Comments on: Bell’alimento! Making Espresso in a Moka Pot

By: Food Blogger Spotlight: Paula Jones — Wasabimon!

Food Blogger Spotlight: Paula Jones — Wasabimon! — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:35:10 +0000

[...] Paula’s motto is “beautiful food doesn’t have to be complicated” – and that’s what keeps people coming back to her blog. She develops recipes that are uncomplicated, unpretentious, and quite simply, delicious. Check out the bottom of this post for a handful of my favorite recipes from her site. She also did a guest post here on Wasabimon about how to make espresso in a moka pot. [...]

By: steph

steph — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:46:23 +0000

Hi David,

Glad you found this helpful. Moka pots can be a little confounding without instructions!

By: david dorisi

david dorisi — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:45:07 +0000

thank you for your info on making espresso in a moka pot it was very helpfull and informative after searching the net ran into this info after reciving the above unit form a person in the service had no idea how to proceed and low and behold you were right true espresso for half the cost
thanks david and ronnie dorisi .

By: Paula - bell'alimento

Paula - bell'alimento — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:11:49 +0000

Hi! Oh, yikes! Yes, I always fill my coffee up to the top (not packing it in too tightly just up to the top) Also if you’re not already, remove the pot from the heat as soon as it stops percolating. Hope that helps

By: Its Not You, it's Brie

Its Not You, it's Brie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:52:46 +0000

I always have a nasty experience when trying to make just enough espresso for one person w/this coffee pot. It ends up burnt tasting and, well, nasty. Do you have to fill the grinds to the very top to get an awesome cup?

By: steph

steph — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:10:00 +0000

Greg, thanks for this. I appreciate your input. For all intents and purposes let’s consider this a “quick home espresso,” different from what comes out of an espresso machine but still very good.