AeroPress Coffee Is Superb When I’m Traveling, but I Use Mine Even When I Stay Home

Its convenience can’t be beat in hotels, Airbnbs, and campsites, but AeroPress’ clever portable coffee maker is also excellent for a quick cup at home when a whole pot would be too much.

One of my favorite features of my preferred coffee brewer is how you can chuck it in a suitcase or a backpack and take it on a trip. When you get where you're going, be that a Chicago hotel room, a mountaintop campsite, or your mother-in-law's house, as long as you've brought beans and have access to hot water, you'll have what you need for an excellent cup of Joe.

Coffee lovers might already recognize this as the AeroPress, a brewer invented by Alan Adler, the same guy who came up with—of all things—the Aerobie flying disc. The AeroPress, which debuted in 2005, looks like a giant, needle-less syringe, in ...