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    Brevet de la cafetière Moka - Alfonso Bialetti, 1933

    • there is a valve in the top?mydo
    • Classic. Grandfather of Alberto Alesside4k
    • Huh. I've been overfilling all this time? I fill to the base of the filter plate :\Nairn
    • Pretty sure there's no valve in the top of the ones we have at home.Nairn
    • Aluminum = Alzheimer’sGnash
    • I thought that had been debunked? I know I avoided aluminium foodware for years.Nairn
    • ^ just not enough clear evidence. I’m still not risking itGnash
    • Mind, if you eat at restaurants, you’re eating aluminum. I just don’t use it at homeGnash
    • it must be some really cheap restaurant, they haven't heard of food grade stainless steel.sted
    • Nope. Pretty much every kitchen, even the top ones, use loads of aluminumGnash
    • There’s usually a little full line on the inside. Filter plate way too high.BH26
    • Well, it's worked so far - but yeah, I never thought about the logic of filling over the pressure valve thingie!Nairn
    • There is a stainless steel version too. It's round, not octagonal though.Milan
    • there is an eastern european version of this what is stainless steel, heavy and robust as fuck, we used one for 20 years.
      I just bought an original one
      sted
    • and it's a complete disaster compared to the old family cooker. wasted half a day to learn about these. it has 4 main versions and f knows how many iterationssted
    • where just a few details are different.sted
    • Just checked in with 'er indoors about my filling level and she responded "Come deve esser, va benecosì" which I think is foreign. Or she's having a stroke.Nairn
    • https://www.cooksill…imbecile

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