I picked up one of these at a yard sale for a dollar because, the seller explained, he couldn't find the cord. He thought the pressure valve was an electric plug!

Wow, I've been using cold water and finer ground espresso. That would explain why my espresso has been so bitter. Also thank you for the french press microfoam trick!!

Making frothy milk with a french press was a revelation

What temp heat?

I’m still trying to open in 😶

Screaming in Italian.

Let's be honest,if you have a french press, you don't need a moka pot to make a coffee 😄

After watching the video, I immediately did it for the first time with hot water, and not with cold water, as I usually did before. The taste is completely different! Much better! Just wow!

Italians whatching this video:😶

I have one and I've made every mistake you talked about.

I bought a moka pot from goodwill online, watched this and was excited to use it, it arrived and I realized it was about 3x the size of the one in the video. Excited to make a month of coffee at a time 👍

Another technique I've developed with this that contributes a lot to a smooth non-bitter non-burnt coffee is to closely regulate the temperature once the coffee starts pouring through the column. You want a thin light brown flow, without too many foamy bubbles. When it gets a bit too violent and starts to foam slightly raise it off the heat source, keep it in the air a bit until it's smooth and silky again. And keep controling the distance from the heat source until the brewing ends. When air starts to come through with foam and the flow is interrupted, immediately run it under the tap as shown in this video. This technique produces excellent results every time.

Using hot water instead of cold was a HUGE game-changer for me. I can't believe I was about to give this away for free since it made bitter coffee the first few times I used it.

"A coffee video on my frontpage who isnt with James Hoffman? Okay ill give it a go"

The best part of this video was the french press to make frothy milk!! Genius!!

Hoffman:

Used a Moka pot during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. My heat source was usually a tank manifold and my pot was the envy of my unit.

I was getting some bad results with my Moka pot but followed this video exactly. I think running cold water over the pot to stop the brewing at the end is what saved me. Normally I just let it gurgle and do it's thing when all the water runs through - today I stopped the brewing and the difference in the cup was night and day!

I hadn't seen the French press trick. Very nice overall!

These are good tips. In addition, I suggest trying to slow down the brewing speed. I usually take the pot off of the heat quite early and let the top of the pot fill as slowly as possible. Every once in a while you can put it either fully or partially on the heat to get the boil going again. When the process is too fast the grounds will be underextracted, making it overly acidic; this is a common problem when brewing with a moka pot.