Nanopresso Portable Espresso Maker,Upgraded Version of Minipresso, 18 Bar Pressure Ground Coffee, Small Travel Coffee Maker, Manually Operated, Perfect for Trips and Camping Outdoor

Works as claimed, excellent espresso-style coffee, easy to use. The instruction booklet has instructions in what seems like 20 different languages so the enclosed manual is quite bulky, but there's only 4 pages of small English - funny English - instructions. It seems intimidating at first as there appear to be lots of parts that have to put taken off, turned around, pushed in, screwed in... but after you read the directions and do it once, it really is quite obvious and you really won't need the instructions again. The website allows you to download the manual for both the unit and the barista kit which you ought to do and keep it on your phone for reference, unless you are using this thing everyday... The unit is "designed in California" and made in China and apparently, so were the instructions as they are a little "off" but nothing that you can't work through. After reading the instructions and understanding the operation, I made a great cup of coffee first time in about 60 seconds. My wife and I both thought the coffee was excellent with good crema. (And we are comparing it to our $750 Gaggia Espresso machine.) The pump was easy to operate and didn't require much effort. One tip: check which end is up carefully before starting to pump! You could be pumping a long time with nothing happening! (Learned the hard way here...) Once the Nanapresso is oriented properly (!) it doesn't take too long or too much effort to start getting the coffee flowing. It is not heavy and is quite compact and perfect for traveling, which is why we bought it. I am tired of trying to guess what kind of espresso machine they might have at our hotels (they often give precise information reliably) or finding the hotel considers 2 small espresso pods which make just one tiny cup of coffee each "enough" for my wife and I - or worse, 2 sacks of lousy "instant" coffee. OMG! But every Hoel has at least a hot water maker and cups (to make tea from those lousy 2 bags of tea they leave) and that's all you need with this. You don't have to worry about bringing or finding some place that sells whatever "pod" you need. You can buy a bag of good coffee in espresso grind almost any place in the world at a Starbucks, local coffee shop or grocery store and keep that and this Nanopress with you during you trip for excellent coffee every morning (or morning, noon and night, depending on your dependency issues...) In conclusion, this is small enough, and light enough, even with the extension tube and carrying case, to throw in your travel backpack/carry on without taking up too much room, and will allow you to have decent - great - coffee in your hotel room. For people who are used to drinking - and demand - good coffee, this is a lifesaver! Also, while I didn't have any problems with this, I did contact customer service (Hong Kong based) about a few "suggestions" as mentioned in this review and they were very prompt in responding. I will include a review of the "Barista kit" and the Carrying case here as well: "BARISTA KIT": I think it is worth it, although you get a little bit more than you would really need. You get THREE "filter baskets" (2x 16g and 1x 8g) which allows you to "preload" the coffee to make them one after the other. Frankly, that leaves you with FOUR baskets if you include the one that already came with the Nanopress, which at that point, is unnecessary. They could have left out the extra 8oz IMHO, reducing cost a little bit. The included tamper is nice and much easier to use than the coffee scoop included with the Nanopresso. For traveling, you can easily fit both large coffee filters into the unit, as well as the tamper. You can't fit the brush or the coffee scoop in, however. IMHO, the "Barista Kit" is worth buying as it allows you to make more coffee quickly. It also allows more variation in the strength of the coffee, since you have the larger coffee baskets and you can put a little less coffee in the water tank if you prefer a a stronger brew if you like but still have plenty of brew in your cup! (With the smaller water tank, your adjustment options are more limited.) (We found filling up the water tank to capacity produced a slightly weaker brew than we prefer, so the option to use a little less water but still have plenty of coffee was preferred.) There had been some comments in a review or two about "oh, my coffee isn't as hot when I use the larger water tank..." What?? Really?? "Cooled down coffee?" How long does it take you to pump a few extra pumps for a larger cup? Are you using lukewarm tap water and then waiting a half an hour before drinking??? I found no such issue with "cooler coffee." And if you're using just-boiled water, you better be careful that it does sit a bit so you don't burn yourself. No, no issue with "cooler coffee." Finally, "Wacaco Nanopresso Case, Protective Case for Nanopresso". This I don't rate so highly. It is a very tight fit for the Nanopress, regardless of whether you have the basic unit or the "Barista kit extension tube." Both units will fit length-wise into the case, but the height (diameter) of the unit (which doesn't change) makes it a very tight fit. While there is an outdent to accommodate the unit's pump handle bulge, you can't fit anything else in the container, such as the very small but very necessary filter brush. As long as there already is a bulge in the case, there really should be a small compartment to put that kind of accessory in. In that, I'll ding it 1 star. What are you going to do with the brush, besides loose it? Better yet, instead of a compartment, just making the case as little as an inch longer would accommodate the brush and maybe another accessory or two, and certainly wouldn't increase the size much at all.

