Mokapots, Moka, or Stovetop Espresso, Period.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by tupacboy

just wanted to follow this up mr moo... any news?

thru the cracks... tomorrow!

[Mister Moo]

I made four Americanos from different sized Mukkas; results were essentially identical, large pot or small. The quality of the cup is highly dependent on the quality of the coffee. Due to circumstances I am drinking commercial "First Colony" Costa Rican whole bean from Williamsburg, VA, this week. Being kind, it is slightly above average commercial. I tried some regular moka in a Bialetti Express with it last week and it was flat, too.

Mukka instructions say to use milk only in the top pot. I subbed water and ran the machine as per cappuccino. All four pots tasted the same; less water in the north pot might have made a little difference. Milk and sugar added in the cup still left it tasting like McDonalds coffee with milk and sugar. Not bad. Not good. Basically, it made a marginal americano using marginal fresh-ground coffee.

I am certain freshly roasted coffee, freshly ground to espresso fineness, would have made a decent americano. A Mukka without proper grind would be wasted; Bustelo from the can would probably work as well as this mornings First Colony.





Mom moved in last year (she's 97) and, although she really likes good coffee, she occupies a lot of my (former) spare time; a problem exchange student from Belgium moved in last January; and I developed a pinched nerve in my neck two weeks ago. I REALLY want to roast some coffee but it's gonna be at least two more weeks before I get around to it. When I do, I'll try another Amukkacano. Absent good coffee I am sliding by on Percocet and water. Not all bad.

[germantown rob]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Mom moved in last year (she's 97) and, although she really likes good coffee, she occupies a lot of my (former) spare time; a problem exchange student from Belgium moved in last January; and I developed a pinched nerve in my neck two weeks ago. I REALLY want to roast some coffee but it's gonna be at least two more weeks before I get around to it. When I do, I'll try another Amukkacano. Absent good coffee I am sliding by on Percocet and water. Not all bad.

You are a hell of a guy Moo

I will trade you some fresh roast for some Percocet, a Percocet makes a 1 months old cry sound like angles singing. I should still have your addy and I need to roast tomorrow so I will get some done for you and send it off, I hate to think about the poor Moo mug having stale coffee in it.

Yup, I have your addy as long as it has not changed.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by germantown rob

You are a hell of a guy Moo

I will trade you some fresh roast for some Percocet, a Percocet makes a 1 months old cry sound like angles singing. I should still have your addy and I need to roast tomorrow so I will get some done for you and send it off, I hate to think about the poor Moo mug having stale coffee in it.

Yup, I have your addy as long as it has not changed.

This is a mokapot thread; you need to waltz this topic over to the Percocet thread. Cigars & Percocet thread? Pipes & Percocet thread? Oops. Wait. There isn't a Percocet thread. Not until now. We shall allow this is a Mokapots, Moka, Stovetop Espresso & Narcotics" thread. Coffee... codeine... what's the big difference?

Never took a Percocet before last week; I gather this is (was?) the brand name of the Rush Limbaugh drug of deafness, etc. I am too old and poor to start a new career as a junkie and too busy to commence a yet another hobby so I am laying out on the narcotic thing. Not sure, firsthand anyhow, what the entertainment value of the pill is. Therapeutically speaking I am a big fan, though. After two weeks of sleep constantly interrupted by sensations or tingling, pressure and pain - the kind you can deal with in the daytime but it's just bad enough to bounce you from sound sleep - it was P'cet to the rescue. One at 10:00pm and I sleep pain free for at least six hours; it is quite the miracle. No side effects. Percocet, physical therapy, home traction and cortisone epidurals might do the trick but my neck is feeling like spinal fusion is in the future; don't think I can exercise my way out of this one.

Coffee? I bought two 24-oz. bags of this First Colony brand two weeks ago - it's just being introduced here in NC and was on sale 2:1 at Food Lion and I thought, "How bad can it be?" And it is OK, for sure, and that's what Mrs. Moo and I have been drinking. I figured it would run out in three weeks or so and spare me needing to go out and roast beans for little while. Then Mrs. Moo comes home the other day with two bags of the same stuff and says, "Look! I found a great deal on a new brand of coffee! You can take a break from roasting!" So now there is another 48-oz. I am sick of the ****. It was OK for a week or so in a pinch but, mercy... I am accepting charitable contributions without discussion. Thx Germ.

[germantown rob]

I did 4 roasts 250g each for you and heading to the post office now, I hope it gets to you Saturday.

DC# 03051720000045014891

I hope you get well soon.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by germantown rob

I did 4 roasts 250g each for you and heading to the post office now, I hope it gets to you Saturday.

DC# 03051720000045014891

I hope you get well soon.

You ARE the Germ!

Thanks in advance from Mrs. Moo and me - very kind, Robbo. You makka me smile. )

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by germantown rob

You are a hell of a guy Moo

I will trade you some fresh roast for some Percocet, a Percocet makes a 1 months old cry sound like angles singing. I should still have your addy and I need to roast tomorrow so I will get some done for you and send it off, I hate to think about the poor Moo mug having stale coffee in it.

Yup, I have your addy as long as it has not changed.

Dag, Robbo.... that last batch of ethiopian was fantastic! It was all about blueberries. Major "Wow."

[germantown rob]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Dag, Robbo.... that last batch of ethiopian was fantastic! It was all about blueberries. Major "Wow."

Thanks Dan, I really like that bean and feel I have the roast for it down.

I never thought I would get a Brikka nor would I have thought it could produce different results then a Moka pot but I got one and it does. I use the Brikka mostly for light roasts (city to city+) and for brighter coffees that I find bitter in the moka pot. IMO the difference between a Moka pot and a Brikka brew is the brew time, the Brikka is all said and done in 10 seconds or less where my best moka results are 20+ seconds. This year it will be coming on vacation instead of any of the moka pots. I don't think it is any easier to get a good cup from then the moka pot, both require dose and grind adjustment to get them just right. The Brikka will produce plenty of false crema when fresh beans are used but that is just a visual as far as I am concerned and has nothing to do with how the brew will taste. I have had many of a false crema Moka pot that I over extracted and plenty that had none that where heavenly.