There is no "stovetop espresso", there is only good, strong Moka pot coffee.

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ANy coffee afficionado will tell you that espresso is its very own thing. True espresso (N.B. not 'expresso") is made by a machine that uses pressures of around 8 atmospheres to force very hot water through a dense cake of finely-ground coffee. It needs a particular build of machine to make it, and nothing else comes close to it. When people use the phrase "stovetop espresso", they mean a generic moka pot and possibly specifically, the Bialetti Moka Express. I admit (opinion incoming) that this is one of the things that grinds my gears when people use the phrase, and I'd happily see it expunged from language along with "preground coffee".

th moka pot will make a good strong, hearty cup of coffee, anything from 1 cup (and by that, read 'demi-tasse espresso-sie cup) to a family-sized 18 cups. It is not close to

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