Stove top espresso
Are all stove top espresso wotsits all made equal?
im fed up with the naff pod things the missus uses and I'm after a simple bit of kit that I can stick on the stove when I feel like it.
recommendations please!
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I use a Bialetti stainless steel job, 4 cup model, and Carte Noir ground coffee. Makes two decent sized mugs of coffee, and I use 250ml of hot milk in each cup, (500ml microwaved for 4 minutes). Dunno how experienced you are, but make sure you pack the coffee down well, and fill it with hot water to just below the safety valve.
I don't like the cheapo alloy ones.
Job done.
Originally Posted by chillidoggy
I also use a Bialetti. 6 cup here. But I don't use any warm milk in coffees. Just the espresso straight into a mug. The 6 cupper fills a standard mug, if you want to work that way, then I just add a splash of cold milk.
One other thing I do is I use cold water rather than Chillidoggys hot.
How about a Rancilio Silvia? Which to be fair would work better beside your stove not on top of it.
I have one surplus to requirements*, very good condition -- almost mint in fact -- £200 delivered.
Makes perfect espresso every time.
* there are only so many coffee machines a man can have; they're not like guitars I've realised.
Last edited by Grunfeld.; 8th December 2012 at 06:40 PM.
Moka Express - it's what they use in Italy - cheap and cheerful
(you do wonder if they ever explode though)
My Italian friend said never to wash it hard - just a quick rinse - as the flavour improves that way !
Your Friend is right!
so thats how they make gorgonzola ?
Last edited by bertie; 8th December 2012 at 06:56 PM.
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I was just looking at them on Amazon. Might be a plan!
Grun, I have no room for another machine in the kitchen I'm afraid.
Bialetti 6 cup Moka for us, we find Lavazza Oro goes through it nicely.
as mentioned no heavy cleaning.
Get yourself an Aeropress http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...pKdmkbD854r13w
It's one of the best things I ever buyed
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