WACACO Pipamoka Portable Coffee Maker, Coffee brewer, All-in-one Vacuum Pressured，Insulated Travel Mug, Hand Powered and Filter Pressure Brewer, Stainless Steel Thermo Cup, 10 fl oz

Makes a great cup because it sucks 🙂
Dropping the coffee puck into the cup and watching it sink is so satisfying. A big part of enjoying coffee is making it and this gizmo is going to be great for camping. The extraction is similar to an aeropress where water is sucked over the coffee grounds. It makes a great cup! The coffee stays hot for hours when using the lid. I have several Wacaco products and they are all awesome.

It’s Great, But…
Great flavor, despite the perforated metal filter (which was an initial concern). No residual coffee grounds in the cup (about 800 micrometer grind size on the Kruve Brewler which corresponds to a 2.67 setting on the Fellow Ode 2 Flat Burr Grinder that I use for my Pour Over). All in all, slightly more bitter than the Pour Over method, all other variables being relatively the same. This is to be expected without the paper filter present. Much ‘cleaner’ taste when compared to a French Press. Excellent addition to my collection, especially for travel (well done WACACO)!Main Gripes:1. The funnel isn’t much of a funnel. It’s an extension, and is a waste of space.2. There’s nowhere to rest the extraction assembly after brewing. This makes a mess as residual water and coffee inevitably drips everywhere. Not a big deal if you’re at home, but just an inconvenience when you’re traveling.3. To solve Good Point #1 and Good Point #2, I’d like to see the replacement of the “funnel” with a dosing cup that doubles as a perch (drip container) for the extractor assembly (thank the folks at Fellow for implementing this idea already). Better yet, the dosing cup could include a removable cap that would allow for storage of pre-ground coffee for when you’re trying to travel light. That way you could pre-fill the perforated filter basket with one load of coffee, and the ‘dosing cup’ with another charge. All of this would already pack nicely into the mug itself. The flexibility for users to determine how they want to use it would be nice.Those are my main gripes, but otherwise it’s a pretty solid travel solution. Now, for a few minor gripes.Minor Gripes:4. I don’t care for the plastic scoop it comes with (coffee grounds statically stick to it), but it’s there and it’s lightweight. It won’t make a bunch of noise like a metal scoop would if you pack it into the mug. I personally pre-measure and pre-grind my coffee when I’m traveling and put each charge in it’s own little storage puck. I may try to find some on Amazon that will pack inside this thing.5. I misunderstood the Amazon description when it said it has a 10oz capacity. If you brew by the rules, it’ll actually make an 8oz cup. Much smaller than my standard U.S. 12 oz cup that I’m used to. This will vary based on your country, but I’d be willing to do a few more twist-n-shouts for that extra 4 oz of morning goodness. Maybe there’s a little wiggle room here (please have an exploitable safety factor, pleaseeee), to be determined…6. And finally, yes, they sell a true drinking lid (separately) for when you’re on-the-go or in the car. I can understand why it wasn’t included (if you’re just sitting around the campfire). But, having that additional lid increases it’s versatility (at the cost of 10 U.S. doll hairs). Mine will arrive in the next couple of days. If it’s a total flop, I’ll update this post. If not, assume it’s decent lol.

Awesome Little Coffee Brewer
This is a very well made piece of coffee kit. It worked as advertised and only took me two tries to nail down the function for a great cup of coffee.The twisting of the water chamber is where I needed to slow down a bit to allow the vacuum process brew the coffee. I went too fast at first and didn’t allow enough time. What worked for me was a half twist then count a second, then another half twist and so on until your done. Coffee came out great.Build quality is excellent. I had everyone at work asking me about it when they saw it. They watched it work and they were pretty interested in getting one for themselves.Great product!

Amazing producta perfect mug and also a great coffee extractor

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