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I do documentary style videos on YouTube so all narration/voice-over is recorded separately and in a fairly-basic treated room, so coloration & ambient noise isn't an issue, which is why I use a condenser rather than a dynamic mic. I currently rock a Maono AU-PM422 (first and only mic I've had so far) and while the quality is actually great for its entry price-point, I'm looking to upgrade to an XLR setup and have set my sights on a Rode NT1 & Rode AI-1 audio interface. However, one thing that annoys me to no end is spending a good amount of time in Adobe Audition knocking out every little breath and the pops/clicks mouth sounds. Do the higher quality mics kill these sounds or is it just a fact of life and I need to start drinking a gallon of water two hours before every recording?

EDIT: I have a pop filter that handles plosive sounds just fine, that's why I said 'non-plosive clicks/pops,' it's the mouth/spit sounds I'm having issues with, not plosive pops. Sorry, I should've worded better!

I do documentary style videos on YouTube so all narration/voice-over is recorded separately and in a fairly-basic treated room, so coloration & ambient noise isn't an issue, which is why I use a condenser rather than a dynamic mic. I currently rock a Maono AU-PM422 (first and only mic I've had so far) and while the quality is actually great for its entry price-point, I'm looking to upgrade to an XLR setup and have set my sights on a Rode NT1 & Rode AI-1 audio interface. However, one thing that annoys me to no end is spending a good amount of time in Adobe Audition knocking out every little breath and the pops/clicks mouth sounds. Do the higher quality mics kill these sounds or is it just a fact of life and I need to start drinking a gallon of water two hours before every recording? EDIT: I have a pop filter that handles plosive sounds just fine, that's why I said 'non-plosive clicks/pops,' it's the mouth/spit sounds I'm having issues with, not plosive pops. Sorry, I should've worded better!

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Lots of good advice here. It's been awhile since I've done any recording, but I used to do it a lot. The technology now with modern filtering plugins is so advanced, this might be obsolete advice:

Aside from a good popscreen and mic positioning, have you tried EQ'ing out the undesirable sounds?

Record yourself speaking how you normally would and look at the EQ visualizer. Look and see where on the frequency range those sounds are occurring. Isolate those frequencies and EQ them out. You can also use an envelope filter to crush them out of the track. You probably can't do this with just a 4-slider mixer. You need resolution to be able to do this properly. I liked to record with at least a 10 slider mixer, but 16 is ideal and 32 is even better. You can tweak your recordings so much better. All those clicks, pops, and slurping noices are going to be on the high frequency range.