Heading
out into The Great Outdoors soon? If you are, and you are a coffee
fan (we refuse to use the term 'addict', but y'know...), you'll
probably find yourself frustrated by the lack of Starbucks in the
woods. Sure, you could take your favourite coffee brewing apparatus
with you, but again you might be left saddened by so few power
sockets and by just how delicate your cafetière is. You need
something a little more rugged and compact to brew yourself up a
cup... you need the Bobble Presse.
The
what? The Bobble Presse is an all-in-one brewing system, similar to a
cafetière (of French Press, if you're American) but neatly designed
to be the same size as a hand-held mug and made from tough stainless
steel. Now, when we were sent this to test, the plan was to hold on
to it until our next camping feature (a couple are on the way this
summer, BTW, like last year's), but instead we decided to review It
now for one very important reason: cold brew.
For
those that don't know, cold brew coffee are regular coffee grounds
that have been brewed over a long period (at least a day) in cold
water. The increased length of the brew, coupled with the fact that
the coffee can't be 'burnt' by hot water, makes cold brew coffee
absolutely delicious and perfect for a warm day in the garden. Add
milk, flavourings, spirits, ice... you name it, cold brew coffee is
awesome. And the Bobble Presse is brilliant at making it.
Why?
Because it is the perfect size and construction for a daily cup of
cold brew. The night before simply add your coffee grounds to the
cup, pour in cold, ideally filtered, water, then stir the crap out of
it. Pop on the silicone lid (which features air holes – crucial for
cold brewing) and pop it in the fridge for the next morning.
Then
its a case of whipping off the top hours later, grabbing the included
steel plunger (with metal, easy-clean, filter) and 'taking the
plunge'. The great thing here is that the plunger has a rubber seal
at the base, so once pressed the coffee grounds are trapped at the
bottom and kept away from the actual liquid. If you were brewing a
hot coffee you'd be doing the exactly the same thing, but over a few
minutes with hot water, not hours with cold. Then you pop the top
back on, open the leak-proof sipping spout, and drink away, you
caffeine fiend!.
The
Bobble Presse has a double wall to keep your beverage the temperature
it should be for hours – an amount of time further increased once
the plunger is inserted, adding an extra metal wall. For campers and
trekkers this means that there is no mess at all, and even after
you've drank the coffee, you can store the whole thing in your pack
without fear that the spent grounds will leak and slime all over your
stuff. For home-bods it is equally useful as it is the perfect size
for a morning brew, and thanks to the cap it can be taken with you on
the morning commute.
A
great innovation, and one coffee drinkers of all kinds should
definitely try.
£29.99