Make Great Coffee with a Moka Pot
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2015
- Learn to make amazing, espresso-style coffee in a moka pot. Bonus: we'll show you a latte hack too. chfstps.co/3dHyCTf
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I picked up one of these at a yard sale for a dollar because, the seller explained, he couldn't find the cord. He thought the pressure valve was an electric plug!
That is amazing oh gosh
What a moron
LMAO😂😂😂
@@leonlawson2196 😂 😂 😂
That's hilarious 😂
Wow, I've been using cold water and finer ground espresso. That would explain why my espresso has been so bitter. Also thank you for the french press microfoam trick!!
Same, although I like the taste. But I'm gonna try it with slightly coarser grounds and hot water just the same.
Dad?
You know what is more bitter? B Roll
Papa no kiss
@@mdasifrezwanshishir742 papa no like
After watching the video, I immediately did it for the first time with hot water, and not with cold water, as I usually did before. The taste is completely different! Much better! Just wow!
Glad I saw this tip as well. Big difference, makes a lot of sense.
I did it with water hot from the tap.
But I’ll try it with heated kettle water and a pre-heated stove burner for the moka pot.
And see how that goes.
I’m trying this out this morning!
@@bigbluebuttonman1137 You do you but, and it's probably no big deal if you drink a moka pot worth of coffee every now and again, but in some systems you don't want to be drinking the water from the hot water tap. Better to heat up water from the cold tap in a kettle or on the stove or something. The hot water can leach minerals more than cold water and impart substances that you don't want to imbibe. Typically lead.
@@steelonius fr ppl don't know about cold water vs hot water
I bought a moka pot from goodwill online, watched this and was excited to use it, it arrived and I realized it was about 3x the size of the one in the video. Excited to make a month of coffee at a time 👍
Lol I have one of these but mainly use it for decoration because I cant get myself to use half a block of espresso grounds at once
My family owns a lot of different sizes of mokas (i am Italian, that's the main way we make coffee in our family) and the one in the video is the big one 💀
No, dont, just dont. After a week its dangerous to even consume it.
@@user-sf5iq2fl1l it’s a joke.
@giovannicurotto5134 I knew a family originally from Italy that had a tiny stovetop espresso maker that could fit in the palm of your hand. I tried for a long time looking for one like that, but the smallest I could find is what is shown in this video. Do you know where one can purchase a small espresso maker like that in the US?
Making frothy milk with a french press was a revelation
+Talliwa123 It totally works!
The problem with this is when the press is all the way down there is about an inch of space between the screen and the bottom of the container. This is fine for trapping coffee grounds but less than ideal for frothing. If you disassemble the press, put the top lid aside, and reassemble the shaft and screen assembly you can now press the screen all the way to the bottom of the container. This way will get you much lighter and frothier foam. I have a second French press setup like that for milk and cream only. There are also glass milk frothers that are just a small French press where the screen goes all the way to the bottom.
Either way its the best way to get your foam on. The electric stirring ones suck.
Kev Ro
Good.
And that just happened to me 3 years later from your comment lol
Alicia R well it’s pretty much obvious isn’t it? I always used it for that
Another technique I've developed with this that contributes a lot to a smooth non-bitter non-burnt coffee is to closely regulate the temperature once the coffee starts pouring through the column. You want a thin light brown flow, without too many foamy bubbles. When it gets a bit too violent and starts to foam slightly raise it off the heat source, keep it in the air a bit until it's smooth and silky again. And keep controling the distance from the heat source until the brewing ends. When air starts to come through with foam and the flow is interrupted, immediately run it under the tap as shown in this video. This technique produces excellent results every time.
Preach. Thats exactly how I do it. You want reaaaaly tiny stream of coffee. If you do it too fast the coffee will end up bitter.
John Tsiombikas 🤔 I will give it a try tomorow ;) 👍
Nice tip. I asked a question about that on top but I think I will try what you just said. Thanks!
John. Do you ad boiling water or just hot water to the pot?
I will try this tomorrow. Thank you for the advise
Using hot water instead of cold was a HUGE game-changer for me. I can't believe I was about to give this away for free since it made bitter coffee the first few times I used it.
