I broke out my moka pot this morning after watching a YouTube video on MP tips.

Pre-heating the water and running cold water over the reservoir when done perking makes all the difference in the world. No crema, but a nice, rich
cup of coffee to start my day.


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Hello Kurt Weiske!

** On Sunday 27.06.21 - 08:06, Kurt Weiske wrote to All:

I broke out my moka pot this morning after watching a
YouTube video on MP tips.

Pre-heating the water and running cold water over the
reservoir when done perking makes all the difference in
the world. No crema, but a nice, rich cup of coffee to
start my day.

I never heard of those things.

I just use a manual funnel/filter that sits on top of my cup,
paper filter with coffee grounds inside, and pour a bit of hot
water over that letting gravity do its work. Nothing to clean
up except my cup.

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August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

I broke out my moka pot this morning after watching a
YouTube video on MP tips.

I never heard of those things.

You've seen them - they're that ubuquitous multi-sided, 2-piece aluminum stove-top coffee pot. Put water in the bottom part, coffee in a basket in
the middle, screw the top on, and the water boils, forcing steam past the coffee. It goes up a chimney in the top part and collects there.

The coffee lands somewhere north of drip coffee and south of espresso.


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August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

I broke out my moka pot this morning after watching a
YouTube video on MP tips.

I never heard of those things.

You've seen them - they're that ubuquitous multi-sided, 2-piece aluminum stove-top coffee pot. Put water in the bottom part, coffee in a basket in the middle, screw the top on, and the water boils, forcing steam past the coffee. It goes up a chimney in the top part and collects there.

The coffee lands somewhere north of drip coffee and south of espresso.

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I've never seen one IRL. But a search on the net revealed that I've seen them on the 'net before.

The closest to percolated coffee that I've seen in operation is a standard precolator. But those are generally meant for larger quantities of coffee.

I started using a single serve electric one. I forget the brand (Braun perhaps?) Anyway.. I started getting frustrated with the cost of those single pods and all the plastic waste they created. So, now I use the machine as an instant hot-water machine only, and use my own ground coffee in a cone filter that sits in a holder on top of the cup.

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August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

I started using a single serve electric one. I forget the brand (Braun perhaps?) Anyway.. I started getting frustrated with the cost of those single pods and all the plastic waste they created. So, now I use the machine as an instant hot-water machine only, and use my own ground
coffee in a cone filter that sits in a holder on top of the cup.

For single-serve coffee, Black and Decker makes an innocuous little single- cup coffee makes called a "Brew 'N Go" that sells for under $20, and coffee afficionado web sites love it. It's one of the only coffee makers that gets the coffee to the right temperature - hot enough to maximize flavor
extraction and not too hot to boil the grinds. It makes a great cup, comes with a thermal mug and its own gold filter.

I have one at my desk at work, saves me the indignity of making Keurig
coffee.


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Hello Kurt Weiske!

** On Wednesday 30.06.21 - 06:57, Kurt Weiske wrote to August Abolins:

For single-serve coffee, Black and Decker makes an
innocuous little single- cup coffee makes called a "Brew
'N Go" that sells for under $20, and coffee afficionado
web sites love it. It's one of the only coffee makers that
gets the coffee to the right temperature - hot enough to
maximize flavor extraction and not too hot to boil the
grinds. It makes a great cup, comes with a thermal mug and
its own gold filter.

I can't get the B&D unless I travel outside my town.

I read about the 195F to 205F range for optimum extraction. I
just did a test with my one-cup filter-over-cup method. By the
time the water has boiled, and about 1 minute later when I
start pouring the water, the temp ranges from 200F-189F during
the pour in the slurry (thermometer probe is wedged between the
paper filter and the cone.)

So.. I'd say a resonable attempt at achieving the right temp is
pretty good! And the temp is about 150F before I add a little
cream.

A machine just seems overly complicated for a simple task as
making a single coffee with a cone filter.

Now I'm curious what temp my hacked Bosch Tassimo maker that
now operates as an instant hotwater machine at my shop is at
when it deliveres the hot water. Will report. But generally,
I find the results just fine. I use a spent coffee pod's
barcode (which I've placed on a dummy pod) which is supposed to
"program" the right temp for coffee.

Sometimes I'll just use the machine to produce the hot water I
need for a cup of tea. Again.. the pod versions for the tea are
very expensive.

I have one at my desk at work, saves me the indignity of
making Keurig coffee.

Keurig does seem to have bio-friendly disposable cups now. But
the cost for all those pods, per cup is about 5 to 10 times the
cost of doing it the way I do.

One advantage I could could see with the brewers.. you can get
them going and go about your business with other things. But
really.. pouring the hot water manually through the filter only
takes 30 seconds at most. I really don't need a machine that
saves me from 30 sec standing over my cup. :D
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Now I'm curious what temp my hacked Bosch Tassimo maker
that now operates as an instant hotwater machine at my
shop is at when it deliveres the hot water. Will report.
But generally, I find the results just fine. I use a
spent coffee pod's barcode (which I've placed on a dummy
pod) which is supposed to "program" the right temp for
coffee.

The hot water right from the nozzle is about 185F. The machine
*is* old (originally purchased in 2012). The descaling warning
comes up regularly around every 8 months. I also use it with
my own grounds and a paper filter cone holder that sits on top
of the cup.
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