Moka Pot stainless

This is a good moka pot. I bought this one because it's made of steel not aluminum. Understand what you're buying. I purchased the 4 cup moka pot, which is what I wanted and the size I expected. The cup size refers to cups of espresso not coffee. This is the perfect size for one person who wants to make a cappuccino or latte. I had never used a moka pot before, so it took me a few tries to get it right. I'm used to using a normal drip coffee pot and a French press. I washed it with soap before use. So to use this size moka pot, I poured bottled water (don't use tap) into the bottom part, just below the safety valve. Then I filled the part that holds the coffee. You don't want to pack it down, but you want it to be full and leveled off. I used a pretty fine grind. Buy a whole bean dark roast or espresso roast and grind your own coffee beans. It's so much better than the already ground coffee. An electric coffee grinder isn't too expensive either. Then, you put the moka pot together and put it on the stove. I have a gas stove so I use the smallest burner. Make sure the flame doesn't go over the edges of the pot. The handle does not get hot. You have to stay by it. You want to heat it on low heat. If you try to use medium or high heat, you will likely end up with weak coffee that you don't want. It will take like five minutes maybe to brew. About 15 seconds after you hear it start gurgling, shut the heat off. Then a couple seconds after all sounds stop, you can pour out the coffee. To make a cappuccino, heat 2/3 cup of whole milk in a small pot on the stove. You just want to get it hot, not boiling. Then, get a battery-powered, hand-held frother, and use that until the milk gets frothy/foamy. Then pour that on top of the "espresso" while trying to keep the foam part for the top. Give it a gentle stir, and ta-da you have an at home cappuccino with no machine! Is it the same as sbux? No. But it's pretty close! I like mine without sugar. If you want it to be a latte, just use more milk. Let the moka pot cool for maybe like a half hour, then take it apart to clean it out. It's not hard to rinse all the parts and dry it. It takes like 3-4 minutes. This made a better tasting "espresso" than the French press. My cappuccino had a smoother taste using the moka pot. Hopefully this was helpful to you.

Muy bella, se ve muy elegante en mi cocina funciona muy bien fácil de limpiar se ve de muy buen material

My wife and I only each drink one cup of coffee a day, so we wanted a solution for this small volume that makes good coffee. After a couple of weeks, we're happy with this coffee maker. It makes good coffee, without much fuss, and uses beans much more efficiently than our long-used AeroPress. The AeroPress coffee is good, but does not use coffee beans efficiently, and it is a bit of a fussy, hassle of a process.I first ordered the 2-cup version of this, but that was very tiny. I returned that unused and ordered the 4-cup version. I could tell immediately that it was also too small. I also returned it unused. We are now using the so-called 9-cup version. It makes two strong, regular size, cups of coffee.For two 12-ounce size cups of coffee, I medium-grind three rounded scoops of beans. All of the instructions online say NOT to pack the ground coffee in the filter basket. However, to fit this much ground coffee in the basket DOES require careful slight packing. It seems to work fine, and slight packing is necessary to get our two strong cups of coffee from one brew.What this unit produces is something akin to espresso, which we don't really like . . . but we do like diluting this coffee concentrate with an appropriate amount of hot water. Used this way, this Moku Pot knockoff uses 25% less coffee that the Aero Press, and result in stronger coffee that is just as tasty, and perhaps even better flavor than from the AeroPress.The only hassle I found with this device, is learning how tightly to screw together the top and bottom halves. if too loose, coffee will leak out at the joint. If too tight, you will have a devil of a time getting the two halves unscrewed. I think many women would struggle dis-assemble the unit, just because of how tightly it needs to be screwed together to prevent leakage.Order this unit two size bigger than you think you need if you desire regular-sized cups of coffee.

Moka maker arrived a little dirty, some metal scrap inside, so better do a 100% clean before use.Note: I haven't used it for even 1 time once I got it, and I've spent several days just on cleaning.The worst part of this moke maker is the upper part, it comes with some brown color stains in the groove, it makes the product more like a used one instead of brand new. Maybe it's because I'm lighting too hard, it's actually pretty obvious to the naked eye. I tried to clean it, but I guess there is just no way to clean the groove, the brush doesn't work, even the water flosser doesn't work. I have to return it and repurchase a new one with a different color "6 Cups stainless steelA". But it turns out it's totally the same as "6 Cups stainless steel", the groove still exists.I got in contact with the seller, about how to reach the deep groove, but the seller only told me to wash it with soap.The fact is I've used all the combinations with soap, lemon juice, barkeeper cleaner, boiled water to clean the upper part, but the groove is still dirty.A few days later, good news, I finally could be able to touch the strain with a straw brush, and the stain looks like some kinda oil but smells like metal. The bad news is that the gap is too narrow to put some strength on it, I don't believe I can completely wipe out the stain. And I don't think the Moka maker is safe to use without wiping it out.Please be aware of using this product.btw, this product has sharp edges on the water tank & cover, please be really careful when u do the cleaning.