Used a Moka pot during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. My heat source was usually a tank manifold and my pot was the envy of my unit.
do you believe the rumors that there where so many desertions that order where given to the earth movers to just bury everyone, deserter or not?
@@thedude4795, I'm not sure about your question but I'll try to answer it. When the ground war started in the early morning of February 24th, specially equipped tanks had plows mounted on the bows. When ordered to advance against prepared Iraqi positions, the tanks just plowed in the Iraqi trenches burying alive the defenders. After the first and second echelons punched through, the third echelon swept up any Iraqi troops that were captured or surrendered.
Once the Iraqis seen that they were completely outclassed and we weren't going to murder them outright they couldn't wait to surrender.
@@michaelweinmann3679 Jesus lol not sure how I stumbled upon this question while trying to figure out the Moka pot at 4:30 in the morning. Wild thought to be buried alive. I’m sure nobody saw that coming.
@@glennbell6627, "Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of Man." - Gen. Geo. S. Patton
@@glennbell6627
I hurt my side laughing.
I hadn't seen the French press trick. Very nice overall!
+Applied Science Glad you enjoyed it! Grant casually dropping knowledge bombs. :)
+Applied Science By the way, Your channel is AWESOME! love the Slow Mo Vinyl video: ua-cam.com/video/GuCdsyCWmt8/v-deo.html
+ChefSteps Thanks so much! I've got some interesting food science demos coming along, but they are taking a little longer to get working than I had planned. Talk to you later.
Let us know how they turn out, best of luck!
+ChefSteps YES! I love both your channels and the first time I watched one of your videos I thought Grant must be related to Ben somehow.
The best part of this video was the french press to make frothy milk!! Genius!!
+phillybigdoh I never thought about doing that before. Great idea!
+shante0078 .... 2 days from the mention of "fluffers"... and nothing? Noone? Hmm ok. Pleasant surprise.
John Smith h
There is nothing practical. Removing the milky fat from the metal filter is a nightmare. This French pressure coffee maker is not made to use milk, only coffee.
Should've realised this when I clean a cafetière and froth up the washing up liquid.
I was getting some bad results with my Moka pot but followed this video exactly. I think running cold water over the pot to stop the brewing at the end is what saved me. Normally I just let it gurgle and do it's thing when all the water runs through - today I stopped the brewing and the difference in the cup was night and day!
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Doesn't that leave water at the bottom though?
@@Topaz763 Not an amount that matters and not near the spout so it doesn't get in the cup when pouring!
I don't understand the point of running cold water over the pot... You could just as well pour in the cup.
@@jooger69 If you're pouring and drinking it right away then yeah. But there are lots of reasons why you might not, maybe you're having half and leaving half (especially with a bigger moka pot), or maybe you're finishing cooking and if you pour it in the cup it will get cold by the time you're sitting down to drink it.
These are good tips. In addition, I suggest trying to slow down the brewing speed. I usually take the pot off of the heat quite early and let the top of the pot fill as slowly as possible. Every once in a while you can put it either fully or partially on the heat to get the boil going again. When the process is too fast the grounds will be underextracted, making it overly acidic; this is a common problem when brewing with a moka pot.
This is a cool tip, will defo try his, I did think to myself, using hot water from the kettle and straight to the stove - the coffee boiled/extracted too fast for my liking.. I'll try "warm" water rather than "just boiled" water and try on and off technique for slower extraction.
Not true, the coarses grind will be just fine under maximum heat. 47 years as a barista.
Italians don't rush things such as Spaghetti Bolognese, so yeah, this makes sense.
@@stoopidhaters No Italian I know would ever eat Spaghetti with their Bolognese ;) But your point is good
so if gets underextracted doesn't it mean that we should use a fine grind size
Hoffman:
Keep the Moka Pot clean
*Italians have left the chat*
Improves taste drastically, I thought the beans were bad :D
mia nonna non ha mai lavato la moka...
Right. My wife won't let me wash her aluminum caffettiera with dish soap. She conceeded to me for the stainless Alessi. According to her it's not to get the seasoned pot taste but to not have a metallic flavor.
So are the Chinese also lying to themselves about their seasoned clay tea pots?
