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Haven’t finished cleaning the outside yet (hence the sticker residue) but the inside has been deep cleaned. It took about 19 minutes to do 200ml of coffee, and the end result was horribly burnt and bitter so I’d definitely not recommend it, but it’s a cool novelty! It will never be used again I doubt, unless I’m trying to commit taste bud murder, as this was genuinely the worst tasting liquid I’ve ever tried, but I might put it on a shelf as a decorative piece or something. The design is truly really cool, it’s a real shame it doesn’t make decent coffee. Maybe I need a better technique, but I love regular moka pot and used this one in a way I thought might make good coffee, so it might just be a bad brewer. If anyone has experience with it though I’d love some advice, maybe I just can’t make good coffee out of it and it’s a skill issue. I hope that’s the case, I’d love for it to make good coffee, but I don’t think I can assault my taste buds with that monstrosity again so I’m worried about playing with it.

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 hours ago

You need to brew very gently. Moka pots are finicky and they don’t forgive your mistakes.

If you’re ok with any random coffee, it’s really easy, and that’s why they are so popular. If you want to make good coffee, you really need to know what you’re doing.

See also: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BfDLoIvb0w4&ra=m

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago

I would experiment with it before giving up.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Would you post the inside? Does the hot water get pushed sideways through the puck?

A courser ground should make the coffee less bitter as the water will have less time and pressure causing overextraction.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Also interested!

[–] Zier@fedia.io 1 points 4 hours ago

The trick to Mokas, is to fill the chamber with hot water, and carefully assemble, then put it on the burner.

[–] Durandal@lemmy.today 4 points 6 hours ago

Looks like a similar to the mini express they still make.

https://www.bialetti.com/us_en/shop/mini-express.html

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 hours ago

coffee goes sideways then just spills out of the spout into the cup? i wonder what made it take so long to come out.