Okay, this is driving me crazy... I have a pretty good moka pot back home, and have never had a problem with it; I fill water just below the valve, fill coarse ground coffee to the top of the funnel, make sure the seal is good (I usually wet it a bit), and tighten it securely. In about 5-10 minutes at medium-high heat on my porcelain stove, all the water from the bottom is now coffee in the top.
However, I am not home... so I purchased a moka pot that is, admittedly, not as good as my other. I follow the exact same steps, however I never get more than half of the water coming up as coffee, no matter how long I keep it on, or how high I turn the heat. I am also using a porcelain stove here (I thought at first that it could be because the heat is not constant... it pulses). At the end, there is a lot of steam that comes up, but no more coffee. I have used several different coarses of coffee, hot/cold water, water level, bean amount, stove heat, and even made a little filter paper cutout (I thought the coffee may have been clogging the holes). I am puzzled why it doesnt give me the high yield I am used to?
The only thing I can think of is that the seal is bad, and that the steam is escaping between the bottom compartment and the funnel edge, without building in the bottom and pushing the water up? Is there any way to check for this?
I might just cave and buy a better one. Ideas?
However, I am not home... so I purchased a moka pot that is, admittedly, not as good as my other. I follow the exact same steps, however I never get more than half of the water coming up as coffee, no matter how long I keep it on, or how high I turn the heat. I am also using a porcelain stove here (I thought at first that it could be because the heat is not constant... it pulses). At the end, there is a lot of steam that comes up, but no more coffee. I have used several different coarses of coffee, hot/cold water, water level, bean amount, stove heat, and even made a little filter paper cutout (I thought the coffee may have been clogging the holes). I am puzzled why it doesnt give me the high yield I am used to?
The only thing I can think of is that the seal is bad, and that the steam is escaping between the bottom compartment and the funnel edge, without building in the bottom and pushing the water up? Is there any way to check for this?
I might just cave and buy a better one. Ideas?


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