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This is my daily driver coffee maker. Mine is over 15 years old. Drinking coffee like an Italian grandma makes me happy. As an aside, in 2008, I saw a product

This is my daily driver coffee maker. Mine is over 15 years old. Drinking coffee like an Italian grandma makes me happy. As an aside, in 2008, I saw a production of Tosca, by Opera North (Yorkshire, England). https://web.archive.org/web/20081025105247/http://www.leedsgrandtheatre.com:80/tosca_unid5b13_page.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20081025105247/http://www.leedsg... In it was a priest, who glumly watched the action unfold around him, powerless to stop it. His only consolation was the ritual of making coffee in his Moka. Sometimes I think about that opera while brewing my coffee...

mino 5y ago
Italian born and raised, but moved around in various contries. I own a handful of Bialetti mokas of different sizes. A couple of those are from my teenager years, I don't even remember buying them, they might have been from my parents. I still use them multiple times daily. Mokas are for life. As long as you replace the plastic gasket once in a while (a couple bucks) and you don't accidentally melt the handle (which you can replace anyway) they'll outlive all of us.
- infotogivenm 5y ago
  Came here to say this. Everytime i look at a moka I am delighted about how sturdy it is, and think about how no one builds stuff built to last as long anymore. cast aluminum ftw.
  - mino 5y ago
    Exactly: at its core a moka is just a casted aluminium blob. Good luck breaking that one. Replaceable parts are a few euros.
  - Lio 5y ago
    I love the simplicity and perfection of a moka pot. The Dualit toaster is another piece of "built to last" kitchen equipment. https://www.dualit.com/products/classic-toasters https://www.dualit.com/products/classic-toasters Pressed steel panels and all parts available since 1946. They're made for caterers so you probably won't ever need to repair it if you're using it domestically. We've had ours since 2004ish and it still looks and works exactly like new.

mino 5y ago

Italian born and raised, but moved around in various contries. I own a handful of Bialetti mokas of different sizes. A couple of those are from my teenager years, I don't even remember buying them, they might have been from my parents. I still use them multiple times daily. Mokas are for life. As long as you replace the plastic gasket once in a while (a couple bucks) and you don't accidentally melt the handle (which you can replace anyway) they'll outlive all of us.

infotogivenm 5y ago
Came here to say this. Everytime i look at a moka I am delighted about how sturdy it is, and think about how no one builds stuff built to last as long anymore. cast aluminum ftw.
- mino 5y ago
  Exactly: at its core a moka is just a casted aluminium blob. Good luck breaking that one. Replaceable parts are a few euros.
- Lio 5y ago
  I love the simplicity and perfection of a moka pot. The Dualit toaster is another piece of "built to last" kitchen equipment. https://www.dualit.com/products/classic-toasters https://www.dualit.com/products/classic-toasters Pressed steel panels and all parts available since 1946. They're made for caterers so you probably won't ever need to repair it if you're using it domestically. We've had ours since 2004ish and it still looks and works exactly like new.