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Next time I'll try a little larger grind which is whats recommended anyway. No regrets on this purchase. Cleaning I do with just water as recommended. Not 9 big cups of coffee - we're talking espresso sized servings here. The upper pot I also clean with just hot water & it's quick and easy.
If you've taken the time to read the product description you won't be surprised at the size or amount of coffee it produces. The fine espresso grind is yummy & works ok, but it's SO fine that a little can get down to the lower chamber. When it 1st arrived I brewed 3 pots of cheap coffee which I dumped out (it advised to do this at LEAST once), and I've had no off-taste in any I've brewed to drink. Brewing takes about 10 min - so I go come back to the pot around 10 min into it and am just in time to see the brown goodness beginning to fill the pot. Bought this little coffee pot when my "fancy" drip brewer died, and I LOVE it.
This pot will make 1 good-sized mug of coffee.I purchased some Illy coffee (which is delicious) for brewing with this pot. The lower chamber holds just water, so though the opening is a little small I see no need to jam anything in there to scrub it.
If you get the right beans and grind, you can make coffee that rivals any coffee shop, and I'm a native Seattlite.
Selling the metal filter with the rubber gaskets seems to be a gimmick to increase revenue to the determent of the customer--much like the outrageous cost of printer ink. This raises the cost of gasket replacement and the operating cost of the unit. Maybe I'm wrong. It makes good coffee, but coffee grinds get stuck in the rubber gasket and no matter how much scrubbing and soaking I do they won't come out. The solution would appear to be replacing the gaskets frequently, but they only sell the gaskets with the metal filter which appears not to require replacing very often. I can't imagine them getting away with selling rubber gaskets in Italy for over a buck apiece.
Make sure to wash it with gentle cloth and NO detergent be gentle.Good luck. Great for up to 3 people in my opinon maybe more. The Moka maker is quite good considering you can't tell the difference in taste from a pump machine and a stovetop espresso(my opinon). Other stovetop espresso makers by bialetti are to small but this one gives a perfect amount with 9 cups which are measured in 2oz but is more like 1.5oz which totals 18oz or 13.5oz which ever you measure. It takes little experience to get use to and with the right temperature it makes espresso in 4-10 minutes, quick.
I make mine with frothed milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, whipped cream and more cinnamon. Just as the smaller version this stovetop maker produces delectable espresso in the morning. Yummy.
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