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Aluminum, stovetop espresso maker produces 3 demitasse cups of rich, authentic Italian espresso in just 4-5 minutes.
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137 of 140 people found the following review helpful
By Todd Hagley
Recently picked up a 3 cup Bialetti Moka Express while on holiday and couldn't wait to get it home and broken in. I've tried stove-top Italian coffee makers before, and this model has not disappointed.
Sturdy and well made, this unit only has about five parts, all of them metal or heavy-duty plastic so very little can go wrong. This should last ages if properly cared for.
Just remember to keep it simple; fresh, cold water in the lower chamber (stopping *before* you get to the brass outlet valve) and fill the grounds basket with an espresso grind coffee (good excuse to buy more coffee) without packing it too tightly. Place on your stovetop ring and don't go anywhere. Wait a few minutes, and you have an excellent espresso to start the day or to add to steamed milk after dinner. I can't wait to have some with a cigar this weekend. I've been trying some Cafe Bustello the last few mornings and it's been great. Yeah, I know it's canned, but so are most of the coffees in Italy and Latin America.
The only problem I can foresee is needing a larger one for company, but unless you need gallons of espresso each morning, this is great for two to share.
Sturdy and well made, this unit only has about five parts, all of them metal or heavy-duty plastic so very little can go wrong. This should last ages if properly cared for.
Just remember to keep it simple; fresh, cold water in the lower chamber (stopping *before* you get to the brass outlet valve) and fill the grounds basket with an espresso grind coffee (good excuse to buy more coffee) without packing it too tightly. Place on your stovetop ring and don't go anywhere. Wait a few minutes, and you have an excellent espresso to start the day or to add to steamed milk after dinner. I can't wait to have some with a cigar this weekend. I've been trying some Cafe Bustello the last few mornings and it's been great. Yeah, I know it's canned, but so are most of the coffees in Italy and Latin America.
The only problem I can foresee is needing a larger one for company, but unless you need gallons of espresso each morning, this is great for two to share.
82 of 84 people found the following review helpful
By MikeMar1955
I bought this espresso maker while in Rome in 2004. It works great. Poe Boy is correct aluminum does not rust; it corrodes so he has E. McNair on a technicality. E. Mcnair is correct that the bottom of the coffee make will corrode and leave a white oxide inside. The solution is in proper care (I learned the hard way). Wash the coffee maker by hand, towel dry. Store unassembled. Water gets trapped in the filter and will drip into the base over time and start the corrosion. I have started doing this and the white oxide has not reappeared. So, take proper care of it.Bon Appetite
251 of 279 people found the following review helpful
Unless you are ready to be ruined for any other coffee, and the three cup size will not be big enough! Decades of my life wasted. I've discovered real coffee so late in life, my only lament about buying this espresso pot is the tears shed over all those mornings I *could* have had REAL coffee...
Easy to use, a little time consuming to clean, handsome enough to leave out as a decoration. Unscrew the bottom, fill the bottom half with cold water, fill the little filter cup with fine ground coffee (note that "espresso" is a grind, not a roast), screw it back together, and put it on the stove top. In five minutes or less, you have the most incredible coffee ever. With the internal parts, it is not hard to clean, but time consuming, especially given the time it takes to cool off enough to take apart (the other reason to get a bigger one, the little one is too slow to reload).
The styling is a little retro, but handsome enough to lend a kitchen a quirky flair. Oh, but that's trivia next to the coffee that comes out of it.
I've been using a couple of Tchibo coffees in it with super results, and look forward to trying other fine grinds in it.
Don't do it, don't get this monkey on your back, don't ruin yourself for all those lesser coffee makers, and don't touch my espresso pot (we need alone time).
Easy to use, a little time consuming to clean, handsome enough to leave out as a decoration. Unscrew the bottom, fill the bottom half with cold water, fill the little filter cup with fine ground coffee (note that "espresso" is a grind, not a roast), screw it back together, and put it on the stove top. In five minutes or less, you have the most incredible coffee ever. With the internal parts, it is not hard to clean, but time consuming, especially given the time it takes to cool off enough to take apart (the other reason to get a bigger one, the little one is too slow to reload).
The styling is a little retro, but handsome enough to lend a kitchen a quirky flair. Oh, but that's trivia next to the coffee that comes out of it.
I've been using a couple of Tchibo coffees in it with super results, and look forward to trying other fine grinds in it.
Don't do it, don't get this monkey on your back, don't ruin yourself for all those lesser coffee makers, and don't touch my espresso pot (we need alone time).
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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This is a beautifully designed device, but the marketing people misdescribe it. They say the "3 cup" Moka makes three 2-ounce "cups" of coffee. It fact it makes very precisely two 2-ounce "cups," not three.
When you fill the water chamber to the top (just below the coffee chamber) it holds exactly six ounces of water. But the water stops coming out as coffee when the water level in the chamber drops below the funnel mouth. This is when the machine "burbles" as people say. Then you have two ounces of water still in the water chamber, and four ounces of (quite good) coffee in the coffee chamber. That is all the coffee you will get in one brew. Two 2-ounce "cups," not three.
The engineers designed a very precise two "cup" model. But then marketing said "Hey, this takes six ounces of water! Let's tell people it makes that much coffee!" It does not.
When you fill the water chamber to the top (just below the coffee chamber) it holds exactly six ounces of water. But the water stops coming out as coffee when the water level in the chamber drops below the funnel mouth. This is when the machine "burbles" as people say. Then you have two ounces of water still in the water chamber, and four ounces of (quite good) coffee in the coffee chamber. That is all the coffee you will get in one brew. Two 2-ounce "cups," not three.