Very good! Perfect solution when on trip, holidays or any other place where no machine coffee is available. Tastes really well, easy to make. Recommended!

This thing is spectacular if you want espresso while travelling and you want it enough to make some effort. I have a Breville Infuser at home and use the nanopresso when traveling, because I got fed up with hotel room coffee machines, or over-priced bad espressos in coffee shops. It did take me some time to get it dialled in but I did that at home. I travel for work most weeks so have been using this 2-3 times per week for a year or two so wanted to post some of my tips to get the most out of this, to deal with issues other reviewers have with the temperature of the espresso, and cleaning. 1. I have the double espresso kit with the bigger basket and the extender. However I do not need the bigger water tank because that would be too much water. The pressure is perfect with 16 g in the basket, which wants 32 g of coffee output. If I fill the small water tank I get 32g output with a tiny bit left in the tank, so I don't need the bigger tank. 2. Sometimes I had trouble with the pressure being too high, and then absolutely nothing would come out. This turned out to be because I had too much coffee in the basket - it's very sensitive to that because of the pressure gauge. So now I carry a tiny coffee scale with me to weigh the coffee grounds and the output. 3. If I have time (ie if I don't have to get up at 5am) then I prime the machine with hot water first. This really helps, but it's also perfectly fine it I don't. I also carry a Yeti espresso cup and I prime that with hot water too. Then I pump my espresso into that instead of the plastic cup that comes with the Wacaco, and the temperature is great. If I don't have time I get the whole thing set up with grounds the night before so that all I have to do in the morning is pump water through it. 4. I experimented with carrying around a hand grinder so that the coffee would be freshly ground, but decided it wasn't worth the effort. (The effort was huge.) So now I grind coffee at home and take it with me. My trips are usually 2-3 days long so the coffee is usually no more than 3 days ground - not ideal but the hand grinder wasn't worth it. I also tried a portable electric grinder but decided that wasn't worth it either. 5. To wash it I run everything under the tap and then dab it vaguely dry with tissues. Depending on my schedule I often then have to pack it up damp but I have not had any trouble with that. If I'm not travelling for a few weeks I open everything up at home and clean it properly, but otherwise I just take it on my next trip and it's fine. 6. I find the hard case to be crucial. Before I had the hard case, I cracked the body somehow in my suitcase, so that it wouldn't build pressure properly any more. I bought a new one and the hard case. It doesn't fit with the double espresso extender on it, but I'm already carrying another pouch with gear so I just put it in the pouch with the scale and the ziplocs of coffee grounds and the tamper. I fit the basket in the actual machine. (The double shot basket fits inside the single shot water tank.) 7. I also have a little folding tray that I open up in my hotel room to put all the gear onto so that I can carry it back and forth between the hot water machine and the sink if I need to, and just to keep everything together. I cover it with kleenex first because things do get a little messy. 8. I recommend watching a video for how to get the coffee puck out of the basket. Before I did that I was scooping it out with a spoon, which was tedious. It's still a bit tedious, but less tedious as I can get it out as a puck. I would never use this at home instead of the Breville, but while traveling I find this effort completely worth it because I care enough about my espresso. This makes better espresso than almost every coffee shop I've been to in the US. The only place I wouldn't bother with this is Australia, where they seem to have amazing espresso in every random coffee shop I walk into. I wouldn't do this while camping, but then again, I wouldn't go camping.

