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As an American, I never used a moka pot until I moved to the Dominican Republic. Almost everyone there uses moka pots, which they call a greca cafetera. When I
by yosito 5y ago
As an American, I never used a moka pot until I moved to the Dominican Republic. Almost everyone there uses moka pots, which they call a greca cafetera. When I learned how to use one, I fell in love, and because of that people started telling me I was "aplatanao" (assimilated). Now I live in Hungary. Here a moka pot is called a kotyogos kávézógép, and when I make coffee with it, people say "you're so Hungarian". Everyone technically knows it was originally invented in Italy, but because of it's simplicity and ubiquity, in many places it's considered "the people's" way of making coffee.
I absolutely love it. It's the simplest way to make a good coffee, and the only form of coffee I enjoy more is a proper espresso made with a fancy machine.
- toyg 5y ago> the only form of coffee I enjoy more is a proper espresso I'm with you, but my mum (Italian) nowadays just refuses to drink espresso. She worked in hospitals, and they would make coffee with mokas all day long, so that's what she wants. At home, I have to keep a Bialetti and a single pack of Lavazza just for her, for when she comes over once a year.
- foobarian 5y agoI've seen the moka on the Croatian side as well, where they call it a "kafeterija." Here's one neat trick some of the moka users there have: put about 1 teaspoon of sugar in your cup, then as soon as the water starts to percolate (about 1cm of coffee in the top compartment) take it off the heat and pour about 1cm over the sugar. Put back on heat to finish percolating. Meanwhile use the back of a teaspoon to grind the sugar into the coffee, really press into it like a mortar and pestle. You need the consistency to be about the viscosity of honey. Then fill your cup and stir. You end up with a delicious, rich, sweet white foam at the top.
- sbierwagen 5y agoAmusing that you say this, since it’s mentioned in the article: > the Cuban concoction cafecito is made by quickly whipping the first few drops of moka pot coffee with sugar, creating a paste that both flavors the coffee and simulates a classic espresso foam.