@@hallin6311 you're not supposed to wash with dish soap as it reacts with the metal. You have to clean it with hot water, but be careful of course.
@@ConstantThrowing, yes. It really isn't my wife holding me back from washing our aluminum moka with soap. I was passive about supporting no soap to not discount someone like James Hoffman (on the soap side) whose palette and knowlege have much more creds than mine. But your'e forcing my hand here--no soap.
We use cold water and elbow grease. I don't use soap very often on our stainless--not so much for any reaction, as it is Inox 18/10 stainless, but for the claim there can be an accumalation of detergent affecting the taste in the stem above the filter that rarely gets cleaned and some part of it may never get scrubbed during rinsing.
My comment about the Chinese and their tea pots (I could have used tobacco pipes as an example as well) was a little subtle trolling western newcomers to the moka who are smugly convinced the no soap thing is a myth and think they can taste bitterness from some minute contact to rancid coffee oil. Makes sense in theory--but don't even try for those who take theirs with sugar. For those who take moka coffee full strength without sugar or milk etc that say this, okay, I'll believe some people can taste things I can't.
I have one and I've made every mistake you talked about.
+jerson valdes That's why we have James Hoffmann around, he is always enlightening. :) chfstps.co/1OfhjFN
+jerson valdes That's adorable.
+jerson valdes Likewise, I have been using mine for years and have made all the above mentioned faux pas
Did you have problems with coffee flying from the pot while you have the top opened?
Ditto
I just followed James’ technique and I just had the best moka I ever had, and I’ve been using a moka pot all my life!!
Thanks James
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"A coffee video on my frontpage who isnt with James Hoffman? Okay ill give it a go"
10 seconds later
"Oh.."
The Mocca Pot is how I've been making my coffee for years now, first they're cheap, second I'm cheap, third I'm not about to buy a coffee maker, fourth I have no space for the machine, fifth they make pretty good coffee. Don't know why people dislike them if one knows how to use one they're great
That's pretty much the only way we make coffe at home in Italy, people that dislike this are insane 😂😂
I'm new to coffee, but as a tea drinker, I like things simple. One kettle, one moka. When the power goes out, I'm still covered. If I'm feeling fancy, I'll shake up a mason jar with some milk and nuke it for 45sec.
Chef Dario I know Italians with a machine.
@@d.c.9895 same in Puerto Rico. These are the way people make coffee in PR except for the really old school that boil it in a pot and run it through a piece of cloth we call a sock. The thing with Mocca Pots is that if you put it on the stove top under full flame you'll burn the coffee. Which is what I suspect where most people fail.
@@catocall7323 I guess I have burnt my coffee in this machine many many times then, as I always put this pot on the stove at close to full flame :) .
I just got a tiny 2-cup mocca pot for my birthday. This was just the video I needed to expand my coffee world. Thank you for sharing, James always delivers!
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I got my Moka Pot today and followed the advice from this video. I’ve never had coffee so good in my life, as much as I like going to coffee shops, I don’t know if I’ll ever need to go to another one again unless I just don’t feel like making coffee.
Yeah, for me cafés are also about the ambience, and meeting with friends for a coffee and a catch up 😁😁
@@judylloyd7901 - and to get out of the home. 🏡
And spend money everyday that’s alot per year .. I drink at home with my buddy Fissman 😂
This was a great video. With just a tiny bit more effort, a drink like this has taken over my morning routine. One of the most useful things I've noticed was the cool trick about frothing the milk in a french press! never thought to do that! Thanks!
you forgot to mention, that you instantaneously go to hell, if you put your aluminium-pot into the dishwasher.
+Jan Itor What happens ?
+Socomnick It usually corodes, because of the salt used in the dishwasher or rather in the detergent. The material pretty much gets ruined beyond repair. you get aluminiumoxide to your fingers whilst cleaning it and the coffee is unbearable. actually that's valid for nearly every aluminium tool in the kitchen.
Plus, the moka pot must not be washed with soap at all: the soap flavor will stick and ruin your coffee. You must wash it with water only, a few minutes after using it. This way it will be clean and the coffee will taste right.
