Bialetti Moka Express Caffettiera in Alluminio, 6 Cups, Acciaio Inossidabile, Argento,270 milliliters, Silver

I am moved to write a review of the Bialetti Moka Express 6 cup expresso maker as I don't recognise the comments from some of the poor reviews it has received. Overall the 210 5* ratings out of a total to date of 258 should speak for themselves and be enough of a recommendation. Follow the instructions that come with the Moka or that are available online and you should fine. I purchased this item new from Amazon in Feb 2009 and have used it multiple times a day since. I also have a second one which I keep at work. Both perform perfectly every time without fail and also spare parts are easily available. In all the time I have used the Mokas I have only needed to replace the rubber seal twice. I have never had a handle break but when assembling the two chambers together ensure that you do not use the handle as a lever because then it probably will fail. An important point to note is that the Moka is made from aluminium which may oxidise rather than rust if not taken care of properly. Wash it only using hot water and never use detergent. Dry it with a paper towel and ensure it is completely dry before putting it away unassembled. The Moka does not need to be on a red hot stove to boil with a low to medium heay should be sufficient. The Moka will improve over the years with age and use. Prove it prior to first use by brewing at least 3 times and throwing the coffee away. If your one has oxidised it may be rescued with water and vinegar but will need to be proved again before use. It is an expresso maker first and foremost so when cup size is stated it is refering to the little single expresso cups. The 6 cup size is suitable for one single average sized mug of americano style for which I use one heaped tablespoon of coffee. Again it is an expresso maker so use coffee ground for expresso use only however please note that it does not produce a crema. It is very important not to overfill with water or leave on the stove for too long. If the coffee boils then it will taste burnt and bitter. Also ensure no coffee grounds are caught between the rubber seal and the lower chamber. You will get to know when the coffee is ready by sound and smell. As soon as the Moka starts to burble and spit it is ready to come off of the stove. Wait for a few seconds to let it settle down and then pour for the perfect coffe. I am a big, big fan of this little coffee maker for its simple design, ease of use, longevity, availability of spare parts and for the fantastic coffee it produces.

I love the Bialetti. I chose based on the brand and reviews and it is simple and easy to use and makes a perfect coffee. Just clean everything by hand washing and don’t put it in the dishwasher .

Wow...so happy with my moka pot,so smooth and easy with this brilliant pot and it looks great to,brew time was so quick, happy 😊 owner, recommend this product so much.

What’s not to like? Easy to use, and it makes wonderful coffee very quickly. Far better than any of the other contraptions I’ve used and retired. I’ve seen other reviews that were less than positive, ranging down to considering the pot to be useless if not downright homicidal. In all cases, it’s easy to see what the problem was/is: It’s an allergy to READING THE DAMN INSTRUCTIONS!!! 1) Don’t put it in a dishwasher. My partner did - she hadn’t read the leaflet - and it came out in a fetching battleship grey with extruding salt bumps. At this point, it’s trash - you can’t use it as it’s now toxic. Hence my buying this replacement - albeit a slightly bigger one. Our bad, nos maxima culpa! 2) The cup sizes given are espresso cups. Google if you don’t know what that means. 3) One chap gave a good review, except he complained that the handle wasn’t strong enough to tighten the pot sections. His handle had broken after two uses. It isn’t strong enough for that - it tells you in the instructions! 4) A complaint that after 90 minutes on an induction stove, the pot was barely tepid. I’m surprised it was that hot! It doesn’t work on induction hobs, what with it being made of aluminium, which is curiously non-magnetic by nature. And guess what: It tells you this in the marketing blurb, in the instructions and on the bloody box the thing comes in. If you don’t know why it won’t work, google ‘induction - Aluminium’. 5) a doozy, this one! A lady of the French persuasion damning the pot to hell, as it’s dangerous! With photos! They show the bottom of the pot which was beginning to melt! And the top of her glass topped electric hob, with a river of liquid aluminium leading from a hot plate far larger than the pot, which had run over the stove lip, where it had solidified. It turns out in her report that she made her coffee, poured some out, and left the pot on the hot plate without turning it down, even though the hot area extended way beyond the circumference of the pot. This was to keep the coffee warm. It was there for some good time until she smelt something burning. So, two things that are BOTH in the multi-lingual instructions, which include French. The heat source must not extend beyond the pot’s circumference. Ever! The pot must be removed from the heat, or the heat turned off, as soon as the coffee’s ready. Not in five minutes or whatever - immediately! Things that refer to the preceding that aren’t in the instructions; it’s not a physics text! a) Too large a heat source can damage the handle - at a minimum it’ll make it too hot to touch. It won’t do the pot any good either, possibly warping it in time (if carried to this lady’s extreme). b) When the coffee is made, you have to remove the pot from the heat immediately because, boys and girls, the bottom section of the pot that had the water in it, now contains nothing but air. Have you ever left an empty pan on the heat? It does wonders for it, n’est ce pas? She had the pot on a too large hotplate at full blast, with the only fluid in it being one espresso cup, ish, of coffee. And that was in the top section (not for long!), not the bottom, which was actually the bit touching the heat source. She said it was only a few minutes. The melting point of aluminium is 6,000°C!!!!!! 6,000 people. And she’s allowed to vote, and go out by herself and everything! We’re doomed! PS: 6,000°C is something of an exaggeration, for emphasis, doncha know. It’s actually 660.3°C, if pure, in air at sea level, and melts immediately on reaching that temperature, which takes about one minute on a very high heat.

Parfaite. Café plus économique que les dosettes. Pour obtenir 4 tasses expresso, il faut acheter la cafetière 6 tasses.

Looks great in pictures but roughly cut/built. It spills water at the seem and the bottom reservoir is very coarsely machined, such that it makes washing any residue very difficult, getting burnt in the end.

Nice coffee. Should be at everyone's household

Works Great, but strong Mocka.

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