After a mostly happy 10 years of using a standard 9 cup Bialetti moka pot, it was undeniably pitted, rusted, leaky and suboptimal. I decided to do a “quick” search to see what alternatives were out there. I only knew I wanted stainless steel. Many, many, way too many hours later I was mired it choices with a very wide price range that all claimed to be the best and all had similar ratings.
What really made this pot the standout choice was the the “snap on” upper chamber. Being able to get rid of the “screw lid on tight - but not TOO tight” nonsense is a real bonus as I have small woman hands and little patience for it being my fault that my much needed morning coffee was ruined because I was half awake and didn’t screw on a lid with perfect precision. ....And then being forced to unscrew a blazing hot, very tight lid to try again. Another perk absent from many of the other brands is that the base is wider than my 9 cup Bialetti and therefore a better fit on my gas stove. I also found it visually appealing. Still, the $$$ was high and I was worried that I would just be spending an exorbitant amount of money (in my opinion) for coffee I could have made just as well for a third of the price.
When it arrived last week I was immediately impressed with its elegance and beauty. I ran it through the trial brewings per the instructions using cheap, standard pre-ground coffee. I could not believe how well the pot performed on the very first run. The flow of liquid was silky smooth and the seal was perfect. I made the full 6 cups and then the 3 cups using the reducer filter. Both were equally successful. The handle got a bit hot making the 6 cup and I used a towel to pour. But it wasn’t hot enough to leave a burn or make me drop it so I don’t have a problem. I can see the issue others have mentioned with the inside bottom rim being hard to dry, but 30 seconds on the stove at very low heat takes care of it.
After the 2 throwaway pots I used a burr grinder for my good beans, set on a coarse espresso size. Or notch 3 out of 12 with 12 being most coarse.
.....and I suddenly found myself drinking the BEST cup of coffee I have ever made. I was so happy I texted my whole family pictures.
And I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure the coffee is stronger. I am accustomed to drinking a full pot of the 9 cup Bialetti every day. Sometimes 2 pots. I drank a full 6 cup pot from this beauty and I FELT the caffeine. Same coffee beans at the same grind and I buzzed like I haven’t done since I was a teenager eating chocolate covered espresso beans. Totally different feeling. Now I use the reducer and just drink half a pot.
In conclusion....
Where has this beauty been all my life? Who knew wonderful coffee could be SO easy? And at the same time looking like a piece of art on my stove? What more can I say? I’m not just satisfied; I’m thrilled! - and a newly minted coffee snob. :-)
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9090
Alessi
Designer: Richard Sapper
9090 Coffee Maker
"I wanted to give this machinery the features that others do not have." With these words Richard Sapper described the idea from which he started to draw 9090 espresso coffee maker. It is therefore not a banal coffee pot but a real "steam machine" as the author also states. Made of stainless steel 18/10, 9090 is original not only for its special truncated cone shape but also for some functional innovations such as the enlarged base that allows to maximize heat, the anti-drip spout and the lever lock that allow one to open the coffee pot with a simple gesture of the hand.
The Designer
Richard Sapper
Richard Sapper was born in 1932 in Munich, where he pursued courses in philosophy, anatomy and engineering. He began his design career in the styling department of Daimler Benz in Stuttgart, before transferring to Milan, where he worked first for the architect Gio Ponti. In the early 1960s, Sapper began to collaborate with the architect Marco Zanuso together they acted as design consultants for Brionvega. He has developed and designed a wide variety of products, ranging from ships and cars, to computers and electronics, and furniture and kitchen appliances. Richard Sapper has received numerous awards for his products, and his designs are represented in the permanent collections of many museums internationally. He died on 31 December 2015.
The company
Founded in 1921 as a “Workshop for the processing of brass and nickel silver sheet metal, with foundry”, Alessi has always stood out for the high quality of its products. In almost a century of history, the company has gradually evolved to become one of the leading “Factories of Italian design”, capable of applying its expertise and excellence in design management to many different product types. Open to change and international development, Alessi at the same time has a strong bond with the traditions and cultural background of its area and continues to be synonymous with handcrafted objects produced with the help of machines.
Alessigraphy: the geography of Alessi production
Since the Company's Foundation in 1921 the Majority of Alessi Products have Been Manufactured through the Cold Working of Metals, a Tradition that is Kept Alive Today by the Skilled Workers at the Crusinallo Plant in Omegna.
Over time, Alessi also began to work with many other materials, such as porcelain, glass, wood, and plastic. A specific production method was developed for each one. Even when production takes place outside the Crusinallo plant, Alessi’s guidelines ensure the company’s original production quality standards, continuing to reconcile industrial technological complexity with an artisanal eye for detail.
The objects produced from the different materials are manufactured in various production plants across the world. They remain original Alessi objects in that they are conceived with the same design excellence and produced with the same attention to quality that sets the company’s products apart.
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| Sold By | Big Bargains Company | W & P Trading Corporation | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon Global Store UK | Amazon.com |
| capacity | — | 4 cups | 4 cups | 500 milliliters | — | — |
| material | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Aluminum |
| input interface | buttons | touch screen | buttons | buttons | buttons | buttons |
| wattage | 1000 watts | 1000 watts | — | 1000 watts | 1000 watts | 1000 watts |
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| weight | 1.08 pounds | — | 0.48 pounds | 1 kilograms | 0.72 kilograms | 0.94 pounds |
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Does not seal properly when under pressure on initial unit - replacement unit works properly
The particular unit I received has a fabrication flaw (unless others purchasers experience the same flaw). When under pressure, the pressure escapes from the sealed interface shown in the images. This causes only part of the water from the reservoir to push up through the coffee into the coffee maker, effectively rendering the coffee maker useless. The reason is that their is not enough mechanical pressure pushing the top of the coffee maker onto the seal. The handle functions as a latch and when fully latched is supposed to push the top portion onto the bottom water reservoir. One of the images shows the handle fully latched, leaving a gap between the coffee reservoir and the bottom water reservoir. This causes pressure to escape. To highlight the issue, I added a second picture where the handle is only partially latched. In this partially latched state, the gap closes up and the coffee maker functions perfectly. Unfortunately, when partially latched, the coffee maker may "explode" because the handle flies open under pressure (because it isn't properly latched). I bought this just before we went on a long camping trip for the summer and more than 30 days past since I bought this. Now Amazon won't take it back. I am very disappointed. This also not easy to correct myself as the latch holing the handle is welded to the water reservoir.Update from 08-23/2021I contacted Alessi customer service directly since Amazon did not take my unit back. After exchanging pictures and a detailed description of the defect, Alessi USA customer service sent me a new coffee maker as replacement. The replacement unit works perfectly. I measured the latch location on the replacement coffee maker and indeed the latch is about 0.5mm lower ensuring proper sealing once fully latched. At the end I had initially received a coffee maker with a "tolerancing" issue and the replacement unit worked as advertised.
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