In the competitive market of portable espresso brewers, the Outin Nano, a lighthouse-shaped device with a built-in pump and onboard heat, aims to be a beacon of both convenience and consistency.

Most gadgets designed for brewing espresso on the go are manually pumped and cannot heat water. In smaller handheld formats, especially, this tends to mean a herky-jerky flow as brew pressure drops between manual compressions. The need to heat water externally further sinks the prospect of a few special sips in the wild to an undertaking just too cumbersome and potentially wasteful to be worth it.

With its ability not only to bring a small and precise amount of water up to a consistent and brew-worthy temperature but also to automatically deliver that water at high, even pressure through a bed of finely ground coffee (or a capsule) at the single press of one button and in a package that fits in a backpack water bottle sleeve, the Nano blazes a new trail.