mokapot

after some research into the safety of aluminium, i picked up a bialetti dama mokapot:

a mokapot is a "stovetop espresso machine". evidently, you'll find one in every italian household. calling the coffee it produces "espresso" is quite a stretch, it's really more like strong coffee.

i've got 2 espresso-suitable roasted coffees on hand (barefoot's element 114, and a local shop's (Mocha on Hillsdale) "dark italian blend"), and i don't love either one of them even via silvia, so i won't pass negative judgement on the dama until i've had some more practice and used some more likable beans.

still, it's a serviceable cup, not bitter or icky. nowhere near the body of real, crema-laden espresso, but much more body than drip or french press.

my current collection of brewing apparati:
- miss silvia
- 3 french presses of various sizes plus one broken french press (oops)
- swissgold pourover cone
- paper filtercones
- mokapot as of today
- 2 ibriks of different sizes for the turkish coffee

i've got a vacpot on the way, too. that should be fun.

i've never dared to make cowboy coffee, but I reckon i could if i was trapped in the wilderness without matches and mokapot.

other than silvia, i'm not big on electrical brewing appliances. i enjoy the process of manual coffee extraction. well, not manual in the sense that i'm pulling the oils outta the beans with my fingers, but you get the idea. having said that, i've now doomed myself to purchase a technivorm. huzzah!