Moka pot is more finnicky by far, but it also tastes way better than pour over (including Chemex) to me. I know all the tips to make good pour over. It even bea

Moka pot is more finnicky by far, but it also tastes way better than pour over (including Chemex) to me. I know all the tips to make good pour over. It even beats a crappy ($200-300 range) espresso machine, or at least the one I had. It's only when you get into the many hundreds of dollar range that espresso machines start to beat the pants off of a moka pot for flavor. But pour over is far more fool proof. A bad pour over tastes much better than a bad moke pot brew, plus it's easier to not mess up in the first place.