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

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Any coffee aficionado 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 ("puck") 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 "pre-ground coffee".

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

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