Bialetti

In 1930s Italy, Alfonso Bialetti invented a brewing system that revolutionized the process of domestic coffee brewing throughout Italy and soon the rest of the world. Based on his observations of Italian laundry equipment at that time, Bialetti imagined a brewing system that brewed coffee by passing pressurized boiling water through ground coffee. The result was the iconic Bialetti Moka Pot or Bialetti percolator, patented in 1933 and still in use globally today.

While the flavor of Moka Pot coffee depends greatly on a number of factors, including the coffee bean variety, level of roast, size of the grind, quality of water and the quantity of heat used, Moka Pots produce coffee with an extraction ratio higher than that of a conventional espresso machine. The resulting coffee brew has a higher concentration of caffeine and flavours from the coffee grounds when compared to drip or filter brewed coffee. In addition, Moka Pots can create a highly desirable, thick foam-emulsion called Crema, that is favoured by coffee enthusiasts. To this end, the Bialetti Brikka was designed with a special pressure regulator valve to enhance production of crema.

For almost a century, Bialetti has continued to craft high-quality, innovative coffee products that offer distinctive styling and simple easy-to-use functionality.  With over two hundred million units manufactured, today, Bialetti products can be found in nine out of ten Italian households. Bialetti’s product offering has expanded to include stove-top, induction and electric models of different brewing capacities. For example the stainless steel Bialetti Venus.