You'd have to sandblast it to clean it pretty much. It builds a layer of carbon on the surface of the aluminum I believe.
Francesco Gambaro right
I used a moka pot when I studied abroad in Italy and have used that same one for 20 years now...but these tips really do make it taste better. I think starting with heated water from a tea pot is the biggest hint to smoothing out the flavor. I mean I liked it before but these are even better. Also the french press works much better on almond milk than several expensive machines I tried and returned.
Just found a new Moka pot at a thrift shop and followed this tutorial. The coffee was delicious!! Thank you so much!
Love it! Quick and clear explanations. I did my own coffe after this video, it was my first time using a moka pot. I actually was a bit afraid because the bad reputation it had. Thanks!
My absolute favourite coffee is what I make at home with my Bialetti Moka pot, have to get exact right grind, amount of coffee, and temperature, but once mastered its delicious.
Also found my hand blender makes some pretty epic foamy milk.
Outstanding! I’ve been making all the common mistakes you’ve highlighted, thank you for leveling up my coffee obsession!
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I use to say that my mother does the best moka pot coffe ever - by far preferable over any espresso in opinion - and I have never managed to get even close.
After trying this I understand why, I was messing all over the place. The difference is huge, and having a better start right at breakfast feels like a huge quality of life improvement.
Thanks a lot!
You were messing?
Coming from Spain, we have plenty of those lying around in every single household, so this is a game changer.
I just tried this technique combined with what James shared on his channel about grinding with a blade grinder and it upped my moka pot coffee game so many notches I do not know where to start to thank him.
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Thanks guys - I’ve been curious about these moka pots for years and this video clears up all my concerns! 🤗🙏🏼🦋
In italy we use to do this:
-1: Fill with cold water a little below the valve
-2: Put the funnel on
-3: Put the coffee in the funnel, and make like a little mountain with it (don't press it!)
-4: screw the collector very tight
-5: Put on a stove on low heat
-6: wait till you hear bubbling
-7: turn off the heat and let it cool for about a minute
-8: put the coffee into a bottle or some container (preferably glass)
-9: Enjoy your coffee :)
Davis Schina how long do you wait until you hear it? My God, you're not Italian
cnn8420 Yes, I'm from Italy and it takes around 5-6 minutes
so is it better with cold or hot water like James said in this video?
It's not so important, but I prefer cold water
it change nothing
I tried this method and omg my coffee tastes so much better! Also never knew about the French press trick-love it!
I recently upgraded my grinder a couple of months back, and it’s made a big difference in my moka pot coffee especially using James technique as well!
I dont understand I grind on the finest what does James mean? Maybe one up from the finest or should I pick 2 up from the finest? What do you do?
I bought a moka pot again because of this. Thank you. It is delicious now.
the milk process with the French press blew my mind
SAME! i knew you could froth milk with it but i didn't know you could make it so you could do latte art. Gotta try this out asap
Nic Lai i tried it and it works xD can make latte art at home. Best thing learned during this pandemic.
He would get better foam it he used cold milk... and maybe heated up the foam after...
@@Nikosi9 yeah, like with a steaming wand attached to a boiler
@@fingerbottom Yeah, that's the "real" way to do it. Or, you can get boilers with a wand attached just for that purpose.
But, aerating the milt with the mesh of a French press will give a similar effect, but I'm saying that the milk should be cold first, not the way they did it.
There are little electric stirrers which are cheap and do a good job.
I grew up w a percolator that we'd use camping or sometimes just whenever. My first time in Europe we had a cute little kitchen w one of these in the cupboard. Thanks to the percolator, I figured out how to use the Moka pot and had delicious coffee in the mornings ☕
Thank you for the visual lesson I have owned two Moka pots and never used them. I will be trying my Moka pot out. I now realized what I need to buy is the induction burner plate to be able to use the Moka pot. TY!
I have been looking for the name of that since I first saw JH using one - thank you.
Many thanks to the both of you! I bought a moka pot a while ago and just couldn’t get the bitterness level low enough every time I made my coffee. After watching this video I’m all set. I grew up in a culture where Turkish coffee is the homemade go to coffee, but when I began drinking coffee in bars, I just fell in love with Illy and Filicori. Hence the moka pot because it’s the best way to make great coffee on a low budget (I can’t afford an espresso machine yet 😁).
