Have $179 bucks to blow? What to consume your coffee in conspicuously consumptive style? Then Bay Area bag manufacturer Timbuk2 and Bay Area warm beverage purveyor Blue Bottle have just the thing for you: a three-figure coffee travel kit.
Screw your Windows 95 reusable cup that you have refilled at one of the 964962964926 zillion coffee places in the Bay Area (or beyond). This is some classy shit. According to Blue Bottle's site, for $179 (plus tax!) you get a "Timbuk2 travel case" (read: messenger/laptop-style bag) that "snugly fits all your coffee brewing items, including hand-grinder, ceramic dripper, tumblers with cozies, filters and coffee. Just add water."
I'm already looking forward to watching some guy grind his beans while riding Muni, then looking around as he realizes that he still needs hot water. Just kidding! No one who would buy this rides Muni.
The New York Times approaches this item with what appears to be a completely straight face, writing that "the custom-made zarfs (coffee-cup sleeves) included in the kit were tweaked when James Freeman, Blue Bottle’s founder and C.E.O., noticed during the design process that they sat too high on the cups and might touch a drinker’s lips." Hey, just like this paper cup of coffee I'm drinking right now!
Anyway, you can buy it online for, did I mention, $179? And if you can, good for you! No, seriously, good for you.