Dude likes ripping heavies, shooting arty and making coffee deployment style, we should be friends

@thestrengthco

2 жыл бұрын

Yes all these things are true.

Take no notice of the pretentious p̴r̴i̴c̴k̴s̴, people making adverse comments, I enjoyed the video, your concept, and your style, no fuss, I get up in the morning, I want a quick cup of espresso, none of this fiddling with weighing and all the other farting around. I am 74 and have had the same Moka pot for 40 years, and it's done me proud. Keep up the good work.

I appreciate the cat assistant. Added a real nice kitty vibe to the video.

The 4 Cup New Brikka requires 180ml of water, and the 2 Cup requires 120ml of water.

Please do a comparison with kremina

LOL! Good job!

How about the mukka?

When I go pick up my dumbell set, will ask for a cup before I leave .

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

I doubt you need a cup

İ live foreign country my englis bad sorry. I like ice latte coffe. which one would you recommend me bricca or moka ekspres? Thank you

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

Brikka without a doubt.

So... All the other nonsense aside... Does electric Say induction or coil... work better than gas?

Please clean your moka pots (with water only or vinegar for deep clean)

You gotta clean your $hit bro

What is your take on the durability of the filter basket? I have read some reviews that the new Brikka has a flimsy filter basket.

@Rekmeyata

2 жыл бұрын

I just bought the Brikka after my old regular Moka pot broke, I didn't notice the filter basket of the new one to be any different than the old one.

@DellaStreet123

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rekmeyata I have my own Brikka now, and while the filter has a different shape (but almost the same capacity) of that of the Bialetti 3 cup Moka Express, I don't see any difference in quality. They either improved it or it never was that bad in the first place.

@Rekmeyata

2 жыл бұрын

@@DellaStreet123 I hope you like your Brikka as much as I do, it's very much an equal that I tasted for that espresso flavor coming from Italian restaurant or from coffee bars. Today I told one of my friends I bought an espresso maker so he came over to sample it, I told him not to come into the kitchen while I made it, so he could judge the flavor of the coffee without knowing that I paid a lot or a little for it. After tasting the espresso, he thought I bought a more expensive manual machine like the Cafelat Robot I was talking about doing that recently with him, and all I was using was just store-bought espresso beans from Costco! When I showed him the maker, and told him how much I paid for it, he thought I was kidding and just messing with him! So, I made another cup for myself while he watched, he still can't believe that a $37 (got it on sale) Moka pot using store bought beans was performing as well as his $1,200 La Pavoni manual machine (I can't justify spending that much just to make coffee, the Cafelat Robot was the limit to what I could justify spending). Now I have no reason to buy the Cafelat Robot I was considering, saved myself $360! That Bialleta Brikka is amazing, I know what die hard espresso people are going to deny this, but not only do I think it has the same level of taste as a professional espresso but my friend thought it at least matched his La Pavoni in flavor. Of course, different beans will yield different results, I was using Cameron's Velvet Moon Espresso Roast I bought from Costco; I like to experiment so I will be trying other beans, but they will all come from...egads, a grocery store?! I hear that's an espresso sin, so don't tell anyone.

@DarthAwar

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekmeyata so was it a Moka or Brikka you used?

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

@@DarthAwar I believe that the name Moka is the type of maker, correct me if I'm wrong about that; but the model that I have is the Brikka made by Bialetta. I love this maker.

witch is best? new brikka, or an old brikka?

@thestrengthco

2 жыл бұрын

The newer one is more user friendly.

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, the first one had problems, they overcomplicated the pressure valve, but they realized the problem and simplified it dramatically, it looks like a normal Moka pot except for the opening in the lid, which I'm not sure why they put that opening there, maybe so we can see the coffee coming in? there is no need for it, but no coffee has ever come flying out of it so it doesn't hurt it any.

@Daskalos76

7 ай бұрын

so if you have a choice, new brikka is better? and what about cleaning? @@thestrengthco

is there a stainless steel brikka?

