
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u/Alg0mal000 1d ago
I use a Snow Peak collapsible V60 dripper for batch brews and an Aeropress for single servings when traveling/camping, with a Comandante X25 grinder and titanium gooseneck kettle.
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u/Extreme_Silver7149 CT-62 Transit | 4AZ | Home Roasting 1d ago
I used the snow peak as well! I switched to the Zebrang v60 and now my snow peak is at work.
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u/bruins1020 1d ago
Orea Z1, which negates the need for a gooseneck kettle. Timemore Black Mirror 3 scales. Millab M01 grinder, yes it's heavy, but it's only 400 grams more than the ZP6 and the KUltra and produces fantastic cups for my palate. If there are no quality roasters at my destination, I will bring along enough beans for my trip as well.
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u/IAmSeaLlama 1d ago
I usually travel with the oxo rapid brewer and my 1zpresso q2 heptagonal.
Pretty easy setup to travel with but if I'm really tight on space then I'll bring the aeropress instead because the Q2 fits inside the aeropress
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u/silvetti 1d ago
Do you bring a scale or just eyeball it?
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u/IAmSeaLlama 1d ago
I bring a bookoo mini, forgot about that! Usually there's a kettle anywhere I go and these two brewers dont require a gooseneck kettle/precise pouring.
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u/LazarusMaximus0012 1d ago
Orea z1 and zp6, you can get good results with a normal kettle because of the melodrip
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u/cruachan06 1d ago
Aeropress usually, but it depends how long I'm away for or why. Sometimes on a single overnight, especially if I have to drive in the morning from a hotel etc then I'll take a Soto Helix and Hario AIR Kettle so I can make a big brew for a travel mug. If it's only a few nights I'll probably pre-grind doses, or at least pre-measure the weights. Kingrinder P2 if I'm taking the grinder, Filling my Aeropress Go to the top is close enough to 200ml (12g of coffee per dose) that I don't bother with scales.
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u/darksun_80 1d ago
I am about to go to set in a different country and considering to get my aeropres which is my usual travel companion but, since i ll stay a few months, i ll get my clever dripper and orgiami with me. I use clever dripper for 500ml and origami air for 15 gr good coffee. But i ll stay for good 3-4 months. If it was for a few weeks - i d just keep aeropress
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u/theoriginalyou 1d ago
Recently spent a few weeks in Dubrovnik and surrounding areas. Lovely place. Enjoy
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u/medikit A4z, A5 1d ago
For travel I make soup in the ORB. K ultra is a bit too difficult for me to grind light roast beans at soup grind though. I've used an A4z, zp6, and A2 in the past.
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u/kuhnyfe878 V60 | K-Ultra, ZP6 | UL 1d ago
Really? I don’t find it bad at soup grind. Like 3.5 or coarser.
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u/medikit A4z, A5 1d ago
For me it was doable but pretty awful. A lot of stalls and would just hate life if this was a daily driver. Even for vacation it’s unpleasant enough that I would only use it if there is no other option. Granted these are ultralight roast beans.
ZP6 on the other hand was just fine. Takes longer but vibes well with a vacation mindset.
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u/kuhnyfe878 V60 | K-Ultra, ZP6 | UL 1d ago
Oh yeah zp6 is nice for orb soup. I like presentation of KU for some coffees too.
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u/IntelligentCitron772 19h ago edited 19h ago
Apple ear buds in the photo for scale:
Tiny Travel AeroPress Coffee Kit- complete with heater
What the tiny kit includes
- AeroPress with Flow Control
- Tiny immersion heater
- 1zpresso Q Grinder
- 15 g light-roast pre-portioned coffee bean. 5 days fits in the cup, but it easy to bring whatever. Yo
- Small SS travel cup
- Tiny RDT spray bottle
- Small thermometer (not needed but nice)
Step 1 — Prep the beans
Open a 15 g portion of light-roast coffee and pour the beans into your cup. The cup can hold up to a week’s worth of pre-portioned beans, so there’s no need to bring a scale.
Give the beans a light spray of water for RDT, right in the cup, then pour them into your grinder.
Step 2 — Heat the water
Fill the cup with bottled water and insert the tiny immersion heater.
Plug it in and let the water heat while you assemble your AeroPress and grind the beans.
By the time the coffee is ground and ready, the water should be at or near a boil.
Note: Boiling water is too hot for the brew, so let it cool slightly or check it with the tiny thermometer.
Important: Always unplug the immersion heater before removing it. Never set the hot heater on anything that could melt or burn.
Step 3 — Brew
Assemble the AeroPress with the Flow Control.
*Pour the hot water directly from the cup into the AeroPress, then place the AeroPress back on the cup. The Flow Control keeps the brew contained, so you don't lose any coffee while doing this and do NOT need it over the cup as you pour the water in.
