Top 10 Stovetop Espresso & Moka Pot in 2024 | In-Depth Reviews & Buying Guide

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For the best flavor, follow Bialetti instructions: Fill the reservoir with cold or room temperature water to touch the bottom of the valve, preferably use filtered or bottled water. Loosely fill the basket with medium-fine ground espresso till it's level with the rim, and don't press it down. Cook it on a low gas flame or a preheated medium electric stove. The instant you hear it start to gurgle remove the Moka from the stove and let it finish brewing on your countertop from the residual heat inside the pot. Stir up the most-concentrated coffee from the bottom with a teaspoon and pour. Don't use any hacks. Bialetti Moka was designed to make consistently good coffee by a very easy process that's based on science.

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Disagree with water temp when filling. Too much heating of the water creates over heating the beans in turn bitterness, also the amount of water is dependant on the roast.

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@@davidbennett5354 1) Water temperature: It's a myth that starting with cold or room temperature water, per Bialetti instructions, results in bitter, burnt, or over-extracted coffee; in fact, the opposite is true! The ideal temperature for brewing espresso and coffee is 195°F to 205°F so the water should never reach the boiling point of 212°F inside the Moka, which it surely will if you start with hot water. The Moka doesn't work by boiling and creating steam, rather it's designed to work by Expansion Pressure. Cold water contains more molecules than hot water, so cold water expands more and creates more pressure inside the Moka when gradually heated over a low gas flame or a preheated medium electric stove. Starting with cold water keeps the temperature inside the Moka lower throughout the brewing process, so the coffee won't burn - unless you ignore the Bialetti instruction to immediately remove the Moka from the stove the instant you hear it begin to gurgle, and let it finish brewing on your countertop from the residual heat inside the pot. 2) Water amount: Bialetti says they designed the Moka pot to be a measuring cup. They positioned the valve in the exact spot to mark the water level, and made the basket the exact size to hold the right amount of coffee; so you'll always have the perfect ratio of coffee to water if you fill the reservoir with water to touch the bottom of the valve, and loosely fill the basket with medium-fine ground espresso powder till it's level with the rim and do NOT press it down nor tap it on the countertop to compress it. The coffee powder must be loose and level with the rim to allow the perfect water flow through it. Tip: Most pre-ground espressos are ground too fine for the Moka, but espressos sold in Italian grocery stores are all ground medium-fine for the Moka: illy, Lavazza, Kimbo, Bialetti Perfetto Moka, etc. The Moka was designed to brew espresso blends ground medium-fine, you cannot expect good results from brewing other kinds of coffee in it that it was not designed for.

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