The idea of hiking out into the wilderness, and then, in the middle of absolutely nowhere, having a fresh espresso sounds pretty great. Making your own fresh, perfect espresso while staying in some lousy hotel where the only coffee on offer is revolting also sounds pretty nice. And this little gadget delivers the goods. All you need, other than espresso, is a way to boil water. So any camp stove will do the trick in the outdoors and you can normally get hot water at any hotel that makes tea available. The actual process of making an espresso with this is not terribly complex. You add hot water into a little reservoir, then run it through the machine by pumping it a dozen times or so to get the insides hot. Then repeat the process with espresso added into it. The whole procedure takes less than 5 minutes and it is not at all hard to master. It is a little fiddly, but not excessively so. You just pump slowly until the water is used up. It even has a little cup for you to drink the espresso from built right into it. The whole thing is quite ingenious and everything is nicely made. I just used the illy espresso in the silver can, and the espresso this thing makes using that coffee is honestly pretty good. Even preheating the machine, you will want to drink it immediately, as it is not exactly scalding hot when it comes out. I found it very smooth and pretty similar to what my basic home machine can do with identical coffee. Now, here is the big limitation. If you are home or somewhere with a sink, the next step after enjoying your espresso is to go to the sink and take everything apart, rinse it all off, and then put all the pieces in the dish rack to dry. Realize that there are a lot of pieces and some of them are rather small: Water reservoir, pump section, coffee holder, steel filter/dispenser end, cup, and measuring cup. But under running water it takes just a moment to rinse everything out and lay everything out to dry. So in your house, the clean up is not much worse than what it takes to clean your regular espresso machine. You mainly just have to be careful of the small pieces. But nobody is buying this to make espresso at home, it is for traveling. How are you going to easily handle the clean up of all those pieces if you are backpacking or camping? Or even in your hotel room if you are going to be checking out in half an hour? The answer is that you really can't. You'll have to pack it up dirty or at least a bit wet inside and wait until you are somewhere where you can properly clean it and let all the little pieces sit out to dry. I suppose you could wash and then hand dry every little piece, but you are now starting to get into a level of hassle that I am not sure most people will really want to deal with. And the design doesn't make it easy to hand dry the pieces even if you wanted to. Now I am still a fan of this thing, because it does what it promises, and it does it well. It is still coming with me when traveling in civilization, but I am less excited about even car camping with it, and I think it is just too fiddly for backpacking, even if one was inclined to carry something this heavy into the backcountry.

When first unboxing this tiny espresso maker I did not expect much from it. It has a plastic feel to it that does not exude quality - although it is sturdy. I had just packed my Breville Barista Express and needed a small maker urgently to use while I move to another country. Enough with the background, following is the review (be aware I've only had this for a couple days so will update if something changes). Portability: this thing is super small and super light. The hardened plastic exterior is justifiable when you take into consideration the weight. This is meant to travel. Other reviews that mention bad quality plastic are taking this machine out of context - while it can definitely shine in your house, it is meant to be taken out into the wild. Everything you need (except for the coffee) can be packed within the body of the machine. While I don't have the NS capsule adapter, I gather you'd even be able to take one capsule inside the water tank. All you'd need then is hot water. Ease of use and clean: while I might be biased coming from a vastly more complex machine, this thing is incredibly easy to use. A few main steps and you got yourself nice coffee. I'd say the hardest part of the entire process is cleaning the portafilter once you're done. Because of pressure requirements, that thing has to be packed tight. While I have not yet completed a deep clean of the machine, from looking at the steps it seems straightforward. Again, this is my opinion coming from a more complex machine. Ultimately, this is an espresso machine, not a long coffee machine. The love and patient you put into the process will return you better results. It's not a one button operation, but the few steps required make it a incredibly pleasant experience. Coffee, the crux: Given all that has been said about this machine, it makes incredible coffee. No, it will not give you the complexity and layers of a machine that costs multiple times its price, but wow, was I taken back when I first tasted the coffee coming from it. The coffee forms an incredible crema, although not as tall as a machine with more constant pressure, but it is there and it is noticeable. The coffee extruded is creamy and packed with flavor. My only complaint, not really but more negative observation, has been that unlike other machines the crema and general texture of the coffee decays rather quickly with this machine. But...again, it's an espresso so you should be done within a couple sips anyways. Overall, if you're looking for a solid cup of espresso at low prices and are especially concerned with portability, I don't think you have to do more research. Go with this machine.

