comes in a nice gift/storage box.
The Handpresso is a manual espresso maker. No electricity needed, just a way to heat the water. You pump the handle until 16 bars (there is a gauge), add coffee and water - then you're ready for espresso, even when you're away from your machine. Add a handheld milk frother and you can have a latte no matter where you go.
I like this one because you can use fresh ground coffee in it. From what I've read you had to use pods in the previous version. I've not dealt with pods in the past and don't really want to start now. I like the way fresh ground beans smell. It's addicting.
I'm still playing with it. Trying to get a good cup of espresso with decent crema. My first shot was too thin. I didn't realize my grinder wasn't on the finest setting so it went too fast. The second shot was better, but still not a good head of crema.
I'll keep playing with it until I get it down. Even if I never get the perfect shot - it's still great for traveling, which is why I wanted it.
I've decided to rate products by my own scale. I'm a balloon artist, so I'll use balloon dogs. This one gets a 4.5 out of 5 balloon dogs. Only took off the half star because of the difficulty getting crema. I'll revisit the rating after I give it a few weeks of experimentation.
Pro -
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Price - it's affordable
Quality of device - after 1 day I'm impressed. I'll revisit & update this after a couple of months
Quality of espresso - Not the equivalent of an expensive machine but far better than what many restaurants serve or what you get from some of the home espresso machines.
Portable - no need to miss out on good coffee just because you're not near a machine.
Can use fresh ground beans or pods if you wish.
I like the gift/storage box.
Con -
Difficult to get a good layer of crema. I like the feel and taste of crema so that's a drawback for me.
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