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Because of its compact size and carrying case, the Nanopresso is perfect for life on the go. You can easily toss it into a bag. All you need is coffee (like our Trail Builders Blend), a hand grinder, the ability to heat water to 212F, and you have everything you need to brew espresso anywhere and everywhere you go. At $79.90 USD it won’t break the bank either.
As much as I love and look forward to brewing coffee early in the morning next to a campfire or even at a trailhead before I ride, most often when I am making coffee it is at home. Usually my first cup is brewed before the sun is up. With my eyes still blurry it would seem that the wisest thing to do would be to click a button and poof … coffee pours out of some contraption and into my cup. But for me, it’s a process. One that I love too. Not only that, but the process includes regularly experimenting with new ways to brew coffee.
Enter the Kalita Wave.
The most important question is … does it make a good shot of espresso? Also, since these are built to be used outdoors … around the morning campfire or at the trailhead how much should we care if it’s as quality of a shot as from a $25,000 commercial espresso machine? The short answer is that it’s certainly not as good, but that’s not the purpose or the point. The reality is that with the Kompresso you can have a shot of espresso wherever you go. Whether you pack it on a work trip and you’re in your hotel room or after a cold night of camping it delivers a shot of espresso that is refreshing, delicious, and fun.
Trends and fads are ever-changing. As soon as you seem to catch up they move right out from under you … with the ferocity of getting the rug pulled right out from under you. You land on the ground with a dull thud. Ouch. Sometimes these fads last but a few weeks. It was like a radiant comet shooting across the night time sky, but it vanished as quickly as it came. Some trends last a few years. You may have held out (and still do) of the whole skinny jeans thing. Finally after resisting for years you bought a pair of slim (not super skinny, mind you) pants from Old Navy, but all of a sudden you’re noting baggy is trickling back in.
