Bialetti Moka Elettrika 2 cups Aluminium

Perfect espresso at home. Used for lattes at home. Skip Starbucks and make your coffee drinks at home! Highly recommend.

Being a Bialetti fan, I gave a lot of thought to finally buy this electric Espresso machine. At the end, this has been a great purchase. It's a compact maker, with 2 cups (espresso cups) capacity and it brews the coffee in about 3-5 minutes. Is practical, because of the size it can be stored easily and you can take it with you if you want. I saw reviews that stated that the cord had an European plug, which is true but mine came already with the plug convertor, so no problem in that way. I believe is a bit pricey for the size, but again you can take it everywhere and get a nice cup of espresso with you.

I like this little pot for making my morning cup. It's definitely a single serve at 6 oz.I did not realize it was shipping out of actual Italy... so shipping took over a month and the plug is a two pin European style so I had to order an adaptor separately. Maybe this is the only style them make them for electric, but I didn't pay attention at the time of purchase.It makes a good cup as expected. Can keep it in a drawer at my desk and pull it out when needed. Only complaint with the actual device itself is there is a gap between the lid and the handle. Hot steam scalded my thumb a few times when pouring before I learned how to grab it.

This Bialetti Moka Elettrika 2-cup coffee maker produces coffee that is as satisfying as that brewed by any pump-equipped espresso machine, as long as you can live without crema. The electric machine was bought to replace a regular stovetop Moka. Not that there was anything with the stovetop one; it was just a matter of convenience not to have to balance the stovetop one on the slender perches of the gas stove and making sure that the flame was just right. The electric model gives consistent, good results. Of course it is a plus that it can be brought on travels and works with international voltages.For added convenience, combine it with a countdown electric timer such as the Westek TM26DHB or the Century Mechanical Countdown Timer, both of which are available on Amazon as of this writing. The Westek timer, which I have, works great in this application. Once you have selected the desired time (10 min), this setting is retained for the next use. The timer is a cheap insurance against forgetting about the pot. It takes about 8 minutes to brew a pot so with the 10 minute setting the worst that can happen is that it is on for an extra minute or two.I just wish the electric Moka also came in a 1-cup version.

UPDATE AT BOTTOM. Read to the end of this review for the good, the bad, the ugly about this little Moka pot. I bought this specifically so I could have a serious kick-in-the-butt cup of Moka in the afternoons at work. My 3-star rating reflects this use case.The good? It doesn't get as hot as I thought it would and it does allow me to have a nice cup of Moka anywhere. As an added bonus, this little pot only consumes 170 watts... so it may be possible to run this off of one of those cup-shaped cigarette lighter inverters. In a PARKED car, of course, when it's warm inside the car. Also, the connector on the Moka pot itself is a standard IEC C13 connector- so you can use any common computer cord to power this pot.I'm taking away two stars because the product description, while correct, leaves out a few important details. The quality of the Moka Pot itself is good- common of what you'd expect from Bialetti. But the usability is not so good if you want your Moka quickly. This is not really "designed for 120v-240v" but rather, "designed for 240v but it happens to kinda work on 120v". So if you don't mind waiting a half hour to an hour for your Moka, using the included US adapter is fine and makes this a handy little pot. (The fact it uses a standard computer connector brings up the possibility that you might be able to use this Moka pot with a US-based 240v outlet- look for a "NEMA 6-15 to C13" cord to do so. But I haven't tried this, so I'm not responsible if you burn your house down.)The first photo shows a comparison between this pot and Bialetti's 1-cup, 3-cup, and 6-cup stovetop pots. The second shows the cord that comes with the pot, and the third shows the cord I used to brew my first cup.So the nameplate says it consumes 170 watts. I was curious about this, so I connected the Moka pot up to an inverter I have that measures watts. What did I find? This thing consumes a total of... 19 watts! Very interesting...

Makes great tasting coffee, but there's no auto off function. I've had it for 3 months and now it's broken. I think it overheated because it stayed on overnight. I'm glad a fire didn't start.

Makes great coffee. Good for travel.

Prefer this convenient plug-in version that works just as well as stovetop with the added benefit of no risk of burning the plastic handle or the coffee. Included is an 3-prong adapter for U.S. outlets - simply insert the two-pin Italian plug into the adapter (it should snap firmly into place). Brew time is 7 minutes 30 seconds.Shipping is expensive as it ships from Italy; worth paying additional fee for expedited shipping (arrived within one week after ordering).