Pipamoka better than an Italian espresso brewer to make a regular cup of coffee?

[Dr Pepper Can]

Yes, I realize that it's not a fair comparison, as one device is designed to brew espresso, while the other is not. Yet, this is what I have to work with.
I already own an Italian espresso brewer. However, I have been using it to make a regular cup of coffee.
Lately, for some reason, I have been enjoying more MacDonald's coffee! Even though I pay more for my coffee, it's organic too. So this brought me to suspect that I may need to switch to a different coffee brewing method. And so I found the "WACACO Pipamoka Portable Coffee Maker" at Amazon. It works with vacuum pressure.
[HOW DOES VACUUM PRESSURE WORK] ADD：Fill the water chamber and drop the coffee basket into it. Let it sink to the bottom. TWIST： Turn the ring to create vacuum pressure that draws the water down through the grounds.
What do you coffee experts think? Is there a very good chance that I'll be able to brew better coffee with the Pipamoka device, or not necessarily?

 

[froze]

You do realize that the Picamoka is NOT an espresso maker? All it makes is drip style coffee.

I'm not a coffee expert but this I know, for me personally drip coffee is not good coffee! Though drip is better than K-Cup or pod type of coffee. My opinion of course, but I like my coffee strong and neither of those 3 satisfy my taste buds.

 

[Dr Pepper Can]

You do realize that the Picamoka is NOT an espresso maker? All it makes is drip style coffee.

I'm not a coffee expert but this I know, for me personally drip coffee is not good coffee! Though drip is better than K-Cup or pod type of coffee. My opinion of course, but I like my coffee strong and neither of those 3 satisfy my taste buds.

Thank you for sharing froze.
Yes, I do realize that, reason why I started my post the way I did - Not trying to be a smarty-pants, just stating a fact.
I found your insight very useful to help me navigate the coffee universe. I am not after strength but rather flavor. In fact, I prefer milder coffee as I try to steer away from bitterness. But if there is a coffee that can be strong yet not bitter, then I'm all for it.
Then, if you do not like these 2 methods, which one is the one you like to brew strong coffee?

 

[froze]

Strong flavored coffee doesn't mean bitter coffee, if the coffee is bitter it was brewed too long, the grind was too fine, the water was too hot, any one or more of those situations will make the coffee bitter. Strong flavored coffee heightens the various tones of flavors that various beans will have.

Some people will tell you that dark roast is bitter, that is not true if it's brewed correctly. I use mostly dark roast coffee because I like a strong full bodied cup of coffee...without bitterness!

I can make Turkish coffee, it's the strongest flavored method, and there won't be a hint of bitterness. I can do the same with a Moka pot etc., I have about 6 different ways of making coffee, once I figured out how to use a maker I learn how not to make it bitter. A lot of people don't like Moka Pot coffee, they do say it's bitter, but again, it's all about how it's done and adjusting for the roast being used.

I did try cowboy coffee, I could not get that stuff not to be bitter, so after wasting a lot of coffee I stopped trying. A friend of mine makes it when we go camping and it's bitter to me, but he doesn't care. So there are people who like bitter coffee. In the old days percolator coffee was the popular way to make coffee, some housewives hoovered over the pot and got it just right, others would let it percolate too long and it would get bitter but they thought that's the way it was supposed to be! That's why drip coffee took over as the popular way because it required no babysitting and you wouldn't get a bitter cup, but for me it was too weak of a method for making coffee...but I did get started on drinking coffee using a drip maker!

I can even use between 25% to 50% more then recommended amount of coffee for a particular maker, and not have it bitter whatsoever, I do that with my French Press, Kalitta Wave stainless, Nguyen Phin maker, Hario V60 Switch, AeroPress, and my OXO Good Grips Cold brew maker; though that more coffee thing doesn't work with Turkish coffee because it will get bitter; and the other makers I have are preset dosages, I can't add anymore to those.

Some coffee shops I've been to do make a bitter espresso, but some don't, not sure why that is without watching to see what they're doing. But I use a Cafelat Robot to make my espresso, and it comes out very smooth but strong in flavor, I can make espresso better with that $450 machine than most coffee shops can with their $6,000 plus espresso machines!!

