![]() ![]() ![]() The provided coffee scoop fits flush with the filter basket, so you can transfer grounds relatively mess-free the piece also doubles as a tamper. It also has some nice touches that are handy for travel, such as a carrying case and a built-in cup that fits seamlessly over the water chamber. Its shape is pleasingly compact, and it comes in a number of attractive colors besides black. It’s (mostly) well designed: Aside from one big issue with the filter basket (which I’ll get into below), the Nanopresso is a cleverly designed device. It comes out in squirts, like milk from a cow’s udder. Over the course of about 30 pumps (ideally), you first build some pressure and then manually force water through the coffee and into your cup. ![]() After adding water to one end of the capsule and loading a filter basket full of grounds into the other end, you press a little pump on the side of the device. The capsule-shaped Wacaco Nanopresso works a bit differently than the Handpresso. The Nanopresso comes in handsome colors like “arctic blue.” Photo: Sarah Kobos ![]() In testing, I had to coarsen up the grind significantly (to just a bit finer than what we recommend for pour-over) to get coffee to flow at all. That’s because although both devices allegedly reach pressures as high as in an espresso machine, neither tool can handle coffee that is ground as fine as what you need to use for espresso. But even setting aside the fact that the café standard is a double shot, the coffee that the Handpresso and the Nanopresso produce simply lacks the thick, syrupy body of a good espresso. Both require 7 to 8 grams of ground coffee, which is about how much you’d use for a single shot of espresso. Let’s get this out of the way first: Neither device makes espresso like you’d get at a café or from one of the home machines we recommend. They’re fun toys for sure, but after testing both, I’d say you have better options for travel (hello, AeroPress). Instead of downing watery coffee from the hotel Keurig or spooning Nescafé into a camping mug, wouldn’t it be nice to pull yourself a bracing shot of espresso using a device no bigger than a travel mug? That’s the promise of the Handpresso Wild Hybrid and the Wacaco Nanopresso, two portable, manual espresso makers. This week, it’s all things coffee at Wirecutter.Īnyone who has struggled to caffeinate while traveling can understand the appeal of a handheld espresso machine. From pour-overs to espresso machines, and from bean roast to brew strength, we have strong opinions about it all. If you’ve browsed any of our coffee coverage, you know that we take our brew pretty seriously. ![]()
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