How to prepare an espresso in an Italian coffee maker?

Surely you have a traditional Italian coffee maker (also known as a "moka pot," "greca," or "macchinetta") somewhere in your kitchen? Well, bring it back from its obscurity. Today we'll show you how to make a perfect espresso at home.

Patented in 1933 by inventor Alfonso Bialetti, we will use his iconic Moka Express model, which makes coffee by passing steam-pressurized boiled water through ground coffee.

What do you need? 

• Specialty coffee (we used Kebele Gotiti, Reliquia variety)
• Scales
• Grinder
• Italian coffee maker

Step by step:

1. Open the coffee maker
2. Fill the tank with water up to the level of the drain valve. Bring to a boil. Meanwhile, weigh the coffee (11 grams per 100 ml of water).
3. Grind the coffee beans in the grinder (medium grind)
4. Pour the coffee into the filter without tamping it. 
5. Close the coffee maker with the help of a kitchen cloth
6. Reduce the heat to low. 
7. With the lid open, wait for two fingers of coffee to come out. 
8. Close the lid
9. Put out the fire
10. Wait a minute, a minute and a half maximum

Brewed coffee. So easy, so simple, so delicious.

You can watch the step-by-step video.

If you don't have an Italian coffee maker yet, you can find a Bialetti Moka Express here in our online store.

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