Expresso Coffee Makers

[Enso108]

Stove top expresso coffee makers, aluminium or stainless steel? I've been using an aluminium expresso maker for years, it almost needs replacing, I've heard stainless is better what do you think?

 

[Theseus]

Drink tea

 

[Landslide]

Aluminium will conduct heat faster. The potential connections to Alzheimer's have now been thoroughly de-bunked.

 

[Enso108]

Drink tea

Philistine.

 

[Speck]

I've just bought a Nespresso, absolute magic, best Expresso's, Latte's etc

 

[Landslide]

I've just bought a Nespresso, absolute magic, best Expresso's, Latte's etc

...etc. being "morally suspect marketing campaigns for baby milk formula in developing countries".

 

[mr Mag00]

nestle , yuck
as above

 

[Landslide]

Also...
[pedant]
espresso, not expresso
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Sorry.

 

[Speck]

...etc. being "morally suspect marketing campaigns for baby milk formula in developing countries".

Dunno, I just use semi-skimmed, oh and Pro-active

 

[Enso108]

I fancy getting one of these http://www.gallacoffee.co.uk/acatalog/Brikka_Stove-top.html

 

[Dan B]

I fancy getting one of these http://www.gallacoffee.co.uk/acatalog/Brikka_Stove-top.html

The Brikka. Yes, I'm hoping for one of them as a birthday present in the next couple of weeks sometime

The advice with the aluminium pots is to wash in plain water only, so that coffee oils build up on the walls and you don't get the taste of aluminium. Can't help feeling that the taste of baked-on coffee would be only marginally better, tho

 

[Enso108]

Mill grinder or blades??

 

[dan_bo]

Nespresso rocks!

 

[scook94]

Mill grinder or blades??

If you're serious about your coffee you're going to need a good quality burr grinder. Blades don't produce an even "grind", you get a mixture of "dust" and "rocks" leading to over and under extracted coffee.

It all depends how serious you are and (no disrespect), if you think a moka pot makes espresso then I'm guessing you're not (or at least at the very beginning of your coffee "journey").

 

[Enso108]

I realise you won't get "real" expresso from a moka pot, but the Bialetti Brikka generates higher pressure than any other stove-top espresso maker, it produces a crema which other moka pots don't, cheaper than investing in a top end Gaggia.