Make Great Coffee with a Moka Pot
What it is
ChefSteps shows how to make espresso-style coffee in a moka pot, with a bonus latte hack. It is a quick how-to aimed at home brewers.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters link it in moka pot threads as a practical guide whose tips, such as starting with hot water, improved their coffee.
- 3 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“There's a great video with coffee expert James Hoffmann on making coffee in a moka pot”
Moka pot coffee guide featuring James Hoffmann
hardwaregeek, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot (2018)”
“I adopted a few tricks from either [1] or a similar video from James Hoffman”
Tricks that improved the commenter's moka pot coffee
samplenoise, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot (2018)”
“I like James Hoffmann's method for this”
Hoffmann's moka pot method
ValentineC, 2023-02 · Recommendation
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: moka pot, coffee brewing, espresso, latte, how-to
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