Why is it the best coffee maker in the world?

If you are born into an Italian family and leave home for the first time after growing up, relatives you have never met in your life will come to your door to give you all kinds of blessings, and of course they will also remind you that the future is dangerous.

Some people will celebrate: He finally left his nest! Some people are hesitant: Can he survive independently in society?

Your uncles and aunts will give you all kinds of advice: stay awake, be alert, and don't sleep in all day! Your cousin may be worried that you can't drink decent coffee outside, so she will probably give you a moka pot.

Even if you don’t come from an Italian family, once you use a moka pot, you’ll definitely fall in love with this extremely simple brewing device.

If you are still using a French press, let me give you a brief introduction to the Moka pot.

The Moka pot has three layers. Add water to the bottom layer, add coffee powder to the middle layer, and then heat it up, and the coffee will enter the top layer. It's that simple.

History of the Moka Pot

This simple and beautiful metal device was invented by Suigi di Ponti in 1933. At the time, di Ponti was building a coffee machine for a company called Alfonso Bialetti.

To this day, Bialetti still produces this “Macchinetta del caffè”, which literally translates to “small coffee machine”.

But in recent years, this coffee machine seems to have lost its former glory. Other coffee machines, such as French presses and Keurig, have caught up with or even surpassed the Moka pot. The sales of Moka pots have dropped to a freezing point, and Bialetti has also had accounting irregularities due to poor sales.

Does the company's declining performance mean that the Moka pot has come to an end? Not really. We will miss Bialetti, this classic, simple and efficient coffee pot is still loved by coffee lovers, but Bialetti is no longer the only manufacturer of Moka pots.

"Many companies have invested in producing moka pots and sell them at a price that is more competitive than Bialetti," Michela Becchi wrote in the book Gambero Rosso. This is undoubtedly good news, both for coffee lovers and for the environment, because disposable paper cups and one-touch coffee machine capsules have a bad impact on the environment.

It's also great news for Italian relatives around the world, as they can continue to gift moka pots to their nephews and nieces.

This is definitely a perfect gift because it brings the taste and warmth of home.

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Christian Cotroneo

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