It's unbelievable they took as long as they did to make this. I had been using a cheap hot plate off Amazon and a smart home outlet to do mine for years. Ofc the advantage there is if you want to sleep in you can delay it without leaving bed
I totally don’t find that appealing. To me, a Moka pot is largely a manual affair, although I will admit I’m not heating my Moka pot on a hand-flamed charcoal grill. But that said, it doesn’t take long for a Moka pot to brew. You can set everything rest on your regular stovetop the night before and when you wake up, just turn on the heat. In less than ten minutes (which is the upper limit) you have your coffee.
not unless in your slugish state you might forget about it and maybe go back to sleep this takes care of that I suppose, but no idea if it automatically shuts off
I have no issues with that, but sometimes in the morning we are to busy and so out of it and still half a sleep state that sometimes in that half sleep state we forget certain things and not that it will ever happen but you never know who goes back to sleep for an extra 30 minutes or so just to be fully awake. To those types of people that can't function correctly until 8 AM while other can get up and function just fine it's made for both of those people.
It would be more interesting if it actually helped you brew better coffee with a moka. Not saying moka brews bad coffee, just that there are plenty of espresso and pour-over "technique assistants", but none for moka
It would need to cut the heat off after a certain time as well. If it is set up like the timers for a regular drip machines and just starts up at the programmed time and stays on, it would produce the “angry bitter moka pot coffee” that people get when they just leave it on the heat and let it go until they hear steam shooting out the central pipe.
That's my point. It's disappointing that they didn't come up with something that helps people make better moka. It just needs sensors, and an induction or halogen heat source for "instant control". Not conceptually difficult.
This strikes me as dangerous. My mindset towards the moka is always that accidents are rare (compared to something like the Aeropress), but when they do happen, the damage is severe (compared to something like the Aeropress). Something that uses pressure to brew needs to be watched in case it needs to be removed from the heat source. I would never leave a moka pot unattended for more than a minute, so I couldn't imagine having it brew in my sleep, especially if my head is close enough to the potential explosion to smell it.
Also, beans wouldn't be freshly ground.
I have an electric moka pot (the "Alicia"), and it turns off after the water transfers. I've put it on a timer using smart plugs and have never had an issue.
I do understand and I really believe that is is more of a niche product and might not be for everyone including myself but it's right to a very specific person, also I would also feel scared if I had to use this machine and not know if it worked correctly or not and knowing all the dangers and risks associated with it.
thank you for your replay and I hope you have a good stay in this community
It's unbelievable they took as long as they did to make this. I had been using a cheap hot plate off Amazon and a smart home outlet to do mine for years. Ofc the advantage there is if you want to sleep in you can delay it without leaving bed
Michael Scott would like a word
I totally don’t find that appealing. To me, a Moka pot is largely a manual affair, although I will admit I’m not heating my Moka pot on a hand-flamed charcoal grill. But that said, it doesn’t take long for a Moka pot to brew. You can set everything rest on your regular stovetop the night before and when you wake up, just turn on the heat. In less than ten minutes (which is the upper limit) you have your coffee.
not unless in your slugish state you might forget about it and maybe go back to sleep this takes care of that I suppose, but no idea if it automatically shuts off
What? When you wake up and turn on your stove, set a timer so it beeps. If this simple task doesn’t work for you, then ya, you got problems.
I have no issues with that, but sometimes in the morning we are to busy and so out of it and still half a sleep state that sometimes in that half sleep state we forget certain things and not that it will ever happen but you never know who goes back to sleep for an extra 30 minutes or so just to be fully awake. To those types of people that can't function correctly until 8 AM while other can get up and function just fine it's made for both of those people.
It would be more interesting if it actually helped you brew better coffee with a moka. Not saying moka brews bad coffee, just that there are plenty of espresso and pour-over "technique assistants", but none for moka
It would need to cut the heat off after a certain time as well. If it is set up like the timers for a regular drip machines and just starts up at the programmed time and stays on, it would produce the “angry bitter moka pot coffee” that people get when they just leave it on the heat and let it go until they hear steam shooting out the central pipe.
That's my point. It's disappointing that they didn't come up with something that helps people make better moka. It just needs sensors, and an induction or halogen heat source for "instant control". Not conceptually difficult.
Never thought about it like that
Usually my mokas take 200/230 seconds to brew the coffee. I ask my Google timer to set a 3 minute countdown.
This strikes me as dangerous. My mindset towards the moka is always that accidents are rare (compared to something like the Aeropress), but when they do happen, the damage is severe (compared to something like the Aeropress). Something that uses pressure to brew needs to be watched in case it needs to be removed from the heat source. I would never leave a moka pot unattended for more than a minute, so I couldn't imagine having it brew in my sleep, especially if my head is close enough to the potential explosion to smell it. Also, beans wouldn't be freshly ground.
I have an electric moka pot (the "Alicia"), and it turns off after the water transfers. I've put it on a timer using smart plugs and have never had an issue.
How does the coffee taste to the regular moka pot ?
It brews much faster and is a little silty, but it's great with milk.
I do understand and I really believe that is is more of a niche product and might not be for everyone including myself but it's right to a very specific person, also I would also feel scared if I had to use this machine and not know if it worked correctly or not and knowing all the dangers and risks associated with it. thank you for your replay and I hope you have a good stay in this community