Zyliss Smart Café

[Colgrenfell]

Thanks for the recommendation! I took a punt on a couple, and we took them on tour to France last week.. bloody brilliant.. hold a good amount of liquid, well insulated, cheap, makes as good a cuppa as with my Aeropress at home.. doubles as a hefty beaker for wine in the evening..

[Gattonero]

How much does it weight? Just wondering.

[Bez]

I was reading this while boiling the kettle so… 186g on my scales.

[Sweep]

Sorely tempted as a serious coffee head but desperately need to avoid duplication in my camping gear so i'll stick to the small bialetti and ground espresso.

[Gattonero]

I was reading this while boiling the kettle so… 186g on my scales.

Sounds good, an AeroPress or the ubiquitous Bialetti (for the proper) do a very good job but it's one more item to carry.
This Zyliss one sounds a no-brainer thing, it's all in one and it's not too heavy.

[Sweep]

More loyalty to your home territory gatto

The bialetti scores on fast production/consumption of that vital coffee hit on mid ride stops behind british churches.

The ideal combo - italian coffee and retro engineering expertise and a now godless blighty which means you are very unlikely to encounter folk/priests on these stops.

The zyliss would add to my bulk as my espresso cup fits inside my tea/beer/wine cup which fits inside my small pan/kettle.

[PH]

I have one and it makes a fine cafetiere coffee, but like all such things it really needs running water to rinse it through after use. I camp off site as much as on so prefer to use a plastic V60 dripper and paper filters, which with a bit of practice produces a better coffee (IMO of course!!)

[Sweep]

ah, thanks for the tip PH.

The Bialetti by contrast just needs the used grounds blown out into a convenient bush.