@Rekmeyata

2 жыл бұрын

No, but you don't really need stainless steel. The aluminum is coated so that you won't get any aluminum into the coffee, but that also means you can't wash it with any sort of soap or put it in the dishwasher because the detergent will remove the coating and ruin the pot. So, after every use you have to rinse it out with hot water really well, and once a month or so run vinegar through the unit, I think I remember the directions saying 2 teaspoons to the water in the water tank, then run it like you would making coffee, then when you're done, rinse out the unit and then run plain water through it to get any last potential vinegar taste from getting into the coffee out of it. The only advantage to stainless steel is if you are the kind of person who just has to be able to put it in the dishwasher. Bialetta does make a stainless steel moka pot, but again it won't have the flavor that the Brikka can make, plus for some reason, there is much greater room for error with the Moka pot vs the Brikka where the window of error is smaller.

@thestrengthco

Жыл бұрын

Not yet.

@duncanm6026

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekmeyata the point of a stainless steel pot is for use with an induction hob

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

@@duncanm6026 Correct, but a lot of people ask that because they think it's unsafe to drink hot liquids that come out of aluminum, the fact of the matter is, its not unsafe, Italians have been drinking their coffee out of Moka pots and Neapolitan aluminum pots for years and they're not dying prematurely, or slowly became brain dead. But, since people raised a huge stink about it, Bialetti anodized the aluminum to help sooth peoples minds.

@gaborpali384

Жыл бұрын

There is one with a SS bottom half, Brikka Induction.

Are you sure that the brikka that youre using is a 4-cup one? You poured 120 ml which is corresponding to the 2 cups brikka.. the 4 cups requires 180 ml .. Nevertheless I just received my new 2-cupa bialetti brikka today, and couldn't make such a nice and rich crema as you got.. is the secret hidden in the coffee itself (im using lavazza Crema e gusto n.7) or the secret lies in the cold water that you used in the moka-pot? (i used boiled water and not room temperature, to speed up the boiling process) Your sweet cat def convinced me to buy the brikka lol #nobias

@thestrengthco

Жыл бұрын

Yes this is a 4 cup: too much water often leads to less crema. We just published an article on this today on our website!

@richardbale8941

Жыл бұрын

@@thestrengthco My goodness, the article is so detailed and well written! You recommend 90 ml for the 2 cups brikka, i will try it tmw! Saving your website in my bookmarkssss

Mine explodes everywhere?? Too hot too quick?

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

Yes, your heat is way too high, it should be medium-low, but you asked this a year ago so I assume you figured it out.

@DjOzan58

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekmeyata or he died in a moka pot explosion

Which one is stronger ? Thanks

@Rekmeyata

2 жыл бұрын

I use to own a regular Moka pot, the flavor changed all the time, it was a strong flavor. I just bought the Brikka, and have been using it for a week, the one thing I noticed immediately is that it taste much more like espresso I would get at an Italian restaurant! That one thing alone surprised me, I wasn't able to get the regular Moka pot to taste like espresso at all. The other thing I notices during the week is that the flavor doesn't change near as much as the old Moka pot, the old moka pot varied in taste from one brew to another, not so much for the Brikka. In my opinion, I really love the Brikka. I never owned the first incarnation of the Brikka with the fat head on top, so I can't comment on whether it was better or not, but I did see a few videos and they all thought the newer version is better. Obviously this is going to be subject to ones own taste, some will like the older version and some will like the newer version.

@peteri3815

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rekmeyata Thanks, sounds like I should have gotten the Brikka then! I got the regular one. Still generally happy with it though. I can use my aeropress to get an espresso-like flavor and the regular moka pot for well a moka pot flavor.

