Why not BIGGER than 1-3 cup Mokapot?

[replicant_argent]

They make 12 cup Mokas?








Really?



Sounds like I need to search for my morning fix enabler.




I like vibrating.




AAlllll tt hheee tttiiiimmmmee.. ... ...


This small snippet of information has made a bad morning slightly more tolerable.

[chris45set]

I recently bought a six-cup I found at Target (the one pictured in their TV ad), but am still feeling my way through it.
I am certain the product will improve as I refine my brewing technique, but it still makes some wonderful "stuff".
I usually use a 12-oz ceramic coffee mug, and find that about 1/2 the pot (6 oz) combined with warm-to-hot milk to fill out the cup is a magic elixir.
I get two 12 oz cups worth from the one mokapot.
Now I will admit, combine those two cups with a high vitamin N cigar and I am vibrating like a tuning fork, but I don't drink alcohol any longer, so I gotta get my buzz-on from someplace.
But it is so very tasty . . .

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

They make 12 cup Mokas? Really?

Really. I don't think Bialetti makes one, though. Mine is a no-name black anodized aluminum pot and, yes, it makes fine coffee - for a crowd. I've probably used it half a dozen times in the past 7-8 years. It was a gift from a Euro-friend, purchased in Belgium. I would expect they're common enough in Europe. Something just right for a coffee-drinking family of five or six, maybe. Or an Icelandic Bering Sea fisherman with a small crew.

Originally Posted by Chris45set

I recently bought a six-cup I found at Target ... I will admit ... I am vibrating like a tuning fork... But it is so very tasty . . .

Yes - they make a great drink as cafe-au-lait. That's the problem with the bigger pots, see? You drink one big mug, then another... by the time you've got water heating up for the next round there are three or four paramedics and a couple of riggers trying to peel you off the ceiling, get you stabilized and return your vitals back to pre-launch calm.

There is a reason why euros look at our coffee mugs and ask, "How can you possibly drink so much coffee?" They do not grasp that our US standard drip is about 1/3 (or less) the intensity of their typical brew.

I did the moka cafe-au-lait overdose once. The coffee was spectacular but, less than an hour later, I felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin. What else can I say? The stuff is delicious when you nail the brewing procedure but it can raise hell with your heart and bloodpressure if you're imprudent.

[replicant_argent]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Something just right for a coffee-drinking family of five or six, maybe. Or an Icelandic Bering Sea fisherman with a small crew.

Or one me.


I look upon a racing heartbeat and blood pressure fluctuations as a kind of aerobic exercise.
My pulse at rest with no stimulants and blood pressure is very good, pulse in the mid 60's to low 70's, so I have a fairly good range to jack with stimulants without getting too excited.

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

Or one me.


I look upon a racing heartbeat and blood pressure fluctuations as a kind of aerobic exercise.
My pulse at rest with no stimulants and blood pressure is very good, pulse in the mid 60's to low 70's, so I have a fairly good range to jack with stimulants without getting too excited.

Yea i'm with you on that, I survive off a caffeine buzz myself.