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Pros & Cons
Pros
The cx-25 seems to brew slightly different tasting coffee (richer) with a bit thicker consistency than a moka pot. The physics behind this apparatus is pretty much like the moka pots, except you have control over how much pressure builds up. I buy my ... Read More
Invert the rubber stopper on the center pole. Boil water first.
Cons
The small diameter of the pot means everything gets hot from the flames on my gas top. Some people construct their own littler paper filters, but i never got anything other that murky coffee. All i can taste when i froth the milk is the rubber gaskete... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Its well built has quality orings and the stainless is high quality
I use the smallest basket and completely full of water to extract a 12 cup of crema that i make 2 very good lattes with
The amount of crema depends on your beans and doesnt necessarily indicate the quality of a shot
Believe them when they say espresso grind is too fine and may clog up the works
Competitiveness
After getting a bialetti moka express moka pot and loving the coffee brewed with it i decided to experience some more and ended... Read More
I also found this espresso maker selling a lot cheaper at wayfair and walmart for about 93
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good, great, hot, little and easy. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 43 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 17 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Coffee it says can be boiledsteamedpressurized for about 3060 seconds before the user has to open up the valve and let the coffee drip out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I do not know if this is for safety but the point is you can let the pressure build inside safely for upto 5 minutes according to the manual
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One core difference between this unit and a moka pot is that with the cx25 it is instructed in the manual to pack the coffee down and level it off as you might do when using an actual espresso machine
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In other words you are to tamp it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Note you cannot use a tamper due to the 34 inch cylinder that extends up in the center of the funnel
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The unit is quite ugly kind of looks like a pressure deepfriers bastard child but you can always put it away in a cupboard when not in use i guess
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also make sure you have a wet rag handy to wipe off the steamer as soon as you finish steaming otherwise the steamer gets so hot that it burns the milk foam that gets left on the outside of it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The bad difficult and cumbersome to handle
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