DELONGHI EMK6 for Authentic Italian Espresso, 6 cups

I ordered this for my friend who travels a lot. First, the unit arrived very late. When checked, the unit is 110V. To use this in UAE, a transformer was supplied by the seller. Unit is appr 1kg and trafo is 4 kg. Nothing mentioned about the transformer, nor about the 110 voltage which is misleading. It don't serve the purpose which I intended to gift for a friend.

家では直火のを使い店ではこの電気のを使っています。そこそこ美味しいエスプレッソはできるのでそれなりに満足しています。直火のと比べたら直火の方が美味しいかなって程度です。気になるのはコーヒー投入する所と上の部分を外した時に間にあるゴムパッキンのような物が落ちやすい事です。知らない間に落ちてしまったら無くしてしまう可能性がありますので注意が必要と感じました。

This Delonghi electric moka pot rocks the house period. This is coming from someone who is big into espresso, starting out on moka pots in college, moving to vibe pumps and levers later on. I still use my moka pots at home occasionally to crank out the huge batch of espresso needed for tiramisu rather than make like twelve espressos on a real espresso machine. Anyway about this guy. I just started working in an office where there is no coffee machine!?!?!? Whaaaat? Yeah, I've never seen one w/o coffee either until now. The other guys run out to one of the three or four cafes located within a block our two of our office to snag some joe. Now they ain't big coffee drinkers, usually one cup in the morning and maybe one in the afternoon. I am more used to drinking maybe four or five cups throughout the day plus the two doubles at home in the morning. After hitting up the cafes a few times and spending $3 on double espressos, I figured that I was going to be in the poor house before bowl season if I kept that up so I decided to become self sufficient at the office in matter of the roasted bean.I was initially looking at espresso machines. My criteria were: small (couldn't take up too much space on my desk), easy to clean (no kitchen in office, have to rinse out in bathroom sink), not to messy loading in coffee since it is on my desk, and inexpensive. Well most of the espresso machines were big and expensive. I didn't want to pay $400 on a Gaggia or $600 for a La Pavoni for the office, plus they are big and messy but I was going to use the espresso pods to make things cleaner and easier. Still the expense and size of even the cheapest machines (about $250 refurbed) were looking bad. Then a light went off and I thought about moka and wondered if they made an electric moka pot.Well looky what we got here... ...practically made to order. This thing is dang near perfect ladies and gents. Diminutive, low key, cheap, easy to clean in bathroom sink, and caffe eccellente. The only slight negative is that since it doesn't use pods you have to use your own coffee which is good economically but a little messy when loading. I just load it on top of a sheet a paper and toss the paper when done. That is it other than that this machine rocks the heezy.As to the operation of the machine, so simple and easy with a few nice touches. The coffee chamber holds enough coffee for six demitasses of espresso. I used it this way the first few times but never drank all of the coffee soon enough. Delonghi also gives you a little metal disc which effectively cuts the coffee chamber in half so you can make three demitasses at a time (there are markings in the water chamber to let you know how much to fill for a 3 shot brew). At first I thought that the disc was a gimmick and the coffee would turn out crappy but I gave it a try and badabing it tasted just like full 6 brew. Now I am in business.Now on to to cup size. The 3 shot brew yielded basically two double espressos. I've had the Nuova Point espresso and cappucino cups for decades and that is what I brought to the office. For a while there I just used the espresso cup and would have two full cups per three shot brew. That was too much trouble so now I just pour the whole 3-shot brew into a cappucino cup and it fills it nicely.Some operational details, the machine after it brews, will stay on for half an hour to keep things warm. There is a mechanical switch on the base that turns off the heat once you lift up the pot to pour your coffee. You could just hit the switch again for another 30min of heat if you want. Brewing time, here is where it gets phenomenal, it only takes about two minutes to crank out a pot. This is super fast and when I make moka on the stove it usually takes about twice as long. It totally surprises you how fast it is. Having the see through top is a nice touch so that you can see when it is done, might not be as solid as the regular full aluminum top but it takes the guesswork out of whether it is done or not, just be a little more careful. As far as clean up, after it cools down, unscrew it holding on to the bottom of the pot and the metal at the base of the top section. Rinse out the bottom, the coffee holder, the top of the upper section and the bottom side of the top section making sure to clean the gasket of stray grinds. That is it.Final thoughts, to those jerks who dis moka coffee, go screw. Those anal retentives deserve to wallow in their misery and I hope they end up married to hoarders. Sure the coffee isn't the exact same as full fledged 9-bar, big ol', $600, espresso machine. This thing is only like $60 or so and makes legit moka. For me, moka is real good. Way better than the regular office coffee that I had been drinking for years simply because it was available. On the coffee scale of things, regular coffee is like Pop Warner, Moka is like NCAA Football in the SEC, and a Cimbali, Gaggia or Pavoni are like NFL Football with the Cimbali being the Champion New Orleans Saints. Basically if the high dollar machines are like 100% espresso, the moka pots like this one are maybe 80-85% espresso which is still leagues better than drip and swill and pretty darned close to the real thing. If you drink lattes or add cream to moka, I'd say that it is practically indistinguishable from a latte made with real 100% espresso and forget about tiramisu. In the cake no one can tell the difference.One more thing. Bialetti makes an electric mukka I see that costs around a Benjamin or so. For those cappucino lovers the Mukka may be the one to get. I bought a stovetop for a girlfriend once who loved cappucino but didn't need a full sized expensive machine. The cappa's were really good with it. There was a switch to make regular moka or a latte if you weren't doing the cappucino thang. I opted for the Delonghi since I only really drink espresso and save the milk for chicks at parties and Sunday mornings.Enjoy your moka pot and don't be ashamed. This Delonghi electric one is really nice and works great anywhere, no stove required!!!

I have used these Melitta-type coffee brewers for many years. This electric one is the epitome of ease of use for a single serving of exceptionally strong and flavorful coffee.Fill the chamber to the safety valve line with cold water, insert the coffee funnel and fill it with a couple of scoops of coarse-ground coffee, pat the coffee flat, screw on the receiver jug, set it on its electric base and push the start button. Five minutes later you have a strong, very aromatic, cup (250 ml) of wonderful, hot dark coffee.One tip: I have found that I get the most enjoyable cup of joe by using Maxwell House (Good to the last drop!) coffee - medium strength - rather than super-premium blends from my local gourmet roaster. I think that part of the anticipation I get at each mornings breakfast is pouring the brew into my mug and including some of the fine grounds at the bottom that get carried through the metal filter into the jug. This enhancement to the flavor is what distinguishes my home brew from the "sterile" taste of a $5 serving from a coffee shop.Cleanup is trivial. Rinse the jug and flush away any grounds stuck on the underside of its metal filter; tip the grounds from the "funnel" and rinse it out. You are now ready to brew another pot.Highly, highly recommended!!

美味しいコーヒーが飲めます。使い方は簡単です。暖かさ？温かいコーヒーは飲めます。

直火タイプを使ったことはなく、マシーン系もないのですが、どうしてもエスプレッソが飲みたくなってこちらを思い切って購入しました。湯量が少ないのであっという間に出来るし、簡単です。手入れも特に面倒でもない。コンパクトで場所も取りません。ビアレッティの電気式もあるようですが、保温やスイッチはないしこちらより量も少なくお高いものが多いようです。廃盤のようなので大事に使いたいと思います。