Comment by keiferski
19 hours ago
Or just get a Moka pot, which is what most Italians use at home anyway. You can get a decent one for $30-50.
19 hours ago
Or just get a Moka pot, which is what most Italians use at home anyway. You can get a decent one for $30-50.
I have an espresso machine (or had, recently sold) as well as a moka pot as well as many other coffee making gadgets like a V60 and an Aeropress. They all make different types of coffee and are not comparable. Sometimes if you want true espresso you need to use an espresso machine.
Moka pots don't make espresso though. True espresso requires ~9 bars of pressure to make. Moka pots can create at max 1.5 bars (though optimally it would hover between 0.5 and 1 bar).
So while they make very good, rich, full-bodied coffee, it's just not espresso.
Not to detract from your point but the Bialettis also let you make a great cafecito
It may not be true espresso, but I will ask my Nona every day for an espresso made from her probably 30 year old bialetti. When I'm drinking Moka, it's more about the vibes anywho.
But they make horrible coffee, and can by design only brew at the wrong temperature.