New Venus 6 Cups

I recently visited family in Spain and was introduced to the mocha pot. I wanted to reproduce the experience and taste at home and purchased this device after carefully reviewing many other offerings. After several weeks of use, I can confidently say that I made a good purchase. The unit is built like a stainless steel tank and produces wonderfully delicious and consistent espresso. I suspect this device will outlast me and become a family heirloom. Please note that you have to pay attention to the water tank size. Espresso is measured in two ounce cups. My unit can make three cups at a time. This means a total of six ounces of espresso per brew. If you need more, make sure you purchase the correct size to suit your needs. I used my coffee maker on a standard electric cook top and it works perfectly.

This is an absolutely AMAZING moka pot. If you’re not sure if you should buy this one, buy it. I will tell you exactly why this is an amazing product and the steps to keep it that way. I wanted to give it some time before I wrote a review on this since I have seen others have said their moka pot has either rusted or had something else unfortunate happen. It has been about 3 weeks since I’ve had this and I have had NO issues. The most important part about using this moka pot is to clean it thoroughly. I would assume that the buyers who reported that theirs rusted did not care for them properly. Once you finish, rinse your moka pot with warm water and dry each part completely with a paper towel/towel. I have been making coffee with this wonderful product everyday and it never fails to disappoint. The thing about moka pots is that the product itself will almost always perform perfectly, and the issues are almost always caused by the owners own mistakes. With proper usage and proper care, this moka pot will pour out amazing coffee each time. Here are the steps: Step 1: Once you get the moka pot, open the manual and do a quick read of the simple instructions. There could be a few things you didn’t know, so it’s important just to give it a look. Step 2: Fill the basket up with coffee grounds. You can either use a scale or just fill the coffee up to the top of the basket and level it out. I’m pretty sure the baskets are designed to be filled up all the way. DO NOT tamp your grounds. This is to ensure that water can easily pass through the grounds. The most you should ever do is tap the sides of the basket to level out the grounds. (I do not tap the basket down or tap the sides anymore because I found that the water still has a difficult time passing through this way as well) Step 3: Pre-boil some water. Many people say it’s important to use hot water so the coffee grounds are not in contact with heat for too long therefore preventing the grounds from burning and causing an unpleasant flavor. Step 3: Turn the stovetop on to medium heat. If temperature is too high the extraction with happen too quickly. Medium is perfect. Step 4: Pour pre-boiled water into the bottom chamber. Fill just below the steam valve. If you fill too much and the water blocks the steam valve, the pressure could build up and your moka pot could explode. So this is a very important step. Step 5: Drop basket into the bottom chamber Step 6: Screw on the top of the moka pot all the way. Use a towel to grab the base so you don’t burn yourself. Step 7: Place the moka pot on the stove and watch the magic happen. You’ll see the coffee start to fill up the upper chamber and once you hear it start to sputter you will take it off and run the bottom under cold water to stop the brewing process. There you go! You’ve just made amazing moka pot coffee. Now, because moka pots rely heavily on how you use it, there’s many ways you can tweak the process and develop your own brewing technique. The steps I gave you are just the basics. Okay so real quick. When you clean the moka pot remember to dry it THOROUGHLY. Separate all three parts of the moka pot. Rise each part with warm water. The bottom part and basket are the easiest to clean because one only has water in it and the other is just a small basket. The top part is still extremely easy to clean, but because this is where the coffee sits it takes about a second more to clean. Just make sure you get all the coffee out so your next brew is as fresh as it can be. Now when you dry, simply just take a paper towel and get all the water out. Make sure it’s completely dry so you don’t run into any issues. When you’re done, just assemble it as normal and don’t screw the top part on too tight. Leave it attached but keep it loose. This is to make sure you don’t wear out the rubber gasket. There’s so much more information on the internet that will teach you how to use it even better, but I hope this helps too!

