Posted by Rachel | Posted in Coffee and Accessories | Posted on 27-06-2008
Tags: bialetti, coffee, espresso, howto, stovetop, stovetop coffee maker, stovetop coffee percolator, stovetop coffee pot, stovetop coffee roaster, stovetop coffee roasting
Italian stovetop espresso maker – to tamp or not to tamp?
My cappuccino maker died a sad death recently (oops, I left it on for about 36 hours). So I’ve hauled out the old aluminum Italian stovetop espresso maker and a nifty plastic milk frother I bought at Ikea. I’m making a tasty coffee, but I’m not tamping too hard – more just pushing a little and leveling off.
Will I get a better cup of coffee if I tamp? I realize I could just give it a try myself, but if it doesn’t work, it takes too darn long to cool that thing off before I can make another cup.
On electric espresso machines you tamp to compress into a puck. You also need a super-fine grind.
On stove-top pots you should never tamp; the coffee grounds will expand when wet (pretty much tamping themselves). Just use a medium-coarse grind and pour into the filter basket in a mound.
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