This colorful travel bottle + matching Nespresso pod-inspired coffee bombs deliver the perfect coffee on-the-go!

When I travel, I usually like to carry almost everything I’ll need! I hate scurrying about in a new city, trying to find a box of my favorite toothpaste, and then settling for one that just tastes weird in my mouth. If you’re anything like me, then you’re one of those ‘super organized travelers’. And I don’t care what anyone says, because I love being one! And you should do you as well! A handy bottle is something I carry along with me, no matter what. You never know when you might want to hydrate yourself. But water bottles can be usually pretty bulky, and their travel editions are not so pleasing to the eyes. Hence, Jiia Liu’s colorful little travel bottle is a blessing in disguise!

Called SATURNBIRD, the travel bottle comes in two variations – 300 and 450ml respectively. You can pick a size depending upon your needs! And here’s the interesting bit, the bottle pairs up perfectly with the SATURNBIRD COFFEE pods! Liu also designed a bunch of coffee pods. There are six options with diverse strengths and flavors! Ranging from light to medium to dark, the coffee pods are extremely easy to carry and work perfectly with the travel bottle! You simply slip off the cap of the bottle, which is snuggly fitted into the mouth of the bottle. Add in the coffee concentrate of your choice, and you have your daily dose of caffeine ready to go! Of course, Liu’s bottle can be used to carry water and other beverages of your choice as well.

Its sleek and ergonomic form ensures that it can easily fit into your backpacks, bicycle, or even your hands! Not to mention, Liu also designed a special carrier bag for SATURNBIRD. It’s a nifty sling pouch that you can carry in your hands! Besides being a super functional water bottle + on-the-go coffee mug, SATURNBIRD is also quite aesthetically and visually pleasing! I love the sunny yellow and clean white color options that Liu provides. It’s the kind of travel bottle you would love to carry with you, anywhere anytime!

Designer: Jiia Liu

This instant tiny coffee brewing bottle mixes water with coffee grounds to make a cup in seconds!

I’m part of the crowd that thinks getting coffee should be a reasonable excuse for being late. Business meetings, sports games, parent-teacher conferences, and lunch reservations can wait. Coffee comes first‒always. Some of us are thinking about coffee before we even brush our teeth in the morning. If you can skip the coffee, all the power to you. Besides the pursuit of punctuality, having access to a quick caffeine fix when you’re camping or on a road trip makes the difference between Hell and happiness. That’s just the truth. Giving life to that caffeine fix, Chinese designer Jiia Liu developed Saturnbird, a modular glass bottle that brews coffee in a matter of seconds.

Saturnbird comes in four pieces: a brewing top, liquid basin, lid, and coffee pods, allowing for easy brewing and cleaning. In Liu’s 3D visualization, the pods each seem to contain instant coffee grounds that turn into iced coffee when mixed with water. Once the liquid basin is filled with water, users can mix in a pod of coffee grounds, screw the brewing top back on, shake the bottle, and voilà! Instant coffee. The liquid basin displays line measurements that, when filled with water, indicates which coffee pod to pour‒140ml of water requiring a smaller pod than the pod mixed into 210ml of water. Featuring such a simple brew method, Saturnbird could become the go-to accessory for many campers whose first thought in the morning isn’t the chorus of chirping birds or the beautiful landscape, but how they’re gonna get their paws on their first cup of coffee. The liquid basin is constructed from glass with a silicone-coated glass brewing top and lid for a non-slip grip, allowing you to bring Saturnbird on hikes or water-based activities.

Whether you’re waking up in a forest, hundreds of miles away from the nearest cafe or in a daze, five minutes away from your first job interview across town, coffee accessories like Saturnbird allow coffee drinkers to get in their caffeine fix and get on with their day quicker than they could muster up a lame (and unnecessary) excuse for being late. Go ahead and walk into that meeting with a cup of coffee in your hands. You deserve it (and the one after it).

Designer: Jiia Liu

Saturnbird’s glass liquid basin screws onto a silicone brewing top for a non-slip grip.

Users simply mix coffee grounds with water for instant iced coffee.

The screw-top lid of Saturnbird allows users to insert their own straw.

The measurement lines indicate which coffee pods to use.

Modular by design, Saturnbird breaks away from its four components for easy cleaning.