Comments on: Basic Cooking: How to Make Espresso on the Stove

By: JudyB

JudyB — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:08:45 +0000

Thanks so much. My electric pot just stopped working this morning and I was dying for a cup of coffee but couldn’t remember how to use it. The photos are the best!

By: edith ferrara

edith ferrara — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:06:59 +0000

thanks for your lesson. I have one of these pots and my son wants espresso with zambucca for thanksgiving. I took out the pot and did a trial run. the sides of the pot were dripping and sputting. Maybe I didn’t have the top screwed on tight enought. I’ll try again. thank for you help.

By: adrien

adrien — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:27:22 +0000

Another fun way to drink it that my landlord in Italy showed me – put a spoonful of sugar in your espresso cup. Then watch for the very first drips to come out the top of the espresso maker. Catch a spoonful of the first coffee drips and mix them with the sugar until it forms a paste in the bottom of the cup. When you pour your finished espresso in, you will have a gorgeous crema on top = sort of a film which will be a lovely light brown color. It will look just like what they serve in an espresso bar and it’s delicious.

By: KT

KT — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:43:07 +0000

I have to same one and love it! But mine is made for six and there is only one of me drinking it. What ratio of water to coffee should I use so I don’t have to drink 6 cups each morning?

By: Kar

Kar — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:55:40 +0000

My family is Cuban and the way we make our espresso foamy on top, “la espumita”, is by adding a couple tablespoons of sugar to our little carafe and mixing it separately. You put the sugar into the carafe and wait for the first couple drips of espresso and pour a splash into the sugar, just enough to make a pasty, thick mixture. Then you pour in the rest of the espresso.