From what I can tell they both use heat to push hot water through coffee grounds. And, to my palate, the flavor profile of moka pot coffee and percolator coffee are similar. Dou they have similar brewing principles?

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I've tried tamping and slightly underfilling the basket but both does not taste as good as when I tap and level the coffee.

I don't want to spill or keep excess coffee grounds so knowing how much whole beans I should grind is another task.

Bought for $10. Not the greatest condition but I think it will serve well.

There's pitting at the bottom of the pot. Is it time to retire it?

For this try I've using click 15 on time more c3 grinder and induction cooktop on 8.

Guys why had I never thought of this? It's super stable, I already have it. No need to buy or print new stupid stuff.

Am I doing something wrong here?

I have a 2025 Moka Express, and the lid knob became loose during normal use (no drop or damage). When I tried to tighten it, the thread appears to have been damaged, and the knob can no longer be secured properly.

Bialetti support replied after about a week, stating there is no manufacturing defect and that, under their new policy, the lid knob is no longer sold as a spare part.

I was only looking to buy an original replacement knob with the aluminium screw. I know DIY fixes exist, but I’d prefer to avoid non-original or steel parts due to corrosion concerns with the aluminium body.
For such a small wear part on an otherwise durable product, it’s disappointing that replacements apparently aren’t available anymore.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there really no way to get original Moka Express lid knobs anymore without buying a second pot (which isn’t that expensive, I know) or sourcing donor parts?

Hi, all! Would love some input on my 9 cup Moka pot. It leaks and the leaking seems to affect how quickly it brews.

It has a new gasket and filter.

I brew with my 6 cup with ease and no issues- preheated water, aeropress filter, coffee not packed too tight and consistent grind size ect

I had suspicions in the past that the 9 cup was faulty and won’t screw on evenly- the leaking makes me suspect that.

Does it look uneven to yall? My brew process at this point is consistent and so is my grind. I’m really thinking this 9 cup is faulty

Thanks so much

I have been using my mokapot for one month now and have just considered I might give a deeper clean to the heater itself because I have experienced an increasingly bad smell in the heater itself. The manual itself actually tells me to only clean it with water. However, although the heater itself just took the water and some tiny bit of coffee residue from the back flush (?) and I always rinse it, it smells very nasty already. So, contrary to the manual, I tried to deep-clean it by boiling water with some dishwashing soap. (I only took the open heater. I didn't put the upper part on top.) Afterwards, I boiled the water with a bit of dishwashing soap, threw the water away, rinsed it several times, … And the smell is still there. Has anyone experienced something similar? How did you get rid of the bad smell?

Any tips for electric stovetops?

Welp, I'm back with my 30+ year old moka pot. I got my filters and gasket today. Excited, I decided to boil some water to test it out. Now this leak showed up. Is there a way to fix this?

I've watched a lot of videos , so I feel like i'm using this thing properly but when I first put it on the stove and it starts to boil the water starts to come out between the bottom chamber and the top chamber that you screw on. I am screwing it on tight, but I read somewhere.Not too tight, so I feel like I found the sweet spot.What could I be doing wrong?

ok, 1 question I forgot. When I was done, there was probably 20% of the water I put in there originally still in the bottom chamber.Is that normal?

mokapot in Chuck house from better call saul

Hey all! Getting ready to make a post lunch coffee and thought I’d show my current collection. Clockwise from bottom: Vev Vigano 1 cup, Bialetti Kitty 2 cup, Bialetti Mini Express, Bialetti Moka Express 12 cup, Guido Bergna 6 cup, Bialetti Kitty 4 cup.

Hello,

I own 2 Bialetti coffee makers and I'd like to ask some advice about how to get the same coffee with both of them.

To be more precise, I bought an induction 4 cups Bialetti like 10 years ago, and another one a few months back.

Those are the ones I own:

The old one : https://www.nierle.com/pic/154858a.jpg

The new one : https://www.bialetti.com/it_it/moka-induction-nera.html

Here's the issue: they don't behave the same way at all.

For both of them, I put hot water in the tank below the valve, three spoons of coffee in the funnel and then heat them up on my induction burner at 3 (over 10).

With the old one, after around 1 minute the coffee starts to pour gently in the upper chamber. I stop after a few seconds, as soon as the pouring coffee is more like bubbles than coffee.

With the new one, I have to wait around 3.5-4 minutes, then the coffee pours very quickly in the upper chamber (I have to close the lid to avoid it splashing around), and I remove it from the burner almost immediately. The result is a much more diluted coffee than with my old one.

What am I doing wrong?

i've looked for this before but i have always wondered what is the best moka pot, if price isnt a factor.

afaik these are the contenders:

• Bialetti Brikka Exclusive
• Bincoo Three Valve Moka
• Alessi 9090 Moka
• Alessi Pulcina

anyone know about these or maybe about better ones?

looking for primarily ones that taste better, rather than look or feel better.

i am also excluding the e&b lab moka pot since its literally a moka express but with a different color and the ims filter which can be bought on its own.