The engineers designed a very precise two "cup" model. But then marketing said "Hey, this takes six ounces of water! Let's tell people it makes that much coffee!" It does not.
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
By Kace
The moka works all the times. The definition of number of cups can be confusing. It refer to serving cups of the size of 1-1/2 oz. The apparent corrosion is not due to the aluminun. Bialetti started to built his coffee machines with aluminum because it does not corrode. The aluminun can still form an oxide that is self passivating, very stable, and it is only a few hundred Angstoms thick. The stuff that you can find in the lower part of the moka is sediments from the water that you use. The harder the water the more the sediments. However, they can be easily removed by soaking the whole moka in a winegar solution. This cleaning procedure is important in presence of hard water because after years the sediments could clog the safety valve and drastically reduce the safety of the whole operation. The relation of aluminum to Alzheimer disease is hearsay. It has been proposed in the mid 90's but no definitive clinical evidence has been shown. It is also important to note that since the 1930's 9 out of 10 families in Italy have been using the aluminum moka by Bialetti and no higher incidence of Alzheimer has observed.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I just wanted a good coffee. A rich, aromatic, smooth tasting, naturally sweet, rounded coffee that was not the pale, watery and bitter liquid that passes as coffee sometimes.
In my quest, I've been through several devices that make coffee. Drip machines of every type - with hot plate, with vacuum seal jug, with timer and self start, those that combine a burr grinder with drip, one person brew and go types, and combination espresso and drip machines. But I still waited for that decent cup of coffee.
If you ask me, drip machines do not extract the full flavor and aroma from the coffee. They make a watery version of coffee and I have to waste a lot of coffee in a drip machine to have one strong cup of coffee. I've also tried a french press - good results but messier and still not very satisfying. The non electric hand-pressed coffee maker from India was good but took 15-20 min to make coffee. A cheaper espresso maker just did not measure up either, it was not cheap enough as it involved a lot of cleanup and still produced a mediocre expresso.
I then tried the one shot makers, a Melitta One pod coffee maker - one pod makes only a 6 oz cup and is still a bit watery and good coffee pods are very expensive. Making your own is not only cumbersome but risky to use in the machine. I also tried a Keurig at a friend's place and a filter-pack coffee maker at work. They were ok but had the same limitations as the Melitta. The coffee was still not satisfying.
At last someone heard my plea for a decent cup of coffee and a friend recommended this little baby.
Enter the Bialetti Moka Express. This little baby is made of heavy aluminum (as are most pressure cookers) and is meant for your stove-top. The bottom is filled with water and put on the stove top.... Read more ›
In my quest, I've been through several devices that make coffee. Drip machines of every type - with hot plate, with vacuum seal jug, with timer and self start, those that combine a burr grinder with drip, one person brew and go types, and combination espresso and drip machines. But I still waited for that decent cup of coffee.
If you ask me, drip machines do not extract the full flavor and aroma from the coffee. They make a watery version of coffee and I have to waste a lot of coffee in a drip machine to have one strong cup of coffee. I've also tried a french press - good results but messier and still not very satisfying. The non electric hand-pressed coffee maker from India was good but took 15-20 min to make coffee. A cheaper espresso maker just did not measure up either, it was not cheap enough as it involved a lot of cleanup and still produced a mediocre expresso.
I then tried the one shot makers, a Melitta One pod coffee maker - one pod makes only a 6 oz cup and is still a bit watery and good coffee pods are very expensive. Making your own is not only cumbersome but risky to use in the machine. I also tried a Keurig at a friend's place and a filter-pack coffee maker at work. They were ok but had the same limitations as the Melitta. The coffee was still not satisfying.
At last someone heard my plea for a decent cup of coffee and a friend recommended this little baby.
Enter the Bialetti Moka Express. This little baby is made of heavy aluminum (as are most pressure cookers) and is meant for your stove-top. The bottom is filled with water and put on the stove top.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's okay
I"m not sure what size cups they are using but this is not 3 cups. If it were triple the size it would be a great little espresso maker.
Published 11 hours ago by Christina E
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
Just what I wanted and works perfectly. Very easy to clean and very easy to use. No brainer and great coffee
Published 1 day ago by Gavin Kogan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than french press
I always considered myself a bit of a coffee snob. If it wasn't made in a french press and so strong that it could strip the skin from my teeth, I would turn up my nose at the idea... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Alexandra Utecht
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Coffee
I had always wanted to try this type of coffee maker, but the price in shops is usually much higher than here. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Kyle
5.0 out of 5 stars
I think this is so cute
This espresso maker works faster then my coffee maker uses the same coffee and it is so much strong ( which I love), I love using it, it is easy to clean and easy to use also it... Read more
Published 8 days ago by jennifer
3.0 out of 5 stars
high expectations there will be no problem
Purchased as a gift but recipient has not used it as yet. I have two larger espresso makers similar to this altho; not Bialetti. I expect this product to be ok. Read more
Published 9 days ago by CA
5.0 out of 5 stars
Happy husband !
My husband and I are fanatics of good coffee. After reading and looking for the best buy on coffee maker he found this marvelous inexpensive expresso maker. Read more
Published 12 days ago by TxBuyer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just what the Doctor ordered.
I use this primarily to make a quick espresso before I bike in the mornings. If you use a large burner, the coffee is ready very quickly and comes out just right every time.
Published 13 days ago by Robert Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars
works great.
This little moka pot makes a nice strong shot of coffee--or about 4.5 ounces. Pretty much fool proof and perfect every use. Read more
Published 25 days ago by kit2020
4.0 out of 5 stars
how do you clean it?
I used one of these in Spain but could never figure out how to clean it without making a huge mess. Are there paper filters available? Read more
Published 29 days ago by L. Mizejewski