First off, I did extensive research on this and other moka pots before my purchase. It is frustrating to see so many off-the-cuff questions from people who clearly didn't do their homework regarding this amazing product. Following are my thoughts. 1. The inside of the lower boiler appears to be sandblasted to aid in a more rapid boil. It is NOT coated with any other material; ie Teflon, nor is it carcinogenic. It is bare stainless metal. Holy heck, people — let it go. Comments like this are very damaging regarding the perception of this company’s product. 2. Be very careful when washing and drying the inside lip of the lower boiler. It has a very sharp edge that easily cut my finger. I’m going to take some 1500-grit sandpaper and carefully knock this edge off so it doesn’t happen again. 3. The inner gasket and screen are very secure. The overall fit and finish (and YES it is made in China) are top notch. I’m very impressed with the quality. The design is very appealing and the unit is compact; it will be a constant companion on my counter. 4. The valve is solid - no issues. Some people have complained about a whistling noise; i can state that if you follow the instructions you will not have a problem. The valve itself is manufactured in Italy. 5. Contrary to what many are saying about initial use, i did wash the individual parts in very hot soapy dishwater and rinsed carefully before i used it for the first time. To be blunt — not following through on this step is just plain gross. You have no idea what this unit went through during the manufacturing process, or how many people handled it and under what conditions. Wash the damn thing in soapy water before you use it. After that, it requires minimal maintenance. 6. I have a package of premium Lavazza Crema e Gusto on order. For now i used Peet’s Big Bang® whole bean coffee ground fine in my spice grinder. The taste was a bit sour but that’s the fault of the beans, not the pot. A VERY strong full mug of espresso. I’m glad i purchased the 6 cup for this purpose. One mug is all i need to get started with my morning. 7. This unit blows my French press away. I tired of having to wait for water to boil and then steep for four minutes before i could have a cup using the French press. The Bialetti Venus is so quick. It’s a game changer. I most likely will not be using my wife’s Keurig either. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND A GREAT PRICE. Read the instruction sheet before use. UPDATE - December 15, 2022: After using this every day and carefully reviewing YouTube techniques for getting the most out of this pot, I determined that the first "sour" cup of coffee i referenced above was the result of a too coarse grind and brewing it too quickly, so the extraction process could not get the full, smooth body out of the grind. (From what i recall, the actual brew time was a little over one minute.) If your cup is sour, ensure you have fresh, quality beans ground finely for use in a Moka. The percolation "sweet spot" time for this brewer is between 2 and 3 minutes once the coffee enters the top chamber. I have a Maytag gas range with a small burner at the back right of the unit. This burner is PERFECT for this use because you can dial it down to an absolute minimum for the optimal brew time. (See photo.) If your beans are ground more finely, the brew time will take a bit longer because the steam extraction is forced through a more dense grind. DO NOT TAMP THE COFFEE OR RUSH THE BREW PROCESS. 2-3 minutes actual brew time once the coffee starts percolating out of the top chamber port is key. Espresso grind may be too fine for this pot. It should be a bit more coarse but still finely ground. Experiment and take notes on the settings for your particular grinder. Finally, watch the gush of steam and froth at the end of the brew time — if it is too aggressive you risk turning the coffee bitter. Both Peet's® Big Bang whole bean and Lavazza Crema e Gusto (espresso grind) work wonderfully in this unit. In fact, I was surprised that the Peet's gives Lavazza a run for its money, price-wise. Simply a wonderful cup of coffee to look forward to every morning! 1/16/23 UPDATE: I am posting this to help others with finding replacement gaskets for their Bialetti Venus 6-cup moka pot. I wanted to plan ahead and have a couple gaskets on hand when my gasket eventually fails. After researching, i selected this product which, as stated in their description, is a genuine Bialetti replacement — although the gaskets are made of RUBBER, not silicone as was supplied in my original Venus moka pot. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KG8FT2?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder-t1_ypp_rep_k0_1_27&amp=&crid=37RHY9D1CB4VZ&sprefix=bialetti%2B6%2Bcup%2Bvenus%2Bgasket&th=1 After testing, I must report it was nothing short of a disaster. The rubber replacement gaskets (you get three in the pack) are not to spec and fit much tighter than the original silicone one - being about a millimeter in diameter smaller, and noticeably thicker. As a result, the coffee, when brewed, spurted out in a thick tar-like sludge and there was a hissing noise in the boiler that had never happened before. The brewed cup was bitter and unusable — i drank only half and poured the rest out. I can only deduce that due to the much tighter gasket tolerances, the extraction process was too hot, even at the lowest gas setting on my small burner. I tried to remove the rubber gasket and found it was so tight i had to cut it out in sections using an x-acto knife. The gasket on inspection was stained and deformed after only one use. The average life, I’m told is only five months, on average. This is why the original silicone is far superior. On a side note the replacement filter screen that comes with the gaskets is a cheap aluminum facsimile of the original stainless steel one. AVOID THIS REPLACEMENT PRODUCT. It states it is made in Italy but looks Chinese. You will be disappointed. Lastly, after contacting Bialetti’s American office in New Jersey regarding these issues and my request to secure an original silicone replacement gasket, i never got a response back, after two followups. Really frustrated by their lack of response. So, where can i find an alternative gasket replacement? After extensive reviews, i found a YouTube video regarding this product made by LitOrange (China.) They are silicone and are exactly the same dimensional specs. For all i know, they supplied the original gasket for the Venus, since the pot is also manufactured in China. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VM8QBK6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 They are arriving today and I will be reviewing this week. I hope this helps others in securing a quality replacement gasket for their Venus brewer.

