MokaMax Instant Coffee Pot Steeps On The Go

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For coffee lovers, there’s something quite magical about that first sip. Carefully ground and weighed, the coffee is lovingly poured into an espresso machine, pourover, or drip machine, requiring a bit of effort and skill in the process. As more of us turn toward a hybrid lifestyle, where we are sometimes demanded in many places at once, designer Somya Chowdhary presents the MokaMax Instant Coffee Pot, expanding our notions of where a good cup lives.

The system is simple: A grinder neatly fits into the ridged aluminum casing. Once your grounds are prepared, they are combined with water in the main cavity, to steep for as long as you please. Your finished brew is then released into the bottom cavity by twisting the top cap, creating pressure and extracting the unique flavors from your beans along the way.

This takes out the fiddly scales, heavy grinders, and basically all accoutrement – self-contained and secure, the MokaMax is essential for those of us who require caffeination, wherever we might be. From camping, to college, to commuting, there’s a multitude of places where one might need to re-up. Best of all, each piece, the coffee chamber, pressure chamber, and top cap can be cleaned easily, helping your morning brew stay safe and sanitary – anyone who’s looked inside a break room drip machine can attest.

Curvature continuity was essential to the final design, a multitude of iterations considered. The MokaMax blends creativity, sustainable practices, and humanist principles into one, understanding how our lives actually function. For those of us that treat coffee like water, this is a readily welcome system, taking our favorite part of the day with us.

Chowdhary took a deep dive into the design process, pulling on the form language of Wacaco while also illuminating new features. Parts that are active, stand out. And those that are at rest should be kept sleek – like the finished coffee cup, it is seamless. The ribbed body offers not only drop protection and wall strength, but allows for an unobtrusive grip. Accessibility within design must be built in from the ground up, and MokaMax offers a solution built to grind right.