How to Make Bialetti Coffee

Ever wish you could make a cup of espresso or cappuccino at home like you get at a coffee shop? You can by using a stovetop espresso maker known as a Bialetti coffee maker.
The Bialetti coffee maker was invented nearly a hundred years ago. Water is put into the bottom compartment and a rubber gasket makes an airtight seal when the bottom is attached to the top section.
The coffee grounds are inserted between the top and bottom sections. When the water in the bottom boils, it is forced up through the grounds and then through a pipe into the top chamber.
Coffee from a Bialetti coffee maker is a cross between espresso from an espresso machine and coffee from an electric drip coffeemaker. It is the best coffee you can make at home without buying an expensive espresso machine.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Coffee Filtered water Briolette stovetop coffee maker

1. Disassemble the coffee maker into its three parts: bottom, filter basket and top.

2. Fill the bottom part of the Bialetti coffee maker with filtered water.

3. Insert the filter basket into bottom of Bialetti coffee maker. If the bottom of the filter basket gets flooded, remove it and empty a little water out of the bottom of the coffee maker.

4. Place 1 tbsp. of ground coffee in the filter basket for every espresso-size cup of coffee you're making.

5. Firm down the coffee grounds lightly using the back of a spoon.

6. Run your finger along the rim of the filter basket to remove any stray coffee grounds.

7. Screw on the top part of the Bialetti coffee maker.

8. Put coffee maker on the stove burner. If you are using a gas stove, adjust the flame so it is directly underneath the pot and does not crawl up the side of the coffee maker. If you are using an electric stove, place the coffee maker near the edge of the burner so that the handle is not above the heating element. This step is only necessary if you don't want to melt the handle of your Bialetti coffee maker.

9. Open the top of the coffee maker (it will stay up by itself). Stay by the stove and do not leave the room.

10. When you see the coffee start to come out of the inner spout in the top of the Bialetti coffee maker, close the cover and stand by. It will start to make hissing and gurgling noises.

11. When the coffee maker stops hissing and gurgling, the coffee is done. Remove it from the heat immediately.

Tips & Warnings

• Bialetti coffee makers are available in sizes that make from 2 to 18 espresso size cups of coffee.
• This is not a coffee maker you can put on the stove and forget. Stay in the kitchen while you are using a Bialetti coffee maker so you don't burn the coffee.

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[gwskaff]

on 4/17/2009 Great Instructions! But what is the recommended size coffee ground for the Bialetti?