MOKA POTs?
No home in Italy is complete without a Moka pot, You too can make Italian coffee like a boss!
The moka pot is a stove-top or electric coffee maker that brews coffee by passing pressurized boiling water through ground coffee. Named after the city of Mocha, in Yemen. The Moka pot was invented by Alfonso Bialetti in 1933 in Italy. It quickly caught the Italian imagination and now can be found in 90% of Italian homes.
The Moka pot works coffee by forcing boiling water and steam through coffee grounds and out through a mesh filter. It creates an espresso-like taste and is the closest you can get to espresso without using an actual espresso machine. In fact, the Moka pot is often referred to as a “stovetop espresso machine.” Technically, you need 9 bars of pressure to brew a true espresso, the Moka pot will only produce 1-2 bars of pressure and uses a coarser grind and larger quantity of coffee to produce the closest to a true espresso.
But if you want to make lattes or cappuccinos - then the Moka pot will make the espresso part of the milky drinks.
Galway, Ireland