I've read & watched a lot of reviews before purchasing mine. It's a portable, maybe even pocketable, little device that makes a darn good cup of espresso. Got the crema, got the taste, very easy and straight forward to both use and clean. BUT, there is 1 thing that I can't stand about it. The instructions says to use boiling hot water, but every time I use boiling hot water, the water container leaks & burns my hands as I go to invert the device and leaks bit by bit as I squeeze the pump. This doesn't happen when I use hot water that's been in a thermos for an hour, it doesn't happen with warm water. There's no threads for the hot water container, other than a few short fins that extend 1/8 of the inner diameter. WHY ARE THERE NO THREADS FOR A HOT WATER CONTAINER?? WHY ARE THERE NO THREADS FOR A PRESSURIZED DEVICE?? I don't know if I got a bad product or if they're all like that. Also, I can't believe it's anywhere close to 18 bars, where it takes 4-5 easy short pumps for it to start squirting. For comparison, 20 bars of water pressure is like scuba diving down to 200 meters. Other than burning my hands every time I make coffee, it's a decent little device for a bit more money that I would like to have spent.

Best at home genuine espresso and off the grid travel coffee snob deluxe device I’ve ever had. I bought a used one since I wasn’t so sure about it. It was quickly obvious why it had been returned: it had not been flushed out properly to clean it from the factory coatings on plastics and components typical of most products. One sniff and it didn’t smell right, plus the first person put it back together wet and crushed the nice little brush that comes with it. Not to worry. I soaked all components in hot water and did a light vinegar rinse then more water to clean all of it from the plastic factory coatings. The crushed and bent brush restored to its original shape entirely. It took several rinses and pumping water through it to fully clear and clean, but once fully cleaned and ready for use I can tell it’s quite a high quality well made device, esp for the price point. I admire the ingenuity of this and what they did to keep it at its price. The espresso it made was perfectly dreamy. I was really impressed. It’s replacing my countertop electric machine. It’s a bit of an hand/arm workout to pump but I consider that a bonus. Based on others’ reviews I bought the barista expansion set at the same time and I’m so glad I did bcz I could see ppl dismissing this extremely clever device as junk and not worth it otherwise. I agree with others that the one extra small shot basket isn’t necessary. I reconfigured the nano press to be an expanded double shot to keep it compact so I don’t have to travel with both sets. In the top chamber with expansion ring in place, I keep a double shot basket. In the expanded bottom (off barista kit), I keep the tamper, the scoop and the brush. I can see myself using the extra barista canister I have now from this reconfiguration to store coffee grounds to take on the go. I have extra baskets should I need them. I plan on getting other products from this company. I’m really impressed.

Works great. Used it this morning at my campsite this Sunday morning. I ordered it Friday night and it arrived by 8:30 Saturday morning. It took maybe 10 pumps total because the first five or so we’re just a start up and then about five or six or seven to get the espresso out. Tasted great super easy to use wasn’t difficult at all or hard to pump. I’m so thankful to have espresso at my campsite and it’s so tiny. It takes up so little room. I will probably buy my mom and my sister one of these who also are avid campers. I wish the water container in the cup were made out of stainless steel. I didn’t realize it was made out of plastic. That’s my only issue with it.