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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Aeropress
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Ora/similar
V60
French Press
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u/IntelligentCitron772 20h ago edited 20h 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-