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Im planning to get a moka, because my parents keep putting cheap shitty beans into it, and the coffee tastes awful.
This made the process easy after I purchased a moka pot. The coffee was much nice than I had before from capsules.
Thanks guys! I tried it straight away and it made a difference in taste and scaled up the fun factor by brewing the coffee!
Wow just wow 👌 👏
I've forever used cold water and this is the first time I've ever used a darker roast full bodied bean fresh ground with hot water the smoothness omg!
Not bitter at all. Looked really good after the pour bull bodied and chocolaty almost.
Spectacular
I didn’t imagine James as tall. My mind is blown.
Foreal tho!
He is about 6"4
This broke is enormous
I did
He always looks tall 🤔
We had this pot back way when i was like 10years old. Didnt know what it was used for.
Really surpirsed its a coffee pot!!!!!!
Using French press for "fluffing: the milk is pure genius. Appreciate these tips so much. Now, finally know how to make a very decent Moka at home. Only regret is did not see this years ago.
Someone gave me one of these today, I just made a cup. This is really good. Taste better than the French press I made this morning.
Always locked onto all your videos, just waiting for the Joule to reach my side of the Caribbean. And Happy Holidays from the Caribbean xoxo
Ok... so extra fine grind, ice cubes in the water reservoir, and a nice patina in the coffee pot. Just how I like it.
Honestly i really make in this way.. nah, ok, not ice, but cold water.
if there isn't visible chunks from previous brews then you're doing it all wrong.
He said NOT extra fine grind.
@@goodgravy3047 Whoosh!
@CalvinSomething Oooh, no... The last thing you want is for your rubber to loosen up. Go ahead, ask me how I know. ;)
Refreshing to see that I've been using my Moka right the whole time. Especially the quenching of the pot, I've found that the coffee is way nicer. You get all the burnt over extracted flavour in the last few millilitres of water, one thing I do that wasn't said here was that I also fill above the pressure valve so the basket gets the bottom of the ground coffee soaked, it's basically like preinfusion and also I do tamp lightly, but I use layered ground coffee, first it's coarse for about 3mm then almost espresso fine then back to a little coarse for the last 3mm, it keeps the finer coffee in the puck so you can grind finer without getting granules in your coffee by grinding too fine. The coarser grind acts as another filter.
You're welcome coffee addicts.
Do you cover the pressure relief valve with water? Im sure I don't need to tell you this but be careful, as I there's ever a blockage and a build of of steam it can cause a catastrophe.
These simple suggestions definitely improved the taste I get from my moka pot. Thank you.
I had to learn to use the Moka pot when I was in Sicily a few weeks ago. Love it! Got one to bring back to America. Its the only way I make coffee now
The wife got me last year for Christmas, it's really nice... Now I want to try the hot water on the bottom.
@@Longbowan Believe me in Italy no one put hot water,and it's just perfect like this ciao😊
A coffee press is great as well.
Just wanted to thank you for the great tips in this video. I tried making mine with hot water tonight and then immediately cooling it off with cold water once it started to bubble and that bitter taste disappeared. Thank you for the content!
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A nice simple method. I like the way you don't get into fiddling about with scales to weigh the coffee.
Had no idea you could froth milk w a French press! Glad I watched this video 🙌🏾
The heated water trick works great. It got rid of the bitterness and cut down the brew time. The flavor is different from from my Gaggia, but still tastes great. This makes the $6 I spent on new 3 cup Bialetti moka pot a great deal. Thanks again.
Wow in my country is 25, 30 euro a 3 cup pot lol😂
Nice James Hoffman the coffee expert. I wonder if he's of any relation to James Hoffman the World Barista Champion?
@Vaibhav Pandey r/wooosh
Who's James Hoffman?
@@jchow13 coffee dad
Same person ya donut
Their both the sam
French press to froth the milk is genius, not hard to do, and I can't wait to try it, thank you for showing me that!!!
I've been experimenting with adding aeropress paper filters into the moka pot to slow the extraction. Don't put it in between the top of the pot and the existing mesh filter because it will explode boiling water into your face when you're watching it brew with the lid open and a curious expression on your face. It works much better on top of the coffee well itself.
