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Moka pot ritual
Feb. 6th, 2026 06:01 pmEnjoying our new Friday afternoon ritual, making us a Moka pot of coffee to share. Still remarkably fun to watch, and tastes so good.
We got a 4-cup (4 espresso sized servings of coffee) Bialetti Moka Express stovetop coffee maker, which I figured would work for both of us (though not the hugest serving size for two), and also at a push for just one of us (hyper caffeinated!). Moka pots are not designed to be half filled to make a smaller portion size ... Our Moka pot makes remarkably good coffee, which we serve with heated oak milk (MOMA, my usual milk with coffee now). The coffee we're using is Lavazza Crema e Gusto pre ground coffee for an easy time, bought in our local supermarket, perfect for a Moka pot, traditional Italian flavour, if not quite as wow as freshly ground beans. But it's convenient, and tastes great. We heat the Moka pot on the cooker hob on a very low heat, using pre-heated water, and the resulting coffee is not at all bitter. Neither of us feels the need to add sugar, even Martin who usually adds it by the shovel full.
We got a 4-cup (4 espresso sized servings of coffee) Bialetti Moka Express stovetop coffee maker, which I figured would work for both of us (though not the hugest serving size for two), and also at a push for just one of us (hyper caffeinated!). Moka pots are not designed to be half filled to make a smaller portion size ... Our Moka pot makes remarkably good coffee, which we serve with heated oak milk (MOMA, my usual milk with coffee now). The coffee we're using is Lavazza Crema e Gusto pre ground coffee for an easy time, bought in our local supermarket, perfect for a Moka pot, traditional Italian flavour, if not quite as wow as freshly ground beans. But it's convenient, and tastes great. We heat the Moka pot on the cooker hob on a very low heat, using pre-heated water, and the resulting coffee is not at all bitter. Neither of us feels the need to add sugar, even Martin who usually adds it by the shovel full.
