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The World’s Best Portable Coffee Maker Just Got Even More Travel-Friendly

If coffee lovers don’t already own an AeroPress for brewing coffee on the road, the company’s latest release may finally sway them.

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Jack Seemer

By Jack Seemer

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In 2004, industrial designer Alan Adler set out to create the perfect coffee maker. According to many a java lover, he succeeded. His invention, the AeroPress, is a small, cheap, transparent cylinder that works a lot like a syringe, pushing brewed coffee through a filter on one end.

The beauty of the AeroPress is its simplicity, giving control back to the person using it. Users can dial in the water-to-grounds ratio and brew time, and much like pour-over brewers, it “blooms” carbon dioxide out of the coffee leading to a sweeter, less-bitter cup. Oh, and 20 years later, it still costs just $31.

Travel companion

Due to its size and the durability of the plastic, the AeroPress quickly garnered a cult following among coffee lovers as the ideal brewer for camping, overseas travel or weeknight dinners at the in-laws, when a K-Cup just won’t do.

Catering to this use case, the company released a travel-ready AeroPress in 2019 called the AeroPress Go that boasted a smaller brewing chamber (eight vs ten ounces) and more compact form factor.

Now, the company is doubling down on the premise with the newly released AeroPress Go Plus. More than just increasing the size of the chamber (back to 10 ounces), AeroPress gave the Go Plus a tall metal travel tumbler that uses magnets to snap perfectly onto the brewer and avoid spills.

Like the AeroPress Clear, the Go Plus is molded with clear BPA-free Tritan that makes it easier to see what’s happening when brewing coffee.

In transit, the chamber can pack directly into the tumbler itself, which acts a metal shield to protect it from breaking (although Tritan is plenty durable on its own).

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The Go Plus brewing chamber packs compactly into the metal tumbler.
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Pricing and availability

The AeroPress Go Plus is available now for $80. The tumbler comes in two colors, white or black, and every order includes a scoop, stirrer and set of paper filters.

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