Moka Pot, such an underrated brewing device. Great video, as usual.
One thing to note (from my moka pot experiences at least), the coffee at the bottom of the top/pourer/carafe? is significant stronger than the coffee at the top, due to the density of extracted solids in the initial brewing, so it isn't a bad idea to stir up the coffee in the pot before pouring, especially if you're using it for two separate drinks.
Bought one of these over a decade ago and I love it!
You nailed it. We switch to your method and immediately noticed incredible flavor and aroma in our coffee and also both my wife and I did not have diarrhea every morning. Thank you Thank you Thank you bravo.
this brought me so much joy. love you, james!
Wait what? How is moka pots underrated and have a bad rep?
You americans....
Tigrre Ampluch We Americans are still captivated by our auto drip coffee makers. Some of us have come around, though.
@@joshuatree206 lol
As an American, i can speak for my country by saying 95% of us have no idea what a moka pot is
Right? I love this thing. Moka pots are wonderful
Young Gucci and that’s exactly what’s wrong with our country. 😂
The bialetti electric one is a life saver for the office. We adore these things in Italy. I don't know how you could dislike this. Only if you have bad quality / old coffee.
Do the Italians really use Lavazza though or is it just a marketing ploy for the rest of the world that because "sophisticated Italians use Lavazza therefore it must be good'"......I use it all the time and love it.
Chris James Italian coffee products get marketed in the way they do because a surprisingly high percentage of British based people drink instant coffee. The fresh coffee drinking culture in Italy is not a 'sophisticated' thing at all. It is just the norm to drink fresh coffee. Personally, I prefer to grind my own coffee beans than buy them in those air tight bags. I've never really thought they tasted that good. Having visited the UK, I've noticed that it makes you 'cool' to drink fresh coffee, have a coffee machine with a shower head and some people even go and attend exhibitions on different grades of roast, grinds and be served by so called 'expert baristas'. This type of thing gets backed up by marketing that says....this is how the Italians do it, but in reality for us, coffee is what tea with milk is to the british. It isn't supposed to distinguish. Its just coffee.
+Chris James Lavazza is okaish. Personally I don't really like it. It tastes somewhat flat. The best brand of Italian coffee you can find in supermarkets is Illy. It costs almost twice as much as the other brands, but it's worth it.
Roz Sa I can't agree more with you, it's only bad when you have bad quality coffee
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Thankyou for your tutorial after the first time following your instructions it tastes so much smoother without the bitterness I had before. Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year☕
Thanks to this video I mastered the Moka pot on vacation and since I’ve been home I’ve been preferring it over my machine.
Glad to see this getting out there! Like most manual brew techniques, just requires some finesse and an understanding of what you're trying to achieve. Sharing with my staff!
+Hayden Fulghum Thanks Hayden! This technique is underrated for sure. chfstps.co/1OfhjFN
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If using a gas burner do not let the flames go up the sides of the mocha pot and keep it off-center so the handle doesn’t melt
I followed most of your steps and still made a bitter brew (when drunk straight, just with sugar). I'll try adjusting the grind to regular grind - and thanks for the french press milk frothing idea. Amazing - I'll try that too.
Whoa... just like that. I did it, using hot water and cooling the bottom part with cold water when hearing that sound... no bitterness in my morning latte! Thank you for the video!!
Just a tip. If you have leftover, or in general, you can get a glass Starbucks frappochino, use the glass to make your own frozen cappuccino, which is way nicer and not nasty sweet like the Starbuck ones. Fill the bottle 1/3th to 1/2 with caffe. Fill the rest with some milk and add Suger as desired. Put in fridge till it's cold and you have perfect easy cold cappuccino
I’ve had this for years and didn’t really know how to use it. Will try tomorrow! Thank you!
I recently got a moka pot again after not using one in 4 years
and it makes almost perfect coffee wth.. I only remember it being a bitter mess
well to be fair I didn't have a $500 grinder back then but still, shows that properly grinded fresh coffee matters a lot more than I expected
Watched this few months ago, didn’t know who James H. was. Now I came back after watching ALL of his videos and laughed cause I realized who he was
Edgar Gamboa same
Haha, exactly the same here
Same !
