Want Your Espresso On the Go?

You need coffee, and you need it now. How long does it take you to get a steaming cup into your hands? If you have Handpresso Auto, you have instant caffeine gratification. Handpresso Auto is a portable, personal espresso machine that plugs into your car’s 12-volt socket. Just add water and an E.S.E. coffee pod (available online or in stores). Press the button, and within a few seconds, your fresh cup of espresso is ready.

The Handpresso Auto weighs just under two pounds (about the size of an insulated travel mug), provides 140 watts of power, and delivers 16 bars of pressure. The Handpresso comes with 25 paper cups and has a one-year guarantee. You can order the Handpresso Auto directly from Handpresso in France, or from other online retailers. But how much is having espresso in your cupholder worth to you? The Handpresso Auto rings up at $212 — a price that can separate the truly coffee-obsessed from the merely impatient.

So when you’re en route to a client, returning home after a productive work day, or heading out on your day off, now you can brew your own coffee right there in the car — or wait ten minutes or so and pull through that Starbucks drive-thru.