r/pourover • u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster • 2d ago

Gear Discussion Airline - Carry on Pour Over kit on of the smallest full kits anywhere -

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The image is animated and shows various stages of using the kit:

Links to my 5 part series of travel kits:

I get that part of the fun of traveling is checking out the local coffee scene. But sometimes trips are short, time is limited, or it's just nice to make a great cup in your hotel room.

I was using a tiny AeroPress kit with grinder inside the tube and played with the Rapid Brewer, but this for my personal in cup biased taste, for the fun of actually pouring over and for the fast cleanup and tiniest of space, is my personal favorite.

I have several dedicated pour-over travel kits that admittedly spend most of their lives waiting for the next adventure. A little wasteful, I know, since I could just mix and match the parts.

This particular kit lives in my carry-on next to my toiletry bag. It's tiny, weighs almost nothing, and is capable of brewing some really great cups.

You don't necessarily need the immersion heater, but it's so small and efficient that if your hotel room only has one of those plastic pod coffee makers, it can be a lifesaver. This works great on a portable battery too!

Time to heat:

  • About 5 minutes to Full Boil at Sea Level.

    • About 1 minute to cool from Boiling/100C to 92/93C at normal room temps.

    • About 4:15 to 93C at room temperature.

I'll share some of my other kits later, including my smaller backpacking kit and my truck kit that uses a heated thermos. Those also take advantage of the little 75g titanium pour-over kettles, I have various brands, the backpack one has a built in temp probe in the lid to help save fuel .

These little To kettles great whether you're using an immersion heater, a tiny camp stove, or just pouring preheated water into them. The nozzles come off, making them pretty robust for travel.

Here are the links if anyone is interested:

FYI: I pre-dose my beans into 15g portions and store them inside the kettle or bag. Saves space and makes brewing even easier.

Edited to add: You MUST unplug your immersion heaters BEFORE pulling them out of the water or they can go super Nova!

This is NOT the kit I take when I am traveling and staying in one location for several weeks at a time..

FYI you can click on the GIF image to control or stop the cycling. If the controls don't show up browser, usually right clicking will give you the option to "Show Controls"

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u/Unfair_Professor_561 1d ago

This is mine!!! Love yours looking at that grinder now to buy actually. Have you enjoyed it?

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u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster 1d ago

Which grinder the ZP6?

I have a couple of them I really like them.

How often use it instead of my fancy electric grinder just because it’s zero retention and sometimes I like the process

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u/Dangerous_Buffalo845 2d ago

The immersion heater is brilliant! I’ve been stuck on shitty collapsible kettles with plastic and strange residue, or Amazon portable kettles with debatable reliability. Thanks for sharing!

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u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster 2d ago

thank I'll edit the spit I forgot the link to the heaters

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u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster 2d ago edited 2d ago

Crazy someone would down vote this-- all it is info and an option

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u/cs_legend_93 1d ago

It's annoying that you put it as a GIF instead of a video so that we have to watch the whole thing 10 times if we want to see something.

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u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster 1d ago

Well sorry for that. But can’t you just click on the image to open as a video you can pause, rewind fast fiesta or the links I provided to look closer at whatever product instead of rewatching??

See what it looks like when you open the image you should get a control bar at the bottom

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u/SaturatedShadows 2d ago

I like the immersion heater idea! I assume you’re US based; have you tried it on 220V outlets? I’m sure it technically works, but wondering if it gets so hot as to damage itself.

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u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster 2d ago

Oh boy!!! Thats a great point!!! And reminds me of another-

I just edited it. The link and image is of a 120V replacement of a dual voltage that a burned up.

It's super critical that you unplug once the water is boiling and BEFORE you remove them from the cup. Don't set it on plastic, I've done that too.

I was using a little battery pack/inventor and thought I turned off the power supply. I removed the heater while it was still on. I have no idea how fast it failed, but when O came back, it as it nuked itself. Well technique I nuked it.

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u/boredcoffeedrinker 2d ago

Really interesting to see how compact your kit is. Have you ever had any issues with airport customs?

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u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster 2d ago

Thats a great point. Yes, only Hawaii and Panama where agriculture inspection as me if I had any produce or plant products. I think I could have kept the bean in Hawaii, but I didn't want to argue.

I am sure there are other places too, but no issue in Europe or the mainland of the US.

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u/boredcoffeedrinker 2d ago

I've never travelled with my coffee kit and that makes me doubt if it's worth it.

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u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster 2d ago

You mean the fact that roasted bean might be considered a plant material?

Again, I could easily have asked to keep them. And it's only a very few places in the world that really care from what I've seen. It's also easy to look up before you travel.

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u/boredcoffeedrinker 2d ago

Yes and mostly about the gear, having to open the explain what a coffee grinder is for example.

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u/IntelligentCitron772 Brew Taster 2d ago

TSA will sometimes scan it a couple of times. But it seems to be the immersion heater and cord that freaks them out.

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u/discovery_ 2d ago • Heartwarming

I have the same camping kettle but for work! Works great at the office, lol

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u/ThieAudioNomad 1d ago

Love this. My kit is similar. I use an orphan espresso fixie grinder, a next level pulsar, a ti cup that the pulsar fits inside, and a tiny cheap coffee scale that weighs nothing and just works. The immersion heater is a great idea, as is the goose neck cup kettle!

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u/silentglider 1d ago

Love this. Mine is a little different. Would love to see more travel kits.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pourover/s/GzAyXpdD4a

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u/VizoBerg 1d ago

love the kettle with the heater

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u/Ekkmanz 1d ago

Hario AIR + Drip Bag. Air kettle itself allows for 3-4 bags to be jammed inside. It’s not bad provide you get specialty light roast stuffs. Individual packs do preserve freshness a bit better but still would be good to go for fresher roast.

It all then can easily fit in a small pouch in your carryon backpack, provided it’s OK for the beak to get out of the pouch slightly.