hey what's up coffee lovers today I've
got a new coffee maker
review this is something I've been meaning
to try for a really long time
it is the moka pot by Bialetti
and this is the six cup version, it's pretty much all aluminum
with the exception of the handle and
this little lid holder
plastic
comes apart like this so there aren't too
many parts
you have to mess with. Here
is the filter basket where the ground coffee goes
and the perforations. There is
the water reservoir. So basically you put the water
into this chamber right here. This little thing right here it doesn't really say
what this is for but
I use it is as the fill-line indicator so
you take a look inside
and see the corresponding
end of it and that's what I use to
gauge how far up the water goes. So
it's really easy from a dosing perspective
this will pretty much give you...although it's a 6 cup coffee maker allegedly
it gives me one full mug if I'm just using
the coffee that is brewed from it. Now I
know some people will probably dillute it
but I'm not one of them. I think it's very good as is.
So then once the coffee is in the filter
basket
just goes right on top, assuming your water is already in the reservoir
and then
screw the top on like this
and you wanna make sure... the instructions say not
to do it too tightly but
I found that if I don't do it tight enough
then the water
starts to seep out around the edges so
there's one of  the cons right there I would
say
and then the coffee is eventually going
to...well, I should say
the hot water is going to be
heated up so it passes through
into that filter basket and
that's where the coffee starts to brew
and then it continues to pass up into
the main chamber
where your final coffee is going to come
out so
I'm gonna go through a brew. The whole
thing takes about...
for me, 12 minutes. It depends on how fine your grind is
it's been said that you should use a
finer grind for Moka Pots, but I've
found that the best results come with
a coarser grind
which isn't to say that fine grind is bad
I've actually liked every grind that
I've used so far
but today will be using
something in the middle and I'll show
you what I'm gonna
use right now. But before I do that, this is
the only other thing that comes 
in the box.
this instruction booklet. And it's weird
because
oh!
sorry about that.
 they label every every piece it comes in it and I
forgot to mention there's one
additional piece...
this is the gasket or additional filter
so its in a way the
the coffee is really filtered through
here
so as it continues to rise through that
filter basket
it's going to be filtered again through
here
It's almost like a double filtration I would say
so anyway instruction booklet
pretty poorly translated English but
the thing is so easy to use that I found I didn't really need it
so that's the only other thing that comes in
there
So I already ground my coffee
and I'll just show you a little bit of what I'm using here
so this is actually quite coarse
I don't know if you can see. And I don't want to drop too much of it
but what I do is
I just fill up
the filter basket to the top. Like this.
And you'll probably actually want a little bit more coffee than what I put in here
But you'll just want to make sure that it's
nice and level
and filling up the entire filter basket
you don't want to go over the edges you
don't want any coffee around the edges
so I'm gonna just remove the filter
basket real quick because I haven't
added my water yet
and I would recommend actually doing
that
before you do what I just did
so before I mess anything up here and
spill coffee all over the ground
I will resume once I have the water
in there
okay so once again you do not want
your water being too high up there
I've used
this little notch (pressure release valve) once again
to kind of gauge how high the water
should be. If the water is too high it's
going to come up into the filter basket
before
the thing is even heated
so here's my filter basket with the coffee.
You don't want to tamp this
just keep it loose and
is evenly distributed as possible.
Ok? Like that
We'll screw the lid on.
So, one of the things I really like about this coffee maker it's really easy to use
one of the qualms that people have is that
it's all
aluminum and whether there is
accurate research or not people think
that leeched aluminum is terrible for your
health
I am of the camp that doesn't believe
that
I don't think there has been enough
research that has shown that
but even if it is bad for you
I'd much rather have aluminum in my final
cup of coffee then
unknown plastic chemicals
BPA free or not so I'm gonna show you
how this works
I'm just gonna put it on the stove
and have it running on low heat. The brew time itself is very
very long in my opinion. Takes at least
10 minutes
but as far as
portability goes this is probably the
best option I'm going to take this
camping
over my Aeropress probably so I'll get more
coffee out of it
it's very good I think it's better than
French press so
I'll see you on the other end at the stove
okay
so let me first show you about how hot
or how high
your burner should be
so this is too much it's too hot
I have it down to about here
so very low-heat I'm not sure how these
are supposed to work on an electric stove.
