Im gonna give my vote to Aeropress. No voltage issues to worry about and makes a damn good cup of coffee. The only real problem is that people I travel with hijack my coffee so I run out sooner than expected.

People who are impressed by Nespresso/Keurig really should give Aeropress a try.

IMO, the coffee you're using is more important than the process, but it's hard to know what tools are available onsite, hence bringing your own I guess.

This is actually not true. Unless you are using really low grade beans, the brew process is much more important.

Most coffee made today is ruined by being brewed at too low a temperature (most home coffee makers typically only get up to 180F, at best) and feature poorly ground/stale beans.

To have a proper cup of coffee, you really need HOT water (think 202F) and freshly burr ground beans. The difference between a cup made using this method and a cup made using typical brew methods is like night and day, no matter what beans you are using (assuming they were roasted in the last week or so). The hot water allows maximum flavour extraction without getting a lot of the acidic and bitter flavour elements. Burr ground coffee is much more uniform in size (as opposed to cheapo blade grinders found on most automatic coffee makers) and again aid in maximum flavour extraction.

Of course, once you have a good coffee making setup, then the beans do matter and you can get different flavours to taste. But there is so much bad coffee made by the above method that beans don't really enter into the equation.

Travel-wise, pretty much your only option for a good cup is an Aeropress and a Hario Skerton grinder. Together you could probably buy both for about $70, but the problem (at least in the West - thankfully Asian hotels have kettles) is getting boiling water.

I'll put in another vote for the Aeropress plus a hario grinder. I have the Hario MSS-1B that grinds enough for about 2 cups. With decent beans it will make a far better cup of coffee than the packets in the hotel or pods, and it's very easy to clean up. The hard part is the hot water-- I often stay in residence inns or similar hotels, so there's a stove for heating the water. The Aeropress comes with a travel bag, too, so it's easy to keep all the stuff together.

As for me, I like to drink a cup of coffee in the morning. I think it is a great find for travel. Thank you for such an idea. I want to buy it already.

Check out the bobble presse. it's a french press made of stainless steel with silicone lid. take it with you and drink straight from the container. i liked it so much that i use it at work, and bought extras for gifts. but you still need hot water. So reasonably priced in the US compared to Canada where it costs over $100! :(

https://www.bedbathandbeyond.ca/stor...B&gclsrc=aw.ds