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The moka pot [1] [2] is a stove-top or electric coffee maker that brews coffee by passing hot water driven by vapor pressure and heat-driven gas expansion through ground coffee. Named after the Yemeni city of Mocha , it was invented by Italian engineer Luigi Di Ponti in 1933 [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] as an improvement on the coffee percolator .
Main components of a Bialetti Moka Express pot. Bialetti completed his design for the aluminium Moka Express in 1933. It may also be referred to as a Moka, Moka pot, a Bialetti, a percolator or a stove-top coffeemaker, and in Italian as la Moka, la macchinetta ("the little machine") or la caffettiera. [3]
Alfonso Bialetti first acquired his metal-working skills by working for a decade in the French aluminium industry. [1] By 1919, he had established his own metal and machine workshop in Crusinallo (in his native Piedmont) to make aluminium products: this was the foundation of the Bialetti company.
A manual piston espresso machine made by Elektra The piston-driven, or lever-driven, machine was developed in Italy in 1945 by Achille Gaggia, founder of espresso machine manufacturer Gaggia . The design generically uses a lever, pumped by the operator, to pressurize hot water and send it through the coffee grounds.
Espresso (/ ɛ ˈ s p r ɛ s oʊ / ⓘ, Italian: [eˈsprɛsso]) is a concentrated form of coffee produced by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee beans. Originating in Italy, espresso has become one of the most popular coffee-brewing methods worldwide.
Espresso is a notoriously finicky beverage, and good manual espresso-making is considered a skilled task. Further, the preparation of other beverages, particularly milk-based drinks such as cappuccinos and lattes , but also non-espresso coffee such as drip or press pot, requires additional work and skill for effective frothing, pouring, and ...
Moka coffee is coffee brewed with a moka pot, a stovetop coffee maker which produces coffee by passing hot water pressurized by steam through ground coffee at a lower pressure than an espresso maker. The moka pot is an Italian invention, first produced by Bialetti in the early 1930s. The flavor of moka coffee depends greatly on bean variety ...
A stove-top, Italian style coffee maker A 2016-model electric coffeemaker. A coffeemaker, coffee maker or coffee machine is a cooking appliance used to brew coffee.While there are many different types of coffeemakers, the two most common brewing principles use gravity or pressure to move hot water through coffee grounds.