@Rekmeyata

2 жыл бұрын

@@peteri3815 I have an AeroPress, I cannot get that espresso flavor out of it like I can with the Brikka. I rate the AeroPress flavor of coffee on par with a French Press, the only difference is the AeroPress makes a bit smoother coffee due to the filter taking out some of the oil and coffee particulates found in French Press coffee, so while there is a taste difference the AeroPress is a far cry from espresso. I have several ways I make coffee, my wife calls me a coffee snob! She even found me a coffee cup that says that! LOL!! All my methods for making coffee are cheap to buy. My cheapest method for making coffee cost me $5 plus tax called a Cezve I got at an international market where I live, I make Turkish coffee with it, and that coffee has a very unique flavor that is completely different from other coffees. Like I said, there isn't a whole lot of difference between the AeroPress and the French Press, but with pour over, which I also do, is just a bit different than those other two; but cold brew, which I do as well, Turkish, and the Brikka are completely on a different taste scale then the other 3. When I go bike camping I only do pour over because I use a GSI Outdoors Java Drip maker that folds up very flat, takes up hardly any space, and weighs next to nothing, and it cost me $9 on sale, the coffee from it is ok, but I'm camping and not trying to get espresso. I tried instant espresso for camping and it was nasty, my GSI pour over is far better than instant.

@peteri3815

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rekmeyata cool I didn’t really like Turkish the first time. Maybe I’m doing something wrong? I’ll give it another go

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

Turkish coffee has a unique flavor different from the coffee you're used to, Also the grind has to be a powder-like grind, and it's best to use real Turkish or Bosnian coffee. I have an international market where I live and the owner advised me to use Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi brand, I have tried one other but that one was the best like the store owner said, but there are several other brands on the market that the market doesn't carry so not sure what those taste like. The flavor is so different I thought I was doing it wrong, so I went to a Turkish restaurant and had some coffee, I was doing it right! The taste was the same. There are You Tube videos that can show you how to make it, it's pretty easy actually, which it had to be because it was the first type of coffee making in the world, meaning it's the oldest method.

mowkahh, breekahh. Wonder how the Italians say it.

Interesting. It's the same coffee but with Moka, the coffee looks much more strong then the Brikka.

@thestrengthco

Жыл бұрын

That's because there is no air pockets. Try a brikka, the difference in taste is phenomenal.

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

@@thestrengthco Agreed, I had both, I know what both taste like, the Brikka is better and the closest I ever got to coffee shop espresso at home, and it's startlingly similar where with the regular Moka pot it wasn't, in fact, my problem with the regular moka pot is that the taste was all over the map, but mostly bitter not sure why I had that issue, but once I got the Brikka the taste became consistent and nonbitter.

Don't tell a half a bag of ground coffee only makes such a small cup?? I assume the water can be added over and over to make atleast another 3+ cups before starting to lose flavor? If not this has to be the biggest waste of coffee I ever seen

@Rekmeyata

Жыл бұрын

What the heck are you talking about? The Moka pot only takes about 2 tablespoons of coffee to fill the basket depending on the size of the Moka pot.

@SnuffHoover

7 ай бұрын

@@Rekmeyata 2 tablespoons 😂

@Rekmeyata

7 ай бұрын

@@SnuffHoover I'm sorry, I don't get your sense of humor. Did I say something funny?/

Better u improve urself with making coffee 😂

Just appalling. Everything from the American flag in the background, to the pre-ground coffee he uses, to the coloured water that is the result of his efforts. A video on how NOT to make coffee. But this does come from the country that thinks that Starbucks is the height of coffee culture.

@wc5505

3 жыл бұрын

Not trying to fight, just curious but what would you consider "actual" coffee?

@thestrengthco

2 жыл бұрын

​@@wc5505 I would like to know, too.

@cherrycordiaI

2 жыл бұрын

Woah. Snob alert.

@laserspaceninja

2 жыл бұрын

As a bleeding heart liberal coffee lover that drinks some of the best coffee the world has to offer I completely disagree. I love this guy's video so much. Ignore this terrible snobby person.

@DellaStreet123

2 жыл бұрын

@@laserspaceninja People who put down other people for putting up a flag are just as full of themselves as those who thing you are a Commie if you don't have one. And if it wasn't for the flag, you could think that guy was Italian, he has such a no-nonsense attitude about making coffee. And it's extremely common to use pre-ground in Italy. I think freshly-ground tastes much better, but good electric grinders cost plenty of money, and not everybody wants to crank a manual coffee grinder first thing in the morning.