![]() ![]() In a way it reminds me about violin-making evolution after Stradivarius and his contemporary masters, the violin evolution has stopped. Over 200 million pots of this type have been produced since 1933. ![]() This design has been used from the beginning in the Moka pot. Water is heated in the lower container and forced by its own steam up, through the metal filter and through the coffee powder into the upper container. The principle of making coffee in all of them is similar. Steel pot (Musa, Venus, Kitty, Laroma, Ilsa types).There are several types of Bialetti coffee makers available: Principle of Bialetti coffee maker, from Wikipedia, by Alborzagros. The pot has a safety valve, so you do not have to worry about pressure built in the heated vessel. As a proud Belgian citizen I cannot resist and wish to add that bakelite is a sort of plastic, i.e., more precisely poly-oxy-benzyl-methylene-glycolan-hydride, invented in New York in 1907 by a Belgian-born chemist Baekeland.īut let us go back to Bialetti they have produced a large number of things including several models of stove top coffee pots.īialetti coffee post are used throughout the world, in Italy almost every house has at least one, in fact usually several of different size. The pot is made of solid aluminum and with a bakelite handle. He acquired the original invention by Luigi De Ponti, and that is how Moka coffee pot appeared first. According to Wikipedia, Bialetti (1888–1970) was an engineer. Being intrigued with the pot, I did some research on this subject and here is what I have found.īialetti family started their business about 80 years ago. Now back from my sentimental part of the story to the facts. Bialetti stove top coffee pot – some history With a gas stove, it works just fine, see the photo above from the mountain refuge. Though there is a bakelite handle (see more below) which might be affected by the fire. You can see my Bialetti here used under the summit of Razor in the Slovenian Alps. I have not used it to prepare coffee on an open fire, making an open fire in the Alps is mostly prohibited, but I guess it would still work. It will work fine regardless if you use it on a hot plate in the kitchen or with a gas burner in your outdoor camp. Indeed you can use it anywhere, even if you go camping, or travel on vacations. Should I add that after this episode this is my only tool for making a coffee. My own Bialetti coffee pot – silver color. So here below is this same Italian coffee pot which I received as a present that day in Livigno. I was so delighted with it that later in Livigno my friend decided to buy me one as a present. Surprisingly, coffee was available and we prepared it using the pot. One of my friends, who was from Japan, explained that this was an Italian stove top coffee pot, well-known and popular even in Japan. There was a strange object there, in fact, two of them, see the picture here on the right, this is the actual photo from the mountain refuge. My first encounter with a Bialetti stove top coffee pot. Refuge at the lake (at 2606 meters above the sea) on Monte Breva. The ambient is simply breathtaking, just see the picture below. This is an object without a guardian, always open, and equipped with cooking stuff including both a gas and a wood stove. Four of us were climbing Monte Breva (Piz la Stretta) mountain in Livigno area in Italy, and due to rain we were forced to find shelter for a few hours in a refuge at Lago del Monte (2606 m), see the picture below. ![]() ![]() My first encounter with the Bialetti stove top coffee pot was in rather unusual circumstances. How I discovered the Italian coffee maker Bialetti It is simply always with me, regardless where I go. So for me, everything related to the Bialetti coffee pot is very much connected with mountains, although I use it at home as well. Here, I describe the pot and how I first discovered it somewhere in the Italian Alps. This is also an ideal choice as a gift to somebody who drinks coffee. But in fact, it is more than that, suitable both for home and outdoor use, and for travel as well. This Bialetti Espresso Maker review is about a stove top coffee pot which is perhaps not so typical camping tool. ![]()
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