Fair enough, but there’s a reason I linked the actual espresso maker that I use to make cold brew. Making a cold espresso requires saturating the grounds and holding a lower pressure for longer before reaching the required pressure to actually pass the water through the grounds. Without this extended soaking period, you’ll instead just make cold coffee-stained water.
Technically, any of the hand pump espresso makers can do the same thing, but not without significant effort. During the minute-long pressurized soaking period (30 seconds if you favor speed over flavor), you have to keep gently pumping to maintain the necessary pressure. A lever action has massive endurance and precision advantages over the piston action espresso maker that I also use.
So, while there are plenty of other lever espresso makers, most of them aren’t what I’d consider portable, and all of them cost more than my first three espresso makers combined. I’m honestly not sure if the one I linked is even manufactured anymore, their website seems to be a little dead when I’ve tried visiting, and their customer service hasn’t responded to my recent help requests.
Fair enough, but there’s a reason I linked the actual espresso maker that I use to make cold brew. Making a cold espresso requires saturating the grounds and holding a lower pressure for longer before reaching the required pressure to actually pass the water through the grounds. Without this extended soaking period, you’ll instead just make cold coffee-stained water.
Technically, any of the hand pump espresso makers can do the same thing, but not without significant effort. During the minute-long pressurized soaking period (30 seconds if you favor speed over flavor), you have to keep gently pumping to maintain the necessary pressure. A lever action has massive endurance and precision advantages over the piston action espresso maker that I also use.
So, while there are plenty of other lever espresso makers, most of them aren’t what I’d consider portable, and all of them cost more than my first three espresso makers combined. I’m honestly not sure if the one I linked is even manufactured anymore, their website seems to be a little dead when I’ve tried visiting, and their customer service hasn’t responded to my recent help requests.