The Handpresso Portable Espresso Machine
Once in a while a product comes across our desk here at Energy Fiend that is impressive.
As technology downsizes, it’s cool to see what inventors come up with. Think of how amazed the world was when Apple unveiled their paper thin Macbook Air or how everyone just had to have the Motorola Razor a few years back.
For all you espresso lovers who love the taste, but hate the expense of the frothy shot and don’t have the room on your desk for a bulky machine, there’s a new miniaturized product just for you. The Handpresso Portable Espresso Machine available from Think Geek is about the size of bicycle pump and with hot water produces a nice shot of espresso at 16 bar pressure.
With the Holiday season approaching this might be a perfect gift for the coffee lover in your family. Besides, after about 43 shots it will have about paid for itself with the money saved by not going to Starbucks.
3 Comments
[...] Handpresso keeps popping up, Would love to review [...]
I am from Puerto Rico and got my Handpresso through Coffee World Puerto Rico. I received my Handpresso about a week ago. The first expression is that this Handpresso is just nicely built, as well as the case. Making espresso is very easy, and it takes a minute or so to make a cup. I was impressed with the coffee. Believe me for a portable machine, coffee was great. Now my Handpresso substituted my Krups machine. I use Island Joe’s ESE pods, Lavazza Grand Crema and PORTO RICO ESE PODS FROM PUERTO RICO. A good hint is: to make sure the espresso has an ok temperature, I heat up my cup as well as the water container adding the boiling water and then adding the water to make the coffee. I always fill a bit more water (a few drops more) so the ESE pods gets soaked before extraction. And it really takes about 30-38 pumps, no big deal. With this I get a great espresso and crema too. I recommend buying ESE pods buy bulks of 100 or 150, it gets cheaper. The unit works best with the standard 7g E.S.E pod.
thats cool and all but honestly how great can the quality of the shots be?