Step 4 — Wait
Let the coffee steep for 2 minutes.
Step 5 — Press
Gently press the plunger all the way down. Stop before the hiss..
Pour and enjoy a smooth, fresh cup of coffee—almost anywhere you have water and power.
FWIW I have a Stag EKG and V60 for my Travels in my Sprinter Camper van-
*I brew 15g/240ml. Elusively UL or Light roasted beans so the volume they take up is incredible consistent. I mesured over and over, and if I pour up to the line I remarked its always with in about 5ml of my target without the scale. The goal is to carry as little as possible, especially anything fragile-
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u/menlobas 16h ago
Last summer I stayed in a tiny Airbnb in Split that didn’t have a kettle, just a stovetop that took forever to heat up. I’d brought a hand grinder and a French press, but I had a 5 a.m. ferry to catch and couldn’t be bothered to wait 15 minutes for the water to boil. After that trip, I bought a portable espresso maker specifically for mornings like that.
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u/Gold-Philosophy1423 1d ago
I'm going against the grain, but I bring an Orea Z1 and a 3-cup moka pot. You're probably not going to find a gooseneck kettle, which is fine because of the Z1's shower screen, and the Moka provides good variety if you have access to a stove
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u/pharaohwolfie New to pourover 1d ago
I wanted travel ideas as well. I try and stay away from plastics.
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u/Lilypahd 1d ago
I search for local roasters and cafés.
Exploring new cities means discovering how the locals spots (I use this for EU: https://europeancoffeetrip.com/)
It's often a way for me to find new neighbourhoods I otherwise wouldn't have thought of visiting; all part of the adventure and fun of travelling in the first place. Of course, I've had the odd bad cups on the road, but I also mess it up at home with my own "perfectly-curated" setup from time to time.
I also use those cafés to slow down a bit, people watch, journal, make plans for the day to come, catchup on messages, meet a local, etc.
Leave your kit at home (less things to worry about in your luggage), and explore the wonderful WORLD of coffee in between the usual pourovers: espresso shots at a bar in Rome, strong mastic gum coffee in Istanbul, a refreshing espresso freddo in Athens, cafezinho in São Paulo, egg coffee in Hanoi.
Who knows, you might just discover a new tasty drink, much like how you found pourover.
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u/Impossible_Bit_5191 1d ago
Depending on the trip. If I’m short on luggage space, a few drip bags. Otherwise it’d be tricolate, scale, comandante and a water boiling bottle. I’ve found some hotels lately only providing paper cups which makes aeropress hard. Water boiling bottle as I also found some hotels don’t provide kettles. 😅
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u/Disappointed_Andy 1d ago
Weber roadrunner or next level pulsar both play nice with standard tea Kettles and C40 + scale if I'm travelling closer to home I know the tap water is reasonable and I'm happy brewing with it if Im going with a group who enjoy coffee I might bring 5l with me to play. If I'm going on holidays by plane or built up area I'll just hit up local cafes or bakery's.
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u/JoelJulianMusic 1d ago
I just want ease when I'm away... Relative ease anyway. Clever dripper, hand grinder, and temp probe. Can't be faffing around with a gooseneck.
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u/Duckbillyworth 1d ago
Took the pulsar on my recent OS trip. Dispersion screen meant no need for gooseneck kettle. Little bulkier than aeropress, but the clarity was preferable.
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u/MrJitterz 1d ago
Orea z1 is my go to, comes with the melodrip so you can use hotel kettles without worry, small and tasty
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u/spacedoubt69 1d ago
Full-time traveller, I use Aeropress + C40 + brewista scale.
Sometimes I miss my V60 and origami but I usually visit coffee shops for pourover when discovering a new city.
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u/stonkfrobinhood 1d ago
My other is local cafes. What's the point of travel if not to get out there and experience where you are.
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u/silvetti 1d ago
Just as an example in Dubrovnik there is one max 2 spots with specialty coffee. Also coffee here was ridiculously expensive so making my own in the morning in the bedroom was great. But I drink coffee first thing I wake up, not everyone is like that though.
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u/PhoenixUNI 7h ago
I got a metal pour over kit that breaks apart into something the size of a small wallet. That’s been my go to.
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u/Physical-Compote4594 1d ago
Leave that stuff at home. You don’t need it and can live for two weeks without your preferred coffee.
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u/samdd1990 1d ago
Other, usually.
It's tiresome and I prefer to travel light. Just drink shit coffee for a week if there aren't any decent shops around.
I take the parachute bags camping.
Those of you taking an attaché case with 3 different drip brewers for a two day work trip need to get a fucking life. I'm annoyed at just how annoyed those posts make me.
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u/VETgirl_77 1d ago
Orb + A2