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Does tap water really make that much of a difference? Anyone tried side by side?
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I have never understood the love for these. They're small, hot as hell, you don't prepare much coffee out of it, the coffee is burning hot, it's easy to fail your coffee, and the taste is most of the time very (too?) bitter. But at least... digestion will indeed be facilitated ^^ Source: my family in Italy became Bialetti cultists, I have to bear it to avoid boring comments on "real" coffee.
I usually make coffee in a cafetière (french press), but in hot weather i like an iced latte. At home I make them with a moka pot; I have a small pot which can make a double espresso, which I needed to run twice to get my daily fix. So I bought a “12 cup” Bialetti, which makes about a pint each time, which is enough to keep me going for a day or two. And yes it took me a while to get the hang of getting it to siphon…
As a coffee enthusiast, I can wholeheartedly vouch each and every one of the points raised in the article, except maybe the tap water and temperature. The biggest upgrade you can do on your setup is getting a proper coffee grinder with burrs and not blades. There's little sense in buying any fancier beans if you're grinding them in store and drinking it over a period of several weeks. In a matter of hours after grind…
I have a manual grinder (Hario) and I really don't like how long it takes to grind the damn things with it. IMNSHO it adds to much friction to the process /rimshot/ and makes it that much less enjoyable. Caveat emptor, basically.