Oomph, a new portable coffee maker

peasant · 26-12-2016 12:36AM #1

Got one for a week now and I love it.
Makes great tasting coffee and is really handy round the office.

Anyone else got one?

J_E · 26-12-2016 03:07AM

Looks interesting. Sort of an insulated french press with lid. How much did yours cost, did you get it here in Ireland? Might be worth a go if it's cheap enough.

I guess I was hoping that it would brew when you need it rather than preparing it beforehand - it makes me wonder why a travel mug doesn't do the same job, but I guess you could brew with any source of hot water... in which case I wonder why I wouldn't just bring my Aeropress like normal! Going in circles here

I dunno what the whole speech was about expensive espresso machines when this doesn't do anything that an espresso machine does.

peasant · 26-12-2016 12:51PM

This was a kickstarter project and cost 50 odd Euro; should be available for sale now on the Oomph website.

The main reason I went for this was that in our canteen we only have instant coffee and no space or time to faff around with filters, cups, stirring, waiting etc.
All I need to do with the oomph is pour the hot water and then I can get out of the way and do the plunging (and drinking) somewhere else (and at a later time).
Cleaning is just as easy...just empty it out, pump some fresh water through and it's done.

A full oomph makes about 1.5 standard mugs (or at least two cups) of very good tasting coffee that stays hot for nearly an hour ...perfect for what I wanted it for.

Here's a review:

Hombre Lobo · 31-12-2016 09:17PM

Have you used an Aeropress? Just wondering how the two compare in terms of texture and flavour

mossym · 31-12-2016 09:25PM

i have one. very similar to an aeropress in both method and taste, but a couple of differences
makes more than an aeropress
less danger of spillage

taste is slightly different as well, i like it. would happily drink from either this or the aeropress, this will be my work maker

backed it when ti first started as a crowdfunding project, has been a bit of a wait!!

bruce wayne · 31-12-2016 09:29PM

mossym wrote:

taste is slightly different as well, i like it. would happily drink from either this or the aeropress, this will be my work maker

mossym wrote:

backed it when ti first started as a crowdfunding project, has been a bit of a wait!!

Same here....its been a very long and frustrating wait, it is very similar to an aeropress, but with some improvements to the brew process.

Oomph, a new portable coffee maker

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