We've Been Wrong About Moka Pots

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• JO

  @johnkallimanis1599 · 3 months ago · pinned

  I will always be happy to see the moka become more appreciated, and I 'm happy to help! By the way, the bigger the moka, the coarser you can afford to go and the more soup-like coffee you can make. In a 6 cup you can easily get 5-6ml/s if you use pourover size grind (I tried 80 clicks on a kingrinder k1 and it works fine). In that case it might still be a good idea to start with warmer water, although I almost never do it. For me, the 1 cup gives the best taste, but I tend to enjoy classic espresso taste (though medium-light/acidic vs bitter), instead of filter-like taste. What I would be interested to see is if there is actually a practical limit to how big a moka can be that still works decently well. Could be that a 12 or 16 cup moka requires such a coarse grind size that it tastes terrible no matter what. I 'd be curious to find that out!

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• SA

  @samuraibat1916 · 3 months ago

  Ah yes a 30 minute video that YouTube has recommended before bed. It will help me brew a better pot of coffee tomorrow morning which I will inevitably need.

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• WU

  @WushuTaz · 3 months ago

  I'm getting Squarespace PTSD whenever I hear head space.

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• IA

  @ianboard544 · 3 months ago

  When we visited my wife's family in Sicily we went to an open air market. There was a stall that sold nothing but replacement parts for Moka pots (the real Bialetti ones with the little man on the side). Everything was there, down to hinge pins. I liked a thrifty culture that would rather fix something than throw it away and buy a new one.

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• NE

  @neca7602 · 3 months ago

  A 31 minute video about moka pot? i gotta make some coffee for this one 😄

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• HA

  @Happybaras · 3 months ago

  When you said head space I was totally expecting a Squarespace ad, we've been completely Pavloved lol

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• RU

  @Runinmann · 3 months ago

  More moka videos ✅

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• LE

  @lexegorov7255 · 2 months ago

  Greetings from Russia! Thank you so much for this guide. It is the best video on the subject of Moka pots on all of YouTube. Russian-language YouTube is full of absolute nonsense on this topic. Now, thanks to you, I’ve divided my coffee experience into "before" and "after." I’ve never managed to make such perfect coffee before! I love you!

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• RC

  @RC8n · 3 months ago

  Great video, Lance. So happy that you read our comments and took the chance to dive in (what a wonderful dive it is)! Mokas are really beautiful and fascinating brewers. I am currently writing a book about Mokas with a similar mindset to the one you employ here :)<br><br>I alternate between my Robot, V60, and Moka depending on what I&apos;m feeling like that day. The Moka is by far the most widely misunderstood of the three methods, and I&apos;m sure your video will help a lot to correct that! When dialed-in it makes tremendous coffee in a delightfully straightforward way.<br><br>Would love more Moka pot content, of course!

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• CH

  @Cheeso99 · 3 months ago

  Burnt taste can also result from the first drops of fresh mokka coffee flowing into the hot upper part of the mokka pot. Therefore I put 15 ml room temperature water into the upper part of the mokka pot before brewing. Try the difference, please. <br><br>Thanx for the great video.❤❤❤<br><br> Using aeropress filters as well for the clean cup.

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• KO

  @koysdo · 2 months ago

  In Spain we have a saying for avoiding bad mocha pots: &quot;Café hervido, café perdido&quot;. It means: boiled coffee... lost coffee!

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• SA

  @sama.dennis · 2 months ago

  We need a full series of how to brew the perfect cup for every standart moka pot size. 1,2, 3, 6.<br><br><br>This would be great!

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