Oh bialetti, how I love thee <3 so I have been on a mission to get the best cup of coffee with no plastic involved. I like a French press, but it's quite a particular process for me to get it exactly how I like it, and ideally I could have a programmable coffee maker so my coffee was ready to go soon as I woke up, so babysitting a French press isn't exactly ideal. Similar feelings towards a pour over. So I was about to pre-order the programmable simply good coffee maker, decided $500 was worth it. When I found a four cup moka pot at Goodwill for 10 bucks. This was an excellent cup of coffee produced. The only problem was the quantity was too small. So after a few weeks of brewing two pots a day, I decided to investigate, sure enough, you can get a monster version of these moka pots. Which brings me to to the 10 cup bialetti. It's 2.5 times the amount of water as my four cup, only two times the amount of grounds, and somehow it produces a much stronger cup of Joe! JSo strong that I have been rambling my boyfriend's ear off all morning about how great this coffee maker is, he's just left work, hence my need to turn to Amazon for my platform to profess my love for this coffee maker! This makes a cup of coffee that is strong like bear! My preferred method is to boil the water first in my kettle, and fill the reservoir with that, I use a dish towel to insulate as I screw it together and it comes to boiling very quickly without risk of burning beans. At this point I'm just using standard pre-ground coffee, and that seems to be a good grind for this method. I'm so pleased with this purchase, if you like a strong cup of coffee, like bear, I highly suggest it.

Been using this pot for a couple months now, and the coffee is great. However, I found something MOST PEOPLE MISSED since I don't see it in the reviews! There's a TINY GAP between the wall and bottom of the main coffee pot. It's pretty hard to tell at first glance but I noticed that even when rinsing the pot clean and drying it upside down, I see stains of coffee drip off it. I was so confused since I thought I wiped every surface free of coffee until I saw THE GAP. There's definitely a layer of coffee silt that just settled and hardened at the bottom, and me being a clean freak, it's bothering me that every batch of coffee I make from now on also touches that layer of old coffee. But idk, maybe it will enhance the flavor like how restaurants use 100 year old broth or sourdough starter 😅. Other notes: The "4 cups" detail is not your American cups, maybe espresso size? but to be honest I get 2 servings from a pot when making lattes (since they are mostly milk) My filter didn't collapse, and I don't see rust like the pictures in the reviews, although I do see some rust forming on the valve on the inside of the water chamber, but I figured since it shouldn't touch the water it's ok. (Maybe temperature or water type (hard/soft) may affect rust formation?) If you don't overfill the basket with grounds and you use the pot as instructed (use lower temps, etc) you should expect a good cup of espresso-like coffee. 👍 I also preboil my water to avoid the bitter coffee taste. Another note: the gasket and filter can be removed for cleaning easily with a spoon. But it doesn't require much force, so be careful not to dent the metal. Overall it's a nice pot, minus the impossible to clean gap. I recommend it if you don't want to buy an espresso machine but want a coffee closer to espresso.

