Coffee has become an indispensable thing for most people, especially coffee lovers. The popularity of capsule coffee machines in recent years has also solved the uncontrollable coffee addiction for many people. Cafes are opening more and more. Some people even buy an espresso machine directly at home. But no matter which one it is, the accumulated expenses are not a small sum! Although capsule coffee machines are also affordable, supplementing capsules is a considerable expense all year round.
And the espresso machine is not to mention, the one with a little reputation, the entry-level model is less RM700-800, and it takes time to maintain. And if take-out coffee comes down three times a week, it will cost at least thirty or forty. 3-in-1 coffee and Kopi-o are of course also one of the cheap choices, but now you can spend less money to give yourself a better quality choice, why not?
The good thing to introduce today is the Moka Pot! Also known as stove top espresso pot, it is a tool for extracting espresso base from Italy. Alfonso Bialetti is also the founder of the current Moka pot brand Bialetti. In 1933, he invented the Moka Express Moka Pot, which is a common coffee brewing appliance in Italian and European homes because of its ease of use. Before that, Italian families rarely made caffeine espresso machines at home because they were too bulky and expensive. If you want to drink coffee, you must get a coffee bar. So this invention has also greatly changed the Italian coffee culture.
The original Moka pot is made of aluminum, and now there is also stainless steel. Coffee made from different materials has slightly different flavors and each has its own characteristics. The pot body is divided into upper and lower parts, and the middle is connected by a pipe. The principle of use is to push the water at the bottom of the kettle through heating and press the coffee powder on the upper part from the pipe into the upper pot after filtering through the filter.
Although a standard espresso machine has a 9-bar pressure compared to a Moka pot, it can only reach a pressure less than 3-bar, but it can also extract coffee grease. The effect can be said to be very ideal and it can be said that the espresso can be extracted within 5 minutes with a pressure of less than 3-bar. It is very convenient and cost-effective because a Bialetti classic Moka pot only costs about RM200. Of course, not only is the Bieletti brand, but friends who are interested in studying Moka pots can search for it by themselves. It is very easy to use, can draw flowers without any skills, is small and does not take up space, and can even be used as a decoration in the shape of a traditional vintage classic pot. In addition, the charm of manual brewing cannot be compared with mechanized coffee machines, and the sense of accomplishment and coffee flavor produced by coffee pots cannot be replaced by coffee machines.
You can make espresso at home by buying the special coffee powder for the moka pot, as long as the package indicates the special moka pot. The Tesco brand is very good.
Just buy a mocha pot and have fun! Especially coffee lovers, you will never regret buying it. If you take good care of it, a pot can be used for 100 years!
Reminder: The aluminum Moka pot can only be washed with water, how to maintain it is very simple and fast, remember to read the manual.
Fong Tan Ling 
Jason 
