vincentius Senior Member Joined: 8 Sep 2007 Posts: 2 Location: UK Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: Moka Stovetop Drip: Bodum
Posted Sun Sep 9, 2007, 7:19am Subject: Re: Brewing with the Bialetti Brikka 4-Cup
sorry, I'm new here, and I still can't decide whether to get a 4 cup or 2 cup. Obviously the 4 cup makes more, but It looks like the 2 cup makes a better coffee? I've seen the picture posted up of the crema on a 2 cup, and it does look impressive. Does anybody have a picture of a 4 cup to compare? What about only using half the amount of water and or coffee in the 4 cup, will it produce a coffee of 2 cup quality. I'm so confused. Oh, and if this has been mentioned before or anything, tell me to shut up and I will, I'm new even to the whole posting in a forum business, so I don't know the ins and outs and the rules quite just yet... Vince
Posted Sun Sep 9, 2007, 7:28am Subject: Re: Brewing with the Bialetti Brikka 4-Cup
vincentius Said:
sorry, I'm new here, and I still can't decide whether to get a 4 cup or 2 cup. Obviously the 4 cup makes more, but It looks like the 2 cup makes a better coffee? I've seen the picture posted up of the crema on a 2 cup, and it does look impressive. Does anybody have a picture of a 4 cup to compare? What about only using half the amount of water and or coffee in the 4 cup, will it produce a coffee of 2 cup quality. I'm so confused. Oh, and if this has been mentioned before or anything, tell me to shut up and I will, I'm new even to the whole posting in a forum business, so I don't know the ins and outs and the rules quite just yet... Vince
Many people like the 2 cup better than the 4 cup. However, the 2 cup is not readily available in the U.S. The 4 cup is (www.amazon.com). I have the 4 cup and find it more than suits my purpose. It makes about 4 oz. of espresso. You cannot just put in 1/2 the amount of water (I do not believe so). You need to make a full one each time to get the benefit of its crema producing system.
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
I just got a small woodstove for my shop. In the winter I am going to try to make Brikka on it. Should work fine. Also this weekend I picked up a never used Coleman 9 cup Campfire Percolator for 50 cents. (I know, Perc is yuk). For the heck of it I tried it on my electric stove; it works great. Coffee is so so being perc and of course used to Brikka and Aeropress. But I figure that when working during the winter in the cold shop, it will be neat to brew my coffee on the woodstove. Beats paying the a*shole electric company bucks to run my 220 volt electric stove!
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
vincentius Senior Member Joined: 8 Sep 2007 Posts: 2 Location: UK Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: Moka Stovetop Drip: Bodum
Posted Sun Sep 9, 2007, 2:17pm Subject: Re: Brewing with the Bialetti Brikka 4-Cup
oh, thanks for the replies and everything. If anyone has pictures still, it'd be great and interesting to know. I'm a student in the Uk, and need espresso after being addicted to it in Italy. And I'm not going to pay the £2($4!) for one in a cafe! The 4 cup Brikka is a little easier to get over here, albeit, the price being equivalent to $80 at the cheapest.
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