Moka pot

The moka pot makes a short, strong coffee from steam pressure, on any stove. This one is from Ridgeline: a cast aluminium body with an eight-sided shape that spreads the heat, a steel funnel and a heat-resistant handle.

Details

• Sizes: 3-cup (about 150 ml of coffee) or 6-cup (about 300 ml); a "cup" is a small espresso cup
• Materials: cast aluminium body; stainless steel funnel and filter plate; silicone gasket; heat-resistant handle
• Dimensions: the 3-cup is about 16 cm tall; the 6-cup is about 21 cm tall
• Stoves: gas and electric plates, and a camp stove on a low flame. It does not work on induction by itself. On an induction hob, use an induction adapter plate under the pot.
• In the box: the pot, with the funnel and gasket fitted
• Care: rinse with hot water only and dry it apart; no dishwasher and no soap, which dulls the aluminium. Replace the gasket when it hardens.

How we brew it

1. Fill the base with hot water up to the line below the valve.
2. Fill the funnel with coffee ground a little coarser than for espresso. Level it; do not press it down.
3. Screw the pot together, holding the base with a cloth.
4. Heat it on a low to medium flame, lid open.
5. When the coffee runs pale and the pot gurgles, take it off the heat and pour.

Our Daybreak Espresso, ground for espresso, is a good start.