Coffee from a Moka pot

[Newfie]

My Bialetti has a fill line on the bottom chamber. I read up on them while waiting for mine to come in the mail. I don't tamp the filter basket, I just lightly smooth it out with a spoon.

Bialetti is one of the top names of those pots. I did "tamp" the basket slightly by tapping it on a cutting board lightly to settle the grinds, and refilling 'till just level.

[stjohnroe]

Most of my equipment is Krups, not exeactly top of the line, but it does make damn good coffee.

Yup, when those pots explode there is a damn big mess.

[guado]

We use the hell out of those Moka pots at work...well the super generic ones you get at the local crackhouse/quik-e-mart down the road.

None exploded yet. But they makes some pretty decent expresso once you get the right amount of pressing down/packing and water lever right.