It’s a coffee pot. Some people call it a moka pot but I find that confusing as I always think of mocha, the drink?
I call it a stove top pot.
A couple of years ago I inherited a bit of money and bought a Sage barista pro. The coffee pot ended up in the back of the cupboard but last weekend I went camping – it was a 24-hour endurance event where you have to do laps – and I took the coffee pot with me.
Let’s just say I fell in love with it again. For years I used it on my gas hob. Where we live now we have an induction hob – this pot is designed precisely for that. It’s really quick, too. The coffee is ready in pretty much the same time it takes to boil the kettle.
I belong to a coffee club – beanz.com – they send me beans for my Sage but for the coffee pot I use Lavazza red.
I like the Sage but I love the coffee pot. It’s more hands on. So simple, just 3 parts and it comes apart really easily. I used to have the more traditional, hexagonal coffee pot but bought this one on Ebay for a good price. It’s a design icon I think – designed by Richard Sapper. It’s very elegant – I do like the traditional moka pot too but love this one – the coffee tastes better in this than in a traditional moka.
What is good design? For me, something that is well designed is something you can use either every day, or once in a while and, no matter which, the feeling when you use it is that you are grateful for its existence. You appreciate it.
I am grateful for the existence of lots of things. My coffee pot is one of them.
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