This coffee maker is great - super convenient and quick, all metal (aside from the gasket), not aluminum, and it's easy to clean every part. It's just what I was looking for and couldn't find with electric coffee makers at a reasonable price. Plus it takes up much less space! The way it makes your coffee customizable by brewing strong concentrations is a bonus for me, as I'm not a coffee enthusiast, just a casual coffee drinker. I really enjoy this feature more than I expected, especially if I want to share the coffee with someone else who has different tastes. I hesitated to buy this because of the reviews saying their item rusted, stained, or molded (???) on the inside quickly. But since Bialetti is reputable and there aren't really any alternatives with a similar reputation, I chalked this up to user error and I'm so glad that I did. Stainless steel CAN stain or rust if you don't take care of it properly, it just takes more abuse for that to happen. This item is definitely all stainless steel - the inside parts look and feel nothing like the aluminum Bialetti that my dad has. The instructions are really clear that you need to rinse after every use and keep every part dry. I rinse, thoroughly towel dry, and store it taken apart on a towel every time I use it. Dry wash cloth, paper towel, whatever - just get it as dry as possible and then let the rest of the moisture air dry. Keep the lid open. If you put it back together immediately and leave the lid closed, it can't air dry. I haven't had any issues. Staining can happen from not properly rinsing it and letting the coffee grounds build up and leak the next time you make coffee. My dad's old aluminum Bialetti is VERY stained on the outside because of this. Even then, it's not like the staining breaks it, and a bit of water staining is not going to hurt you at all. But if you care about keeping it nice for as long as possible like I do, be sure to rinse and dry after every use and descale with vinegar every once in a while. Additionally, please follow the instruction of brewing and trashing three times before use. There is clear industrial oil inside the parts when you first get it. This is unavoidable. Personally, I broke the rules and used dish soap before brewing and trashing since it's not aluminum. The only thing about the design that I don't like is how floppy the lid is. You need to hold it down by pushing the little flap forward while you pour, otherwise it will spill everywhere. But that's not really a big enough deal to take a star off. I also kind of wish they sold a 2 or 3 cup version, as I personally have to brew my coffee half decaf with it to avoid drinking too much caffeine since you can't just fill up the basket half-way. I hope this was helpful!

