Bring Travel Coffee Maker When On Vacation
By Masni Rizal Mansor
For those on the go, a travel maker can be an ideal appliance for the home. The brewer is designed to hold travel mugs and can brew enough fresh to fill one, and with some units, two cups of coffee.

The travel mugs sold with the travel maker are usually insulated with manufacturers understanding the purpose of the machines is to brew for travel. Since travel mugs are taller than most cups, the machines are built to accommodate them.

Prices vary greatly depending on the manufacturer, the style and design with prices ranging from just under twenty dollars up to a few hundred dollars. All travel makers, however, work basically the same. A cup's worth of water is placed in the reservoir, is placed in the basket, it is turned on and is brewed into the mug.

Some of the less expensive travel maker models require the use of a paper filter and grounds, while others costing a little more may have a permanent metal filter or allow the use of pods, small filters sealing in a measured amount of coffee, allowing for consistent brewing.

Other Uses For Makers

Since a travel maker is designed to brew a specific amount of water at a time, used without the grounds can produce clear, hot water for use in tea, hot chocolate or other drinks requiring hot water.