clandestino
New member
Hi there !
I bought a small moka pot last week....took it home and brewed a pot. The coffee flowed into the top chamber, nice and quick, just before the water had boiled (it seemed). It tasted pretty good, & I was looking forward to perfecting my technique.
However, I'm having a few problems... Every brew since that first one has turned out the same - pretty awful.
I fill the bottom chamber just below the valve. Fill the basket level with the correct grind. Screw the top on tightly and put it on a medium heat. Then 3 - 5 mins later, I hear the bubbling...& when I look in the pot, only a tiny amount of coffee has come through....90% of the water is still in the bottom chamber, boiling away.
If I take it off the heat at this point, no more coffee comes through. If I put it back on, tiny amounts of coffee gradually fill up the top section, but the water is boiling and steam is escaping from under the lid.
End result : very bitter coffee....and a far cry from my first effort.
So my questions are ...
1) What am I doing wrong !
The pot itself appears to be in good order...the grind is fine...but the coffee isn't !
2) When brewing with a moka pot, how quickly does the pot fill with coffee ? 10-15 seconds, as per my very first attempt ? Or - a squirt of xtra concentrated coffee then 2 or 3 minutes of drip, drip, drip...as per every subsequent attempt ?!!!
Any advice would be much appreciated,
regards,
Mark
I bought a small moka pot last week....took it home and brewed a pot. The coffee flowed into the top chamber, nice and quick, just before the water had boiled (it seemed). It tasted pretty good, & I was looking forward to perfecting my technique.
However, I'm having a few problems... Every brew since that first one has turned out the same - pretty awful.
I fill the bottom chamber just below the valve. Fill the basket level with the correct grind. Screw the top on tightly and put it on a medium heat. Then 3 - 5 mins later, I hear the bubbling...& when I look in the pot, only a tiny amount of coffee has come through....90% of the water is still in the bottom chamber, boiling away.
If I take it off the heat at this point, no more coffee comes through. If I put it back on, tiny amounts of coffee gradually fill up the top section, but the water is boiling and steam is escaping from under the lid.
End result : very bitter coffee....and a far cry from my first effort.
So my questions are ...
1) What am I doing wrong !
The pot itself appears to be in good order...the grind is fine...but the coffee isn't !
2) When brewing with a moka pot, how quickly does the pot fill with coffee ? 10-15 seconds, as per my very first attempt ? Or - a squirt of xtra concentrated coffee then 2 or 3 minutes of drip, drip, drip...as per every subsequent attempt ?!!!
Any advice would be much appreciated,
regards,
Mark
