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Product Info
The Bodum Chambord Stovetop Espresso Maker lets coffee lovers prepare and serve shots of their favorite brew at home. This stylish unit brews quality, delicious, authentic espresso in practically no time at all - at a tiny fraction of the price of an expensive espresso machine, 3-cup, 0.35-litre. How do I use it?. Pour water in the bottom container up to the MAX mark. Insert the funnel-shaped metal filter. Add fine ground coffee to the filter. Tighten the upper part (which has a second metal filter and a silicone gasket at the bottom) onto the water container. Place the espresso maker on a heat source making sure that the handle is not directly over heat. When the water boils, the steam will reach a high enough pressure to gradually force its way through the ground coffee, and pass through to the upper chamber. As soon as all of the espresso has reached the upper chamber, you will hear a sputtering sound - the sign that the coffee is ready to serve. Pour the coffee directly from the upper chamber and enjoy a perfect cup of espresso. What kind of ground coffee do I need? Fine: Smoother to the touch, a little finer than granular sugar or table salt. How do I clean this product? Wash the stainless steel espresso maker soon after letting it cool down to minimize staining. Cleaning in the sink will suffice too. Do not put the aluminum espresso makers in the dishwasher as discoloration may occur. Note: Do not screw the espresso maker together while it is still wet. Store the parts separately. Tip: Use a microfiber cloth to wipe the outside dry. This will help to maintain the mirror finish.
Features
- Excellent way to brew a strong cup of espresso without an expensive machine that takes up too much counter space
- Aluminum body with heat resistant bakelite handle
- Stovetop brewer makes steaming espresso in 4-5-minute
- For use on gas, ceramic, and electric stovetops
- Available in two sizes (3-cup and 6-cup) and in four colors (shiny aluminum, shiny stainless steel, matte stainless steel and coated matte black)
Customer Reviews
Mr. H
I love this thing. I don't like calling it an "espresso maker" since it doesn't make anything that resembles espresso. That doesn't detract from the device, but let's call a duck a duck here. This is a moka coffee maker. One of many varieties of coffee. It should be called moka coffee. That's what it is. You have drip coffee, french press coffee, instant coffee, etc.. now you have moka coffee.The quality of construction is what sets this apart. If you pick up any of the sub $30 models from other makers, the machining is rough, the interior rough, and the metal is very thin. The Bodum has a little craftsmanship in it and there's some work put into the fit and finish. It looks future retro. The kind of thing that someone designed in 1935 thinking of what a coffee pot would look like in 1987. If that makes any sense. Future retro in that World's Fair kind of way.I bought this after trying a Primula pot. What a difference. There's more holes in the basket, the holes are finer, the handle is a much more durable construction and doesn't get hot at all. Because it has such thick walls, it holds heat very well. It takes a lot longer to heat up, but the difference is 2-3 minutes more than other pots I tried.You will get enough moka coffee to fill about two 6 ounce cups with room for cream. That's what I love about moka coffee. Even after adding milk or cream, the coffee isn't watered down. There's a nice fullness and just a teensy amount of coffee grit that comes though to the cup. If you've ever had french press coffee, you can feel that fullness and thickness that comes though. This has a little of that as well, but more zing from the moka process. The coffee chamber walls are smooth, so you don't get a lot of greasy buildup from the oils. It takes nothing more than a little wipe to clean the thing out.One tip: don't let water sit in the bottom. There's going to be a little dribble of water that remains in the bottom chamber after use. You need to clean it out. Coffee grinds fall into the bottom and stain the interior. Then if you are very careless, you will find mold growing in it. I did not have this issue with the Bodum, but trust me, I was dumb enough to leave some water in another moka pot for about a week and the mold thanked me. That pot had to be trashed.If you pick one of these up, just run water though it the first time. Then the second time, find some junky drip coffee to run though it. Trash that coffee too. Don't drink it. You're set now for the third time, and the first brew worth drinking. It seems like the oils need to season the metal a bit or you get a funny flavor from the aluminum. I don't use soap on mine either. Just a rag. In short, approach it the same way as cast iron cookware and you'll be fine.Maybe a little overkill, but using a flame burner vs electric works better too. I actually use a camp stove. Electric works fine, but I like being able to keep the heat directly under the chamber without cooking the handle and o-rings. It's a little hard to do that with an electric range.
Bradley J. Brisco
This coffee maker (we use it all for two cups of coffee vs. 6 - 2 ounce shots of expresso) makes a smooth tasty cup of coffee. We buy fresh roasted beans from Whole Foods and the first pot I ground the beans too fine, which produced the best flavored cup so far, even though the direction say to grind to medium.We decided to compare the Bodum, with our favorite coffee maker, the coffee press. I made 2 pots simultaneously next to each other, used the same beans (though less in the Bodum pot due to capacity limitations) and filtered water and surprisingly, there was a distinct difference in the taste produced. Smoother. No bitterness at all in this Bodum maker, while my once preferred over all others, coffee press, seemed more acidic and lacked that silky smooth flavor that seemed to just permeate my coffee taste buds. So delicious! While it reminds me of a mini version of my parents old perculator coffee pot, it tastes and looks much more sophisticated.So while initially we were quite impressed with the rich, smooth flavor the maker produced, I have been disappointed the capacity of the pot and the difficulty in making a second pot without waiting for the unit to cool. In the midst of one of these taste experiments, I decided to not tighten the base water container so tightly in the hopes of being able to twist it off more easily to make that second pot... not a good idea! Coffee began spurting out the seam and it was a mess. But my fault, not a defect in the pot. Otherwise a great little pot that perks out a delicious, smooth and glorious flavored brew!
James Morris
The first problem with this item was the overbearing odor of machine oil that filled my nostrils when I opened it for the first time. The instruction book, of course, mentioned the pot should be cleaned thoroughly before the first use, but that presented a problem when the book cautioned that the machine should be cleaned with water only. I was not convinced that water alone could do it. Sure enough, numerous washings later, the aluminum Espresso pot still had the vague if not overpowering odor of machine oil about it.We decided to give it a shot. I had invited over a couple of Espresso aficionados to help me judge the first batch. I will say that the pot made a quick, full six servings of Espresso, but the pot unfortunately still smelled like machine oil after we finished making the first brew. One of us was brave enough to taste it, and reported that the Espresso was not bad at all. The coffee -- if not the pot -- was free of any oily taste or smell, and the second taster reported that he liked it very much.I would have given this at least four stars for the price, simplicity and overall result, except that darn oil odor ruined our appetite for what we were hoping was a quick desert beverage. I am hoping that a few uses of this very economical alternative to an expensive Espresso machine will rid the pot of the oily odor.UPDATE: TWO MONTHS LATER - The pot has lost the odor that was so off-putting when it first came out of the box. The coffee -- I mean, espresso -- is great. I use it for company all the time and everybody loves the brew. Definitely worth the money if you're seeking a bargain-priced espresso maker!
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