What Are the Benefits of Making Espresso in Unusual Places?

Question

English isn’t my native language so please forgive me for not articulating my thoughts correctly. People love espresso and its preparation almost anywhere. Why is it so?

Answer 1

It is not often that one considers the possibility of making an espresso in a setting that falls outside the kitchen. Potacing a meal is unusual, thus, Aspresso in the outdoors needs to be seen in a lighter mood: these unusual places can make the tradition of having an espresso even more unique to the drinker. It can also be fun and draw the attention of others around you, and they are sometimes worth it. If you have an espresso maker, people recommend going to a more central and sophisticated place to have coffee, which seems a lot more promising than the ‘outdoors’.

Comments

It seems like there are 4 levels of portability:
1: Backpacking up Everest. You're bringing the lightest possible thing, probably an aeropress or instant coffee.
2: Day hiking around trails or around town: Picopresso. It just seems to work and it's small enough to fit in a backpack with a hand grinder and thermos.
3: Regular camping, hotel rooms, parties, offices, events and anywhere with a table and a sink: The flair is awesome. They are really getting popular with renaissance fairs and popup coffee stands and you can just go anywhere with a table and water and make real espresso.
4: home and coffee shop: It's just not going anywhere ever, so buy a real espresso machine. Whether it's the flair or an olympia cremina or whatever floats your boat.

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This may be one of my favourite contents. It's like therapy. James's joy is infectious. I feel lighter and healthier for having read it!

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The contents are evolving into a full-blown "travel and coffee" in style and quality and I'm here for it

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Throw in 9~10 grams in the handpresso basket. It is a bit of a pain to get that much in since you have to lightly tamp midway. But it works and you get a good shot with crema. Your 5gram shot was clearly under-extracted. I have the original so I have lots of experience with it lol. It is also well built since it is over 10 years old and still going. I take it camping. I will eventually get the flair 2 pro though, because I have a full kitchen in my small teardrop camper and a espresso electric grinder, battery and a solar panel. So it makes more sense for me to carry the flair, or robot.

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"Take it somewhere stupid!"

I saved a camping trip once with finely ground coffee (espresso to Turkish grind) and a very fine mesh tea strainer.

Not quite like anything else, added smoke from the fire, everyone was very grateful for the wonderful elixer it produced.