Oh dude, this is an algorithm thing, isn't it?
america:
Moka pot has bad rep
The wolrd:
left the chat
Eh, it's the same in the UK. I use a stainless steal caffettiere/ French press and I don't get a metallic taste, but I do with my Moka pot. :(
I use stainless steel Moka pot, it has no metallic taste.
James Hoffmann (the guy on the right) says "bad rep" because moka pot rely on boiling water to buildup pressure, and boiling water is bit too high temperature for coffee brewing, that causes bitter coffee.That's why he trys to mitigate this by using coarser grind and cold water to stop brewing immediately.
Oh, btw this guy is from UK and he's the author of World Atlas of Coffee, he does know some coffee stuff.
Jorji Costava *James* : * stares in British *
America: moka pot have a bad rep. Italy: declares war.
watched this video, asked for this from my birthday cause its faily affordable and ive loved every single drink ive had out of it. Cant wait to try some more elaborate drinks!
This is actually funny because I always wanted a cup of this coffee in the morning. And I needed it fast to get to work sooner. So I started putting hot water into it just to make it finish faster and so I realised that it made the coffee better :)
. . . Allow me one guess - you are from the 'U.S.' ?...
@@donaldcook3112 Allow me one guess - you're a condescending insufferably smug Brit?
Yes , the art of coffee making for coffee lovers ☕️! ❤️
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Thanks! I just ordered on of these for my hubby for Father's day. Good tips I will for sure use.
I got a moka pot for as a wedding gift, and I've been intimidated to use it. Thank you so much for this video! :)
Thank you for this! Pulled mine out of the cabinet and dusted off the cobwebs. Used some PNG beans that I had done a bad job of roasting ( too bright in my double boiler espresso machine) and ended up with a rich, full-bodied cuppa. Wish you had given a touch more info on the amount of heat you gave from the burner. I've got gas and I think it went too fast. Still it tasted great and I'm going to use my mocha pot more in the future. Cheers.
We live in Italy and have gone thru many old battered aluminum Moka's. Last year I finally went to the local Bialetti store and bought a stainless pot...huge difference, and so much easier to keep clean. I also use the pre-ground Italian coffees especially for the Moka so no worries about grind size. Lavazza makes a decent medium roast in the d'Oro brand....good for everyday drinking. Not packing the grinds and stopping while the sputtering is still going helps a lot. It's never going to be as good as a pulled shot, but one can get rid of the canned metallic taste. Love the French press milk trick, will have to try that!
I like lavazza rosso for the chocolate taste, also their canned coffee lasts me a year,cand doesn't lose taste and aroma
I just got a moka pot & I'm loving all these little tips! I will try the hot water & frothing the milk in a press. I was trying to wisk it but wasn't getting the froth to hold.
I have been using a Guido Bergna 6 cup for over 10 years. Its my daily Latte. Now i have tried changing my technique from watching James. Tomorrow i'm trying the hot water trick and washing the old coffee out. I have noticed a difference in the taste already by stopping the process early. just need a new grinder and a milk frother . i use a small battery operated whip.
Thanks for the great tips!
Okay, here's the sparknote version for everyone trying to copy the technique:
Grinds need to be a little coarser than for espresso
Don't tamp, just fill the filter and level
Keep the Moka pot clean, store loosely assembled
Fill the bottom with hot water just to below the valve
Once it makes a gurgling sound take it to your sink and let cold water run over the bottom compartment
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Nice, I use often as well a my French press and Vietnamese coffee drip. I always used cold filtered water, but never hot as I though it was better to heat up the coffee over time 🤔 interesting.
I had one of these 30 years ago and sold it because I didnt take the time figure out how to use it. Now I get a private lesson. Thank you!
Thanks! Just bought one and now I know how to use it for best results. Awesome
I grew up in a family of Cuban Americans, who used this type of coffee pot all of the time. One brand of coffee only, won't mention the name, but it rhymes with Jello. Cold tap water only, packed it down in the funnel basket. Pot had build - up on it, from W.W. II Best coffee I ever had. Scalded the milk before adding it to the coffee. i make mine the same way . Science, bah!
