The days of slurping lukewarm sludge on deployment are over. For about $300, The Oxx Coffeeboxx lets you take your favorite high-quality coffee into the roughest environments and brew fresh, individual servings in 90 seconds.

Inspired by construction workers, firefighters, troops and other professionals who need to stay caffeinated without a kitchen nearby, Oxx CEO Jim Doan designed his Coffeeboxx to be the crushproof and environment-proof answer to the Keurig.

"They had these beat up home appliances out in the field that never served their needs," he told Army Times on Monday at the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington, D.C. "There's no solution out there that meets the needs, particularly in desert environments where it's really dusty and sandy."

The Coffeebox's sealed housing is waterproof and resists grit and heat. Weighing in at 15 pounds when full, it costs $240 and is made of impact-resistant plastics that can withstand up to 4,000 pounds of pressure.

"You can literally park a car on this thing," Doan said.

It holds 85 ounces of water in a spill-proof reservoir, so all you have to do is plug it into a power source and you're good to go. For $60, you can pick up the field case to sling it over your shoulder. The rip-resistant, waterproof nylon housing provides even more protection, as well as two padded zipper pouches for carrying plastic coffee pods, plus cream and sugar. 

For mounted operations, the machine has steel tie-down bars, so it can be lashed to the inside of a Humvee or Bradley.

Oxx has sold more than 1,000 units to individual soldiers, Doan said, but the company is working on outreach to get them into unit-level supply chains. To make the product even more attractive to the Army, he added, they're unveiling a tan version in three weeks.

Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.

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