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Handpresso Auto Capsule

Available at: espressoplanet.com

Price: $229 with free shipping

Oh boy, that highway looks long. It’s time for a coffee break, but you don’t want gas-station coffee and there isn’t a drive-thru on that brain-numbing road ahead. What you long for is a nice fresh cup of espresso. But how?

For the coffee snobs (count me in), there is now the hand-held Handpresso Auto Capsule. The size of a big pepper grinder, it comes from France and is supplied in Canada by Espressoplanet.com.

Pull over, pop in the coffee tab or Nespresso pod (depending on the model of Handpresso), pour in water, and plug the gadget into the 12/24V plug.

Take two minutes to stretch your legs or do five jumping jacks while the heater warms the water. A light on the Handpresso lets you know it’s “coffee time.”

Flip the Handpresso over and push the button to let hot, thick and rich espresso drip into your mini-mug. (I can hear all you coffee lovers say, “Ahhhh.”)

It only makes one shot at a time but that’s okay. Reload and send your passenger out for a lap around the car while their caffeine jolt brews. When it’s all done, and you’ve got the buzz on – tuck the little machine away and continue that drive, more ready to take it on now.

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