Why so secretive about the coffee brand though?
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Long time Moka pot user here, and I've not once thought about putting hot water in the reservoir. Thanks!
+Daniel Watkins James always has great tips for our team.
Thank god ! Ive listened to the whole video for once. Ground the coffee less than i normally would, happily my girlfriend has a french presa for tea and made some great lattee s!! If you dont wanna spend crazy amounts of money on coffee brewing machines, this is for you
Followed your tips - amazing cappuccino this morning! Love the French press foamed milk hack. Thanks!
In Italy, for a perfect original coffee like they do in Naples, you should make a little pile, just like a little mountain when putting the coffee on the filter and should NOT press it, just close the moka on top of it.
For the frothy cream, just as you get it when you order an espresso at a café, wait for the first thicker and darker coffee drops, mix them in another pot with 3 little spoons of sugar, then await for the rest of the coffee to come out of the moka and pour it with the previous mix of sugar and coffee.
Finally stir everything and pour, with the aid of a spoon, the creamy coffee into a cup.
That's like making Cuban coffee.
I'm Italian and we never made coffee like that. We use cold water and when it starts to brew and it hits the top we turn the stove off. Another thing is to keep the Pot on the side of the burner as not to burn the handle, especially with a gas stove. In terms of the level, I usually fill it right to the top as not to make it too bitter. I only use espresso brands such as Kimbo, and a Canadian company called Barzula. Both very good espresso coffees
That's probably the difference between the age-approved Italian traditional tactic and what some British hipster thinks is important :D no, who yo gonna trust? Nonna or the hipster? :D
@@partlycurrent Nonna everytime
@@mariodefazio1653 never thought any different :D
@@mariodefazio1653 What should I do for my electric coil stove?
@@budmeister electric coil stove is fine, just make sure the handle is off the edge. Also, once the water is hot, adjust the heat to MEDIUM, not High.
Fantastic tips which work an absolute treat on Moka pots.
God bless you guys!
I would use this pot when I went camping. I’ll have to try it again with the tips from your video.
Totally transformed my moka pot coffee making 💥👊🏼
Okay, i just bought a moka pot because a was curious after watching this video but now I'm in love with it and I don't regret it!
what coffee are you using and what grind level? I can't seem to get it right. thank you.
@@CookinCOI use a fine grind, nearly as fine as an espresso grind. Usually I grind it until it looks like half way between white sugar and powdered sugar (for a reference in texture). I hope it will help!
@@taraneal6725 Thank you!
Great video! I just picked one of these up as I've always been curious, and you've started me out on the right foot. I've been religiously using an aeropress for 8+ years now, and this definitely comes out more similar to espresso, and I even use the fancy third-party valve bottom + stainless filter + paper filter and get way more pressure than a standard aero press. The moka pot made cheapo Eight O'clock original roast taste like a lighter roast espresso (wanted to use cheaper stuff for the initial throw-away batch they recommend in the instructions). I am about to over-caffeinate to see how espresso beans turn out ;)
It is a bit more of a hassle to use and clean than the aeropress, but not immensely so. And sometimes that extra time and ritual aspect can improve the experience. It's also great that this will easily outlive me, which can't be said of most kitchen gadgets. It fits right in with my cast iron collection :)
I love the idea that I can get a larger pot and use the same process when I host and need to make more than one cup (well, 3 "moka cups", but they are all mine...). It's also nice to know I could easily use this with a little camping burner if I lose electricity (or actually ever go camping).
I also have a large glass percolator that I have been frustrated with for being too slow, and I think this kettle hot water trick will also work here to speed things up. This video has improved my coffee-making options for sure.
I love the moka pot! I’m certainly going to try the hot water thing. Another trick for the milk if you don’t have a French press- tightly closed mason jar! Shake away! Just make sure it’s tight.
That's how we do our coffee at home in Italy (I used to put the bottom part of the moka on the stove, prepare the filter with the coffee and then assemble) :P Nice video indeed!
That's not true you are not Italian hahaha
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I have never been more appalled and fascinated by people than these two guys
😂 Why appalled?
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