Some people complained about not getting foamy coffee with this product.Do not follow Bialetti's instruction book with regards to the proper water level in the bottom black reservoir.The manual mentions to fill the water above the pressure valve and I say NO!!Just fill water just below the pressure valve because you do not want to brew too much coffee at a time.The top chamber needs room for the foaming action of the plunger to work effectively.
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Cappucino-Making -IF you want a cappuccino then warm 5ounces of milk in metal pan or microwave just under the boiling point and add a little less than one teaspoon of white sugar into the milk and stir. Then proceed to the coffee brewing steps below.
How to propering use the "Bialetti moka crem pot":This is for making plain stove top coffee foam(what this machine was designed for )
Materials Needed:
1-Lavazza Crema e Gusto coffeedesigned for moka pots and is "Made In Italy"-tastes like cocoa with a pleasant flavor and not bitter.
2-Cool filtered water-this is important;tap water will ruin any coffee in my opinion
3-Bialetti Moka Crem Pot-keep this pot clean by running moderately hot water on all the pieces of the unit.Never use soap!!! The pot will smell of coffee grounds in the bottom black chamber but this is normal.This "seasoning" of the pot is a good thing.
Also, remove the rubber gasket and filter plate and wash them at least a week. You want all the pieces of the moka pot to be dried off for a few hours before assembling the pot and putting it away in storage.
Set the heat on a 3 out of 10 heat setting if using an electric stove top and leave the plastic lid of the pot. If using this method you must be sure to watch the pot the entire time it is brewing. Wait around 3minutes and you will notice the coffee slowly trickle down the metal rod out of two holes in the in the middle rod of the top chamber. Wait for the the coffee to come out and brew until the "brewed coffee" level reaches about halfway up the top chamber. This is the point when you notice some coffee bubbles coming out and it is finised brewing.Now take the moka pot off the burner and carefully put the plastic frothing lid on the unit. Now plunge to froth the coffee roughly 50 times. You will notice that the coffee turns into a whipped cream-type consistency. Now remove the plastic frothing lid again so the coffee foam does not get disturbed (and deflated) when pouring. Pour into coffee cup and enjoy.
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I received this little pot as a gift and I count myself amused by it. Filling to the recommended mark makes a 3 cup (6 oz American) pot of coffee that you can just barely get a crema on. My Bodum cups are 4 oz, so this is roughly 2 actual espresso cups.There are several problems with the crem: one, if the pot fills all the way there isn't enough air under the plunger to make much froth and two, most importantly, the crema gets *stuck* under the lid when pouring out. I've chosen to find this funny, but I might not be so amused if I'd paid extra for it.
As noted elsewhere on the Internet, there is also a difference depending on the coffee you use. I started with my usual pre-ground espresso and got very disappointing results. Using a fresh, store-ground bag of coffee produced the results in my photos and is acceptable. Some reviewers claimed the best results with robustica coffee blends because they have a higher fat content, but I prefer arabica so I haven't experimented with that.
The Bialetti Moka Crem is a cute novelty coffee maker, but if you want a real crema, you'll need a real espresso maker.Makes good expresso but disappointed that the valve started leaking after the third time it was used. Didn't really need to moka crem. The base model would have been sufficient.
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