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Bialetti Moka Express 6 cup Espresso Maker | 
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| Brand: Bialetti
Category: Kitchen
List Price: £24.99
Buy New: £11.44
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Rating:  11 reviews
Media: Kitchen & Home
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.8 x 8.5
MPN: ES060200
Model: 275-06
EAN: 8006363000239
ASIN: B00004RFRU
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The original aluminium stove-top espresso pot | | • | All pressure valves are fitted with stainless steel springs and ball bearings |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent traditional machine - perfect for short/medium long coffees for 2 May 2, 2006
kymara
123 out of 127 found this review helpful
This is a very well made traditional espresso maker. It's solid, fits well together, and the handle is comfortable. The thick base to the water reservoir part means it doesn't heat up *too* fast over a gas flame, though if you are using gas, make sure you don't let the flames lick up the side of the machine.
Now, for the quality of the espresso it makes. I must admit I was disappointed with this at first - I had been used to a high pressure espresso machine which made thick creamy espresso. At first when using this maker I followed the instructions exactly - not 'tamping down' the coffee and not grinding it too fine. This made a fairly weak espresso. In fact the 6 cup amount made me two good longish coffees, still an improvement in taste over my cafetiere coffee.
To achieve a better espresso I got advice from my Italian and Greek friends. They grew up with these machines, and told me to grind the coffee slightly finer than instructed, and to tamp it down gently (not too hard or you block the holes.) This made me the rich espresso I wanted.
Lastly, about these coffee makers, take them off the heat a little before all the water in the bottom evaporates (also a knack to learn when this is!) You avoid the bitter-end-coffee, and you make sure you're not going to leave the machine to dry out over the heat and possibly get damaged.
You may be interested in quantity - everyone's idea of 'cup' is different. I imagine the 'cup' here is a very short espresso as I usually get about 4 espresso measures out, i.e. 2 double espresso. If I'm using it to make longer coffee, it make me two mugs. It'd be a perfect size if there were two coffee drinkers in your house. For one (like me) it leaves spare for the next day. (I don't reheat the coffee, just add it cold to very hot milk/water, this works well for me.) If you don't want that, or wastage, and are sure you won't want to make coffee for more than 1 person ever, try the 3 cup model.
In all I'm very glad I bought it, and would recommend it to anyone, it just takes a little experimenting to get your coffee how you like it. But even if you're used to espresso from an expensive machine, you should be able to adjust this to get something to satisfy you. In particular, this is an excellent brand, the maker is very well made.
the best coffee September 15, 2003
17 out of 60 found this review helpful
coffee is one of life'pleasures and the best home made coffee is undoubtedly the moka-coffee. even better if the coffee used is from a fair trade brand.
Fabulous unpretentious coffee November 18, 2007
Dr. Peter J. Coleman (Hertfordshire, UK)
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
These pots come highly recommended.
You can spend hundreds of pounds on an all-singing all-dancing espresso maker that looks like a cross between a computer and a thing you might use in the garage if you like, but frankly these small Bialetti Moka pots make good coffee without all the pantomime. By the time I've got the Gaggia out of the back of the cupboard, found all the bits, and remembered how to operate it, I could be relaxing with a nice coffee courtesy of Bialetti.
At heart I'm a traditionalist. I enjoy good quality Italian coffee made in the quintessentially Italian way using one of these pots. The coffee is slightly different to that obtained in many UK high street coffee shops; it's slightly weaker and doesn't have much of the "Crema" foam that coffee bores bang on about - but what it does have is flavour. Lots and lots of flavour.
Tips:
1. Load finely ground coffee and tamp it very slightly.
2. Low heat, and remove the pot from the heat when it starts to sputter.
There's not much to be said about the actual pots - they're very nicely made and should last forever with just an annual change of the gasket between the parts. I don't ever wash mine with detergent - just run it under the tap and clean it with a small brush.
Excellent September 15, 2007
Mr. C. Obrien (South Wales. UK.)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Great piece of kit - purchased along with a Bodum 1446 Latteo Milk Frother. Produces the best latte's and for 25 all in you can't lose. Great coffee produced by following instructions on some of the other reviews. Would highly recommend.
coffee.........!!!!!!!!!!! December 13, 2007
dk ski (london)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
i've had one of these for about 5 years
it has never let me down.
i use it every morning before work, even if it makes me late!!
if you like coffee, but cant bear to drink instant, GET ONE.
it does take a bit of practice to get the coffee just as you might like it, but the trail and error process is well worth it.
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