a year or so ago i tried getting into moka pot and used what everyone thinks of as the default moka pot coffee, which is cafe bustelo. i didn't have a good time, even the 100% arabica version is nasty and super bitter. at the time i thought the problem was moka pot and i wrote it off back then. cafe cubano uses a lot of sugar and sweetened condensed milk to make it drinkable. this is just my own opinion that probably makes me sound like a coffee snob but if you have to do all of that to make coffee palatable then it isn't good unless you absolutely love drinking that style of coffee specifically. good coffee should be drinkable black as a baseline in my opinion and anything you add to it can make it better, but if it's undrinkable while black then the coffee is bad or you're doing something very wrong with its preparation. with all this said, if you get a moka pot and get cafe bustelo and you hate it, the coffee is the problem, not the moka pot, and you'll get out of it what you put in it. this time around i finally have a proper grinder and am using my own whole bean specialty coffee that i like drinking as filter coffee and it comes out great in a moka pot. as many others have said it's not a substitute for espresso but it is somewhere between that and filter coffee or something like french press. to me it tastes like french press but like 50% stronger than i can get from actual french press. i've been using a 1zpresso ZP6 special which i got for pour over and it works well. you don't have to spend this much, you can get cheap affordable grinders like the cheaper kingrinder models and they'll also work well. anyways onto the title of the review, there are a bunch of reviews saying the filter is cheap and collapses. read the manual and use it as instructed, not as you see random people on youtube telling you how to use it or how their italian grandma always used it. "Insert the funnel and fill it with ground coffee (do not tamp). Remove any coffee grounds on the edge of the funnel." this is from the manual. it's left a little vague but i see people online using the aluminum moka express and instructing other by putting a heaping mound of coffee in the basket and then flattening it with the back of a spoon (this is tamping) or screwing the top onto the heaping mound (this is functionally the same as tamping. tamping is forced compression). i don't know why people do this, if they want it to be stronger or they're trying to increase pressure to make it more like espresso. look on youtube or anywhere on the internet for how to use a moka pot and you will quickly come across a lot of people saying to use it like that. however the filter for the moka express is built different, it does seem to be durable enough to handle that but it's still going against the manufacturers instructions. i've tried it with 3 different coffees now and haven't seen any signs yet of it collapsing like it has in negative reviews on here. if you're using whole beans, you can fill the basket level with beans for an easy volumetric measurement, grind them, and then fill the basket with those. the basket will be overfilled because coffee grounds are fluffy but you can tamp that in if you want. any beans that fit level in the basket prior to grinding can fit in the basket after grinding and won't collapse the filter. i 3d printed a dosing funnel (you can also make one easily out of the top of a soda bottle if you cut it right), i WDT, and then i just tap it to settle it with the basket either in the base without water or sitting in an empty shot glass which also makes for a good basket holder as long as the tapered underside of the basket is supported and it's not tapping directly on the bottom of the spout part that goes down into the tank, then i level it off with the flat back side of a butter knife held at an angle to gently compress it level until it all sit in the basket level. if you're using pre ground coffee, fill the basket loosely with a spoon, tap the side or tap it down in the base or something like a shot glass if you want to settle it, and then level it off by scraping the extra off the top with something like the back side of a knife or credit card or anything like this. if you have a mound of coffee, scrape it off level before putting it together to brew. this is how it was designed to be used and you will never collapse the filter using it like this. if you want to brew with a mound of coffee tamped into the basket, get an aluminum moka express because those ones can handle this misuse.

As an owner of both the original bialetti moka pot (made of aluminum) and recently, the venus (made of stainless steel), I have noticed a few differences. 1: the venus does in fact make a smoother cup of coffee and is more forgiving with minor inconsistencies. I havent had a bad or off tasting cup from it yet. The original is definitely a lot more finicky and results can vary. Venus is the clear winner there. However, point 2 is: Cleaning. The venus is much harder to clean thoroughly due to the design which has sharp edges on the inside rim of the basin, an inaccessible spigot and a thin groove around the bottom of the inner kettle that collects old coffee residue and is damn near impossible to clean. The gasket is also more tricky to remove and some of the other parts feel a bit flimsy. All that said, the quality of the coffee you can make with it and the safer stainless steel material make it worth it, but the price and cleaning are unfortunate downsides. I also feel like it brews slightly faster than the original and you really have to manage the heat to prevent sputtering or be ready to run under cold water to end the brew. I hope this was helpful.

Min Moka Pot är för fyra koppar och fungerar bra på min induktionsspis. Styrkan på kaffet lyckas jag varierar väldigt mycket, beroende på hur många gram kaffe, hur fint jag maler, om jag använder aeropress pappersfilter eller inte, och hur låg temperatur jag har på spisplattan. Jag har fått fram kaffe som påminner om bryggning i filterbryggare såväl som kaffe som är halvvägs till espresso. Utan filterpapper och på mitten temperaturen på spisen, så blir det ungefär samma styrka som filterkaffe. Det står att det är för fyra koppar kaffe, men... Som mest kan jag fylla Moka potten med 190 ml vatten och som för det mesta får jag ut 120-135 ml kaffe. Så om du är van vid enkel espresso så stämmer det att det är fyra koppar, men kaffet är inte i närheten så stark och om du är van vid 2 dl per kopp, så känns koppen drygt halvfull. Om jag bara brygger kaffe åt mig själv är denna lagom stor eller på gränsen till för liten. Om jag skulle brygga kaffe åt mig själv och någon annan, så skulle jag köpa en större.

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Perfecta!!! Es una belleza y aunque tardo en llegar, la uso todos los días y aunque no es práctica ya que lleva su proceso el.cafe sale de excelente sabor, muy diferente a una maquina automatica, me gusto mucho