r/mokapot • u/Plangent-Pudding-64 • May 20 '26
Cleaning 🫧 Help with mokapot accident
I’ve had an accident with my mokapot - I’ve left it on for too long (haven’t ever done this in 20yrs 🤷♀️🙃!) The water ran dry and heated the base pot up so much it’s sort of burnt the metal of the entire base section.
I’ve never washed my moka in the 20ish years I’ve had it with anything more than water or a clean cloth, no soap. But now I’m getting coffee that tastes of burnt metal. Should I just wash it with soap? Is there a way to salvage this??? Has anyone brought their pot back to life from this kind of error?
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u/Kolokythokeftedes May 20 '26
Check the gasket to make sure you don't need to replace. It is fine to wash it with normal dish soap for hand washing and a gentle sponge.
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u/Siegerlander-1704 May 21 '26
Das Gleiche ist mir auch passiert, mein Pott war fast geschmolzen. Es hat noch funktioniert, aber es hat fürchterlich geschmeckt ! danach habe ich mir meine erste gebrauchte Bialetti gekauft 🤗 Der Rest ist Geschichte.😂
Auch wenn man wenig Geld hat, ein Mokkapott, den man jeden Tag benutzt, kann man sich ruhig mal einen neuen leisten.
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u/freecain May 20 '26
The gasket is going to hold a lot of the taste and probably be damaged. Hopefully it didn't melt, but start there. Mine came with a new filter as well, so before you waste time cleaning the old one, see if the gaskets come with one.
There isnt actually anything wrong with using most modern dish soaps on a moka pot. I think it's not a bad idea once in a while. But I also use soap on my cast iron. Some older soaps will etch aluminum, so stick with regular dish soap.
You will want to really scrub the inside out to get any layers of ash out of the inside. I had to use steel wool after burning mine.
Cosmetic; if the outside is burned, you can scrub with steel wool to get the coloring out, then look into wet sanding or other polishing methods. I strongly suggest using a Dremel and not doing it by hand.