Wow! We are very impressed. Yes, if you live in the UK and its the middle of winter you need to sit the Mypressi in a saucepan of water to warm it up before use, but you dont need to for the second, third & fourth cups, so it is an incredibly quick way to make multiple espressos if you have friends around. Because the Mypressi (daft name, great product!) is powered by nitrus oxide (N2O) canisters it doesn’t over-heat either, in the way that any other entry level espresso machine will when asked to deliver multiple espressos in quick succession.
Sure, the milkies will criticise the product for not having milk steaming capabilities, but this actually inspired us to go out and buy a Mypressi to test as we felt that if it doesnt ‘do’ milk steaming then we’re guessing it probably makes a very good espresso otherwise it is going to fail in the market. As it turns out it does make a very good espresso; it is a product that is very welcome as it focuses on the needs of the home espresso drinker. This makes it something of a world first to the best of our knowledge. As a result the device is also highly portable, for example you can quite feasibly take it camping or on holiday (or to work!), pairing it with a high quality hand grinder, or if you were willing to comprise on quality, pre-ground coffee or even pods (dare we say it! swear-word!)
Yes, the small o-ring falls out for some reason, but we understand that Mypressi already deploying a solution to this issue. We’d also suggest you take the bottom orb off & forget about it as it is plastic and will only serve to taint the coffee, is an extra piece to clean, will cool the coffee further, and generally rattles around and lowers the overall ‘quality feel’ of the product. Removing the lower orb also allows you to see when the shot is nearing the end and allows you to pull the Mypressi away so the foamy unpleasant tail doesnt end up in your cup.
We’re sure that any such modifications to the use of the product invalidate the manufacturer’s warranty for the safety of the product, so you do so at your own risk, but that was how we used the product
This morning we also discovered that if the gas cartridge runs out mid shot and you have another cartridge close to hand you can swap to the new cartridge and the shot is still good enough to drink if you do so fairly quickly
We will post a video to show exactly how we use the product and how we obtained such good results, but this might take us a few days to put together at video production isn’t something that floats our boat. Note that we used freshly ground coffee.
If you are looking for a way to make a very good espresso at home then we suggest you give the Mypressi serious consideration. At the time of writing we are not aware of any other device that does a better job for anything near this price point in the market. The fact that the Mypressi can deliver multiple espressos quickly without over heating is significant.
We dont believe they are generally available for sale in the UK just yet, but we understand they will be soon.