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Re:The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot (2018) by dredmorbius on Friday November 26, 2021 @05:49AM (#29349077)
To accompany the simple moka pot, buy a simple mechanical bell timer.

Brew time is pretty much precisely 6 minutes.

Set pot on stove, set timer. When bell rings, coffee is ready.

(A timer built into your cooker / microwave can also work, I find their alarms are not loud enough.)

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Re:The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot (2018) by stjohnswarts on Friday November 26, 2021 @05:55AM (#29349113)
It really depends on high you turn on gas/electric
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Re:The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot (2018) by SyzygistSix on Friday November 26, 2021 @07:16AM (#29349575)
In my experience it had more to do with how high the person making the coffee was.
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Re:The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot (2018) by stjohnswarts on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:19PM (#29372556)
Good point.
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Re:The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot (2018) by dredmorbius on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:33AM (#29349270)
Presuming high heat, it's pretty consistent. I've noted this across a dozen or more cooktops.

The surface area of the pot bottom is the limiting factor more than anything else.

Sure, low heat and widely-divergent hobs exist. Standards and conventions help ensure reasonable convergence.

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