No, I don’t own this one. I just love the interlocking handle design.
By Prodotti Stella. https://coffeecompanion.com/2011/10/stella-neapolitan/
Manufacturer’s stamp somewhere on the handle
Unfortunately, Stella doesn’t make these anymore. According to an Etsy listing for one of these, they stopped making them around the year 2000. A Wayback Machine search on their website prodottistella.com doesn’t list any coffee makers as far back as the earliest capture in 2001.
Also a video of someone using this thing: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=676437633208177
I do have to say that the filter cap doesn’t look that secure, and would be easy to get out of shape.
Interesting. It has a David Lynchian weirdness to it. I imagine setup and cleanup probably pretty similar to a mokapot. Would love to do a taste test comparing it to that.
Having both a moka and a cucumella, I like the brew from my cucumella more.
It’s strong, but not quite moka pot strong.
The brew tastes sweet, but not moka pot burnt, and it has a little viscosity to it, but doesn’t cling to the walls of my mug like a moka pot brew.
I also like having a little volume to my morning coffee. The volume from my little 1-2 cup moka pot just feels disappointing and over too quickly.
I also like the process of brewing from my cucumella better. The moka pot just seems fussy, because it actually requires boiling the water in the moka pot itself, and if you use the James Hoffman/Wired Gourmet on-and-off burner technique to reduce the burned flavor, it’s just too much work.
Whereas I can just add pre-boiled water to my cucumella, flip it over, and it’s done dripping in about 1-2 minutes.
In the longer term, there are no gaskets to replace on cucumellas, so less operating costs and worries later too.
Cleaning my moka pot feels like a chore: Mainly trying to get that filter funnel out of the bottom is awfully fiddly. I’m working on pushing in the sides of the funnel so my fingers have someplace to lever it out.
Well damn, I’ve been thinking about getting a Moka pot, but this is really piquing my interest.
They both give very different brews, don’t take up much space (looks at siphon brewer), and are relatively affordable, and easy to find used or new.
The Neopolitan flip pot, of which this is a representative, is basically the predecessor of the Moka Pot. Alfonso Bialetti took a lot of inspiration from the Neopolitan when designing the original Moka