I think it's fine but you'll wanna check
on that yourself with the manufacturer
I think it says in the instruction booklet. 
other reviewers also have information on
that
but basically a very low flame is what
you want
once you start hearing that hissing
noise
you'll notice that coffee starts to brew
come out of the spouts here and it
should come out in
an espresso-esque color
so you'll see 
some creaminess but this isn't espresso. It doesn't have enough
bars of pressure to make it
espresso, officially. 
Hence, the moka name. so it's a different type of coffee
but a very good one, very rich, lots of
oils
so I'd say it's most similar French
press but
much more low maintenance. you don't have to do any plunging
stirring or any of that nonsense
and
it's also much easier to clean, and I'll show you
that whole process after this is done
brewing.
So once it starts to brew, I'll turn the camera back on
so you can see what it looks like.
Ok. So we're about 5-7 minutes in
and you can already see
the coffee coming out of the spout at the top
and you can hear
that
sizzle if you will
and here's what I was talking about
I don't know if you see what's going on but
the flames are starting to go crazy because
water is seeping out of the sides here
so thats one of the downsides of this coffee maker.
I don't
know if maybe I'm doing something wrong
and that's definitely possible
but it doesn't seem really have an
impact on on
the overall output it doesn't really
create a mess. Just something to note.
Some of that water is lost on the side
so you can see
or maybe you can't... the very rich
looking coffee. got something
that's close...I mean it isn't crema. But it looks delicious
maybe that's where it
gets its moka name...the dark color of it
the question...this is another downside
you do have to
keep an eye on this thing because once
the coffee stops
coming out of the top there or it starts to look
clear that's when you want to take this
thing off the heat.
So you're not going to get any beep of course to tell you when it's done, you'll just have to keep an eye on it.
so already it's starting to look a
little bit thin and watery
so I'll want to be taken it off
the burner any second now. 
In fact, I think I'll do that right now
so there's a look at it
I'm gonna pour it out to show you what I was talking about...
this is enough coffee for
one of these mugs
yes it's very rich, pretty concentrated
but depending on
what your taste preferences are
this will probably
need to be diluted. For many people it won't
so I suggest trying it first, if it's too
strong
then go ahead and add hot water. something
else to note is
I've heard that people can expedite the
brew process by already adding hot water
to the the bottom chamber. I can't say
if this has any negative impact on
the final
coffee output but maybe
that will be for another day...a quick
experiment. So I'm going to turn this off
one more time and I'm gonna show you how
easy it is to clean this thing
the coffee though is fantastic so I'm not gonna even bother taking a sip, gonna 
wait for it to cool off. One of the best
parts about to the Bialetti Moka Pot
is how easy it is to clean first step in
cleaning it
is to wait for it to cool down
because it's going to be really hot. If you can't wait (like
me right now)
you can just run some cold water on the
outside
and this will help it
cool down pretty quickly 
you don't want to use any soap
harsh metal brushes/steel wools
you just want to rinse
the Bialetti with tap water so you
unscrew it just like we did
before when we were doing the brewing and
you'll take out the filter basket
so I just do it like that
and then you'll go dump the ground coffee
into (before it burns your hand off)
your compost bin
or garbage if you're a terrible human like I
am
just kidding of course
but compost is ideal
give the reservoir a rinse
and give your top coffee chamber a rinse
and then the often neglected bottom
gasket
give that a little rinse too, maybe a wipe down
let it dry
voila! done!
that was pretty simple. one of the great
things
about this coffee maker.
 so there you guys
have it. This is is the Bialetti
Ah! Very hot, Moka pot. Make sure you don't touch the edges at least for a while
wait to clean this thing it
is a) very easy to use
b) makes incredible coffee comparable to a
French press. In my opinion it's better
c) it is portable probably your best option
in terms of taking it to go camping
or packing it in your suitcase. No
electricity required you just need
an open flame.
The construction is great. This thing I know will
last a long time. 
The only thing that really
needs to be replaced from time to time
is the gasket that second filter I
showed you
I can't say how long they last so I will
have to do an update
later but this is very low cost,
easy to use, easy to clean, great-tasting coffee.
there's few cons if any those would be
that the water tends to seep out of the sides
the brew process is longer than most.
 It
doesn't quite make as many cups as I'd like and
the aluminum construction little bit
shaky ground I know for many people
but those are really the only complaints
I have about it
so once again
that's the Bialetti Moka Pot. Definitely
recommend you check out this
really underrated brew process, at least
here in the States.
So I'll see you guys next time and thanks for watching
