Very nice coffee maker
I just received this today so keep that in mind. However, I really like it. I needed this because my partners Bialetti crapped out on me and became stuck closed so I can’t put grounds in it. Maybe it’s just me being weak, we’ll see if he can open it when he comes home from a work trip but I even used a hammer trying to get it to budge and it will not. So I ordered myself a smaller one to use. I like that this is Stainless Steel. Wouldn’t have thought the Bialetti to be aluminum but apparently it is and I prefer to stay away from aluminum if I can help it. I did read the reviews for this before I bought it. One guy who gives it less than 5 stars does have a couple valid points but I can get over them. One of them is the groove along the bottom of the liquid coffee chamber. It does seem like that will be hard to clean but this is just for coffee and I tend to rinse out the container after every use. We’ll see how it goes. The other somewhat valid point he has is that there is no silicone covering any part that you might need to touch such as the handle or the top piece to lift the lid. I don’t find using a towel to grab any of those pieces as a huge inconvenience so I’m okay with it. So far though it has not been an issue. When I used it this morning the coffee brewed very fast, between 3-5 minutes and those two pieces were actually not too hot. The actual lid to the top chamber was hot but I could still grab the middle knob. The guy also complained about the rivets for screwing on the top chamber, I had no problem with that. It was way easier to screw on compared to the Bialetti. All in all, this is a great coffee maker, works very well, good value for being stainless steel. Perfect size for me. I think it will last a long time too. Oh, I also saw people complain about rust. Stainless steel is rust resistant, not rust proof. I think this will continue to be a very nice piece if I just let it dry out completely and not keep liquids in it for extended amounts of time. Read more















