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Italians' favourite coffee preparation method, easy to do at home.
This little domestic purpose use tool is a Made in Italy icon - it shows an aluminium octagonal shape and it's part of a permanent exhibition inside New York's Mo.Ma!
Italian Moka Pot
Is the delicacy of the coffee coming from the moka pot and its preparation ritual your favourite? You are in good company, in fact, more than 70% of Italians prefer to have this pot at home more than other extraction methods. This coffee maker owes its name to Mokha, a Yemen town, one of the first and most famous areas where the Arabica grows. It was invented in 1933 by Alfonso Bialetti and consists of three parts: a kettle, a funnel-shaped filter and a collector.
Grinding
Fine
Coffee Amount
25 g for 3-4 cips
Water Temperature
194 °F
Extraction Time
3 - 6 min
Sugggested Cup
Cup 30 ml
Little tips for a perfect coffee made with the Moka
1
Moka is composed of three parts: a cylinder tank (bottom chamber), a filter funnel and a coffee collector (top chamber).
2
Heat the water around 158 °F degrees.
3
Fill the cylinder with hot water to reduce the time on the stove.
4
Fill the tank until the valve is reached.
5
Finely grind your coffee beans.
6
Fill the coffee filter with ground coffee and level it to make it even.
7
Insert the filter in the tank and tighten the head of the moka around.
8
Place your moka pot on the stove, low heat, with the lid open.
9
Turn off the heat right after the stream of coffee comes out, turns in lighter shades of color and the classical muttering sound starts.
10
Don't forget to stir the coffee.
11
The coffee is ready to be served.