Anyway, I said all that nonsense to say that bitterness is not indicative of strong coffee, it's indicative of poorly made coffee.

 

[Dr Pepper Can]

Wow! That was impressive! You know your stuff froze!
Thank you so much for sharing

 

[CoffeeStainedTeeth]

Strong flavored coffee doesn't mean bitter coffee, if the coffee is bitter it was brewed too long, the grind was too fine, the water was too hot, any one or more of those situations will make the coffee bitter. Strong flavored coffee heightens the various tones of flavors that various beans will have.

Some people will tell you that dark roast is bitter, that is not true if it's brewed correctly. I use mostly dark roast coffee because I like a strong full bodied cup of coffee...without bitterness!

I can make Turkish coffee, it's the strongest flavored method, and there won't be a hint of bitterness. I can do the same with a Moka pot etc., I have about 6 different ways of making coffee, once I figured out how to use a maker I learn how not to make it bitter. A lot of people don't like Moka Pot coffee, they do say it's bitter, but again, it's all about how it's done and adjusting for the roast being used.

I did try cowboy coffee, I could not get that stuff not to be bitter, so after wasting a lot of coffee I stopped trying. A friend of mine makes it when we go camping and it's bitter to me, but he doesn't care. So there are people who like bitter coffee. In the old days percolator coffee was the popular way to make coffee, some housewives hoovered over the pot and got it just right, others would let it percolate too long and it would get bitter but they thought that's the way it was supposed to be! That's why drip coffee took over as the popular way because it required no babysitting and you wouldn't get a bitter cup, but for me it was too weak of a method for making coffee...but I did get started on drinking coffee using a drip maker!

I can even use between 25% to 50% more then recommended amount of coffee for a particular maker, and not have it bitter whatsoever, I do that with my French Press, Kalitta Wave stainless, Nguyen Phin maker, Hario V60 Switch, AeroPress, and my OXO Good Grips Cold brew maker; though that more coffee thing doesn't work with Turkish coffee because it will get bitter; and the other makers I have are preset dosages, I can't add anymore to those.

Some coffee shops I've been to do make a bitter espresso, but some don't, not sure why that is without watching to see what they're doing. But I use a Cafelat Robot to make my espresso, and it comes out very smooth but strong in flavor, I can make espresso better with that $450 machine than most coffee shops can with their $6,000 plus espresso machines!!

Anyway, I said all that nonsense to say that bitterness is not indicative of strong coffee, it's indicative of poorly made coffee.

Interesting comments on bitterness.
You may or may not be aware that some people don't care about bitterness quite possibly because they literally cannot taste it. Perhaps you remember the paper strip test from grade school.
I cannot taste bitter, so I rather enjoy black coffee (regardless of brew technique), beer, and poisonous berries
OK, not so much poisonous berries

 

[mjcmt]

The Pipamoka seems like a reverse french press w/ a fine screen for finer ground coffee. I'll bet it does taste good.

 

[froze]

Interesting comments on bitterness.
You may or may not be aware that some people don't care about bitterness quite possibly because they literally cannot taste it. Perhaps you remember the paper strip test from grade school.
I cannot taste bitter, so I rather enjoy black coffee (regardless of brew technique), beer, and poisonous berries
OK, not so much poisonous berries

Of course all peoples taste buds are different, which is why I hate carrots but my wife loves them, all I can say about carrots is BARF! LOL!

The only coffee I like is dark roast, and I like it black as well.

Sometimes I go to McDonalds and order a black with 1 shot of espresso added to it. In my opinion McDonalds makes better coffee than Starsucks; with Starsucks I have to put in 2 shots of espresso and it could really use 3!

Talking about bitterness, back in the cowboy days they made cowboy coffee, but what people don't today is that the cook left the old grounds in the pot and then added more fresh coffee to it, and repeated that day after day, and it would just boil for hours. Those crazy cowboys would drink that crap at night before going to bed!