Comments on: Moka Pot http://tleaves.com/2006/04/26/moka-pot/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Benoit http://tleaves.com/2006/04/26/moka-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 Benoit Wed, 10 May 2006 20:40:53 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=608#comment-2732 jeff: if you're looking for the right niche to fill, the moka pot is *indispensible* gear for the caffeine-addicted camper. jeff: if you’re looking for the right niche to fill, the moka pot is *indispensible* gear for the caffeine-addicted camper.

]]> By: GRY http://tleaves.com/2006/04/26/moka-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 GRY Wed, 10 May 2006 18:14:27 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=608#comment-2731 you can always get a decent stainless steel one from ikea (comes in two sizes).... you can always get a decent stainless steel one from ikea (comes in two sizes)….

]]> By: Amos the Poker Cat http://tleaves.com/2006/04/26/moka-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Amos the Poker Cat Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:02:24 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=608#comment-2730 A cheap $10 aluminum moka pot is my default method of personal morning coffee. It is my inner cranky eastern european peasant that just likes the idea of making coffee in somthing my grandfather used. One difference, there were no pressure release valves on the old models. Moka's used to have the nickname of "bombs". Although actually blowing up was rare. As for burnin, I stick a digital temperture probe in the top. I can indulge my short attention span until the alarm goes off. The all-in-one "cappuccino" Mukka Express looks interesting. Worst idea. Black and Decker made a microwavable moka pot. Completely useless. It was an expresso gyser. Great for steam cleaning the inside of your microwave. A cheap $10 aluminum moka pot is my default method of personal morning coffee. It is my inner cranky eastern european peasant that just likes the idea of making coffee in somthing my grandfather used. One difference, there were no pressure release valves on the old models. Moka’s used to have the nickname of “bombs”. Although actually blowing up was rare.

As for burnin, I stick a digital temperture probe in the top. I can indulge my short attention span until the alarm goes off.

The all-in-one “cappuccino” Mukka Express looks interesting.

Worst idea.

Black and Decker made a microwavable moka pot. Completely useless. It was an expresso gyser. Great for steam cleaning the inside of your microwave.

]]> By: jeff http://tleaves.com/2006/04/26/moka-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-2729 jeff Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:22:20 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=608#comment-2729 I've always felt an unaccountable affection for the moka pot. I think it makes a poor substitute for espresso (no crema, for one thing) and an equally poor substitute for regular coffee (too strong). What it does make well is kind of like Turkish coffee, but creates more mess. I've also destroyed the only moka pot I've ever owned (gas stove, compelling video game; you do the math). Yet I can't stop ogling them when I go to the coffee paraphernalia store. Maybe it's the excitingly chunky shape, the simplicity of the design, or just some weird collectors urge, but I keep wanting to buy one, even though I know they inhabit a niche in my coffee ecosystem that does not need filling. However, your post here has weakened my resolve. With summer coming up (and summer in Montreal is as extreme and crushing in its own way as our winters) maybe I should give in, buy a moka, and use it to make super-strong coffee for icing. I’ve always felt an unaccountable affection for the moka pot. I think it makes a poor substitute for espresso (no crema, for one thing) and an equally poor substitute for regular coffee (too strong). What it does make well is kind of like Turkish coffee, but creates more mess. I’ve also destroyed the only moka pot I’ve ever owned (gas stove, compelling video game; you do the math).
Yet I can’t stop ogling them when I go to the coffee paraphernalia store. Maybe it’s the excitingly chunky shape, the simplicity of the design, or just some weird collectors urge, but I keep wanting to buy one, even though I know they inhabit a niche in my coffee ecosystem that does not need filling.

However, your post here has weakened my resolve. With summer coming up (and summer in Montreal is as extreme and crushing in its own way as our winters) maybe I should give in, buy a moka, and use it to make super-strong coffee for icing.

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