The humble brilliance of Italy’s Moka Coffee Pot

Atlas Obscura:

The moka pot is a symbol of Italy: of postwar ingenuity and global culinary dominance. It is in the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, and other temples to design. It is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most popular coffee maker, and was for decades commonplace to the point of ubiquity not only in Italy but in Cuba, Argentina, Australia, and the United States.

It’s also widely misunderstood and maligned, with approval in the modern coffee world coming perhaps a bit too late, in only the past few years. Get one while you can.

If you love coffee but don’t have a Moka Pot (or a “caffettiera” as an Italian girlfriend who turned me on to them called it), then you don’t actually love coffee. Buy one for yourself (Amazon affiliate link) or a fellow coffee lover this Christmas.