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"Best $25 I've spent "
5 trips to Starbucks and this little baby is paid for!! It makes great espresso, and is easy to use.. especially if you read the reviews/tips left on here by other users, it takes alot of the guess work out for you!! My first couple pots were bitter (like it warns they may be) but after that it made perfect coffee everytime!

"Bring Italy Into Your Home"
I purchased the 3 cup Bialetti about 8 months ago and it keeps getting better and better. Up until recently I used pre-ground beans from Starbucks and Lavazza which was excellent and produced excellent espresso. Now I buy whole beans and grind them before brewing and it tastes even better than when I used pre-ground. I like it strait into an espresso cup or with some heated milk. I also use an Aerolatte To Go, Black to make a cappuccino on the weekends. You really can't beat having great espresso for well under $50 worth of equipment! An excellent product that will serve you well.

"Best Little Coffee Maker"
The first one of these I had, I used for 25 years. I finally ended up letting it overheat on the stove, which doesn't seem to help the rubber gasket any. If you want really good espresso, this is the way to go. As long as I don't forget, and leave this one on the stove, it's probably the last one I'll need to buy in my lifetime. I'm using it every morning and thoroughly enjoying it. Carpe diem, et carpe Deo.

"Great Coffee"
I first used this product on a trip to Spain. It makes great coffee, is easy to use and clean, and has a simple design. I would not purchase anything smaller than the 6 cup. It can make 2 regular cups of coffee or 4 cups of espresso size.

"The classic made small"
Bialetti Moka's are found in just about every Italian household. They are also an affordable way to get strong, espresso-like coffee. To get real espresso, you need a lot more pressure pushing the water through the finely ground coffee. In coffee speak, you need roughly 9 "bars" for proper espresso. Moka's have only 1.5 to 3 "bars" of pressure.

Still, with warmed milk, it makes a decent morning drink. And the style is distinctive and attractive.

One word of caution on the 3-cup: it really only makes enough for one person, and barely that if you like to fill a regular size travel mug.

Otherwise, I highly recommend the Moka in general and the 3-cup in particular.

 

Bialetti Moka Express 3-Cup Stovetop Percolator

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Why I buy this one ?
- Stovetop brewer makes 3 2-ounce cups of espresso in just 4 to 5 minutes
- Made of durable polished aluminum in a unique octagon shape
- Flip-up top and side-pour spout provide added convenience
- Wash by hand with warm soapy water and rinse clean; made in Italy
- Measures 4-1/4 by 6-1/2 inches



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"Finally", I have tried a couple of the 'espresso' machines from box stores and first few brews seem good. But the machines are so cheap they can't take the pressure and what you get then isn't even close. Figured would have to spend a lot more money if wanted a real one that worked.

Just happened upon this on a forum post somewhere, while looking up why Starbucks employees can't make real cappuccino. They either make you something with espresso and hard foam on top or tell you that what you got in Italy is wrong. The smaller coffee shops usually do it right.

Anyway, another person having the same issues with the same store, said this is usually what most households in Italy use to get stovetop espresso. They said it is about as close as your going to get without buying a real espresso machine. They were right! I really like it, not perfect, but pretty close.

So if you want to try something as close as you can get without busting the bank get one of these. You do have to watch it closely. There isn't any whistles or other sounds telling you that it is done. So rather than burn/melt the o-ring you have to be ready to remove it from heat source. That is the only bad thing about this product. You also have to make a few runs in order to 'coat' the metal or you will get a metal taste.

I have heard the 2-3 cup models make a better stovetop espresso than the larger models, but have no proof myself this is true, just putting it out there.

"Espresso Doesn't Get Much Better", Espresso doesn't get much better than this. Why spend hundreds when this little gem makes some of the finest espresso you'll ever drink. Of course, the quality of the bean and fine grind is the secret.

"Wonderful product!", We became spoiled with excellent coffee during a trip to Spain. After researching how the Spanish coffee is made, we learned that Spanish households all have a simple stovetop coffee maker like the Bialetti. So we ordered it and it is FANTASTIC! It is simple to use, sturdy, and makes the same wonderful coffee we enjoyed in Spain. And what a value for $20!!!!!!

"Great but corroded- PLEASE HELP! ", I absolutely love my Moka Espress and always try to heat the coffee at the lowest possible setting on my stove. I either heated it a little too high or did not let it completely dry out after cleaning it one day, because it corroded on the inside (where the water goes). There is now white spots inside and the espresso tastes really funny. I know your not supposed to use soap to clean it, but is there some way I can remove the corrosion safely so I can continue to use the espresso maker? Or is it ruined? Please help! Thanks!!

"poor quality", i should have it returned at the first.
it leaks, it's brown and it's sucks.
everytime i unscrew it to clean it, the strainer
comes off.
i have been using this coffee pots for over twenty years.
i should have gone to kmart.



 
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"NOT recommended", I purchased this and after only about 1 month of use, the inside of both the bottom water chamber and where the coffee flows into started turning a strange shade of purple-black and the coffee started tasting like metal. It had a weird smell, and the grooves on the metal seemed to hold in the weird balck tarnish. I tried cleaning it with everything, and nothing worked. I only used water and a dye- and scent-free dishwashing liquid before it turned black, so if I caused this, then why would anyone want to buy a coffee maker that tarnishes when you wash it??

I don't know what caused this, but I am very dissatisfied and threw the whole thing away. ALSO, the handle gets SO HOT I had to use a dish cloth to remove it from the stove. Bad design flaw. You'd be much better off using a coffee press.

"good product", It's very easy to use and clean. 3-cup is very small though and it really shouldn't cost as much as $20 based on the simple construction but that's life.

"Clever Little Coffee Maker", I discovered this little device while looking for a simple stove top percolator to augment my other coffee making methods -- Melitta, Drip, Espresso and Senseo. This is the closest thing I've experienced to a good coffee shop espresso or latte. To make a latte you simply add milk to the upper reservoir before placing the pot onto the stove. I make several 10-12 oz lattes a day with my Bialetti Moka. Although described as a "6-cup" percolator, it only makes one American sized cup of coffee (8-12 oz). I imagine the 6-cup description refers to demitasse cups. I plan to buy a larger one. The coffee making methodology used by this device is quite ingenious. The bottom reservoir is filled with water and a metal filter in the middle holds the coffee. The water heats up and is forced through the coffee, percolates through a second filter and then out of a tube into the top reservoir. The result is brew very similar to espresso in taste but less concentrated. As others have stated, choice of coffee as well as quantity used make an enormous difference in the result. The closed system design results in a very efficient process that requires very little heat. The 'low' setting on my electric stove takes about 3-5 minutes. The process may sound complicated but it's no more involved than making a cup of coffee using the Melitta filter method.

"Good but small", Excellent results but 6 cup size only produces 11 oz at most (one mug). The diameter ( 4 inches ) is too small to cover the flame on a gas cooktop unless turned down to minimum.

"Makes real coffee", Buy one of these a can of Illy and get addicted to some of the best coffee you will ever drink.

If you like more then 5 ounces of coffee at a time, buy the 6 serving.



 
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