Godmorn Stovetop Espresso Maker, Moka Pot, Percolator Italian Coffee Maker, 600ml/20oz/12 cup (espresso cup=50ml), Classic Cafe Maker, stainless steel, suitable for induction cookers

When my espresso maker finally died, I thought I'd get one of those that the Italians used, when I lived in Italy. I lived in Italy for 6 years and observed that everyone used this type of stove top coffee maker. The only problem is that they are all made of aluminum. My doctor told me this was bad for you: too much aluminum in your blood can cause problems down the road. This stainless steel "cafeteria" was the way to go. It makes great coffee. Now I have to respond to others' criticisms of this product in the reviews. 1. It does NOT rust! It's stainless steel, which can discolor because of the heating. The photos on other reviews of "rust" looked like mineral deposits from the water. Sometimes stainless can have a very thin dusting of rust, but steel wool cleans it right up. 2. The handle is not to be used as a lever to open. This is common sense. It is not designed for this. It will break. Use a hot pad to grip the sides of the coffee maker. Yes, it can be tight, but run it under cold water and this will make the steel contract a little and you can then loosen it apart easily. 3. The lower half can get discolored but use some elbow grease if you don't like it. It doesn't affect the coffee's taste. With a little bit of maintenance this will last, and continue to make great coffee.

Update: I've been using this just about daily for 3 months, still makes good coffee. The things I've noticed is first the lid isn't very easy to open with the little tab, it doesn't provide enough leverage for easy opening. While it does have a pour opening in the lid pouring out coffee isn't a problem, only after pouring the coffee I like to open lid and rinse out the remaining coffee/grinds left behind in the top part. Second thing is I notice the handle is getting lose. It seems the screw isn't tight. I never use the handle to remove top from bottom, always grab the top and bottom to loosen and remove. The only thing I've used the handle for is to set on stove to perk and then to pick up and pour. Likely just needs the screw tightened, maybe some lock tight on the threads would stop that in the future. Otherwise still makes a good 12 ounce mug of coffee. I really wouldn't call this (or anything similar to this) an expresso maker, it's is just like a percolator only the water passes through the grinds just once instead of many times. Which is why needs more grinds then a percolator which passes the water through the grinds many times. Like a percolator the top is open to room pressure air so this doesn't send high pressure water through the grinds any more then a percolator does. But if just want one 12 ounce mug of coffee then this is great way to go. With just making 12 ounce mug it takes around 5 minutes to make. With normal morning routine start this going first then by or before have other kitchen morning routines done coffee is ready too. When I was making coffee with the 64 ounce percolator would be close to 30 minutes before coffee was ready. Big difference. --------------------------------------------- Before this I had been using a percolator (Farberware 50124 Classic Stainless Steel Yosemite 8-Cup Coffee Percolator) which made very good coffee (still does) but now that I don't need as much coffee per day this espresso maker makes coffee very similar to my old percolator, perhaps slightly stronger then my usual 6 minute perc but if I had let the percolator go for a minute or two longer likely wouldn't be able to tell the difference. OK, so what it comes down to. It will make about 12 ounce of coffee per batch. Coffee flavor is depended on beans and roast used. Good beans and roast makes good coffee. Percolator used eight spoonful of grinds to make about 8 cups (64 ounces), this espresso maker uses three spoonful to make 12 ounce (1.5 cups). So it uses about twice as much grinds as the percolator per eight ounces of coffee. In both cases I just spoon in the grinds and level it out without packing the grinds down. With both I ground the beans to the same I use for the percolator (course grind). Brew time (from cold water to time ready to pour into a mug) with expresso maker is fairly quick, I didn't time it but seems around 5 minutes. with percolator about 20 minutes (larger volume of water will take longer to bring to a boil). I would allow water to come to boil first then lower the inside parts into pot and put the top on, turned the heat down to low, after first perc appeared I had set a timer for six minutes. This kept the brew time consistent with consistent results. Yeah, a lot of work for a morning cup of coffee... With the espresso maker the water is pushed out of the reservoir into the top part, it will make a sputtering sound when finished so no need for a timer. Results are consistent with the grind and beans used. For some reason after brewing the reservoir will have a small amount of very dilute brewed coffee in the bottom, if left on the heat too long this coffee residue will become a scorched, burned in mess that would be very difficult to clean. So once it finishes brewing take it off the heat Like with the percolator there was some learning curve to find what I considered best flavor coffee (perk time, grind size), so I will have to experiment with grind size and if rather or not to and how packed down the grinds need to be to make for me the best tasting coffee from it. Some things to be aware of... 1 - I wouldn't consider this espresso maker as being heavy duty (is any of them?) so never use the handle to tighten or loosen the top from the bottom, likely that would eventually rip the handle off. 2 - fill with water to below that thing that sticks out of the side of the reservoir, it's a safety pressure release valve. If it's covered by water it will not work correctly 3 - After brewing it will be too hot to hold for a while so either wait to let it cool before trying to separate the halves or wear heat proof gloves when doing it. Dump the old grounds and rinse everything well and it's ready for next time. 4 - I'm sure there may be some other things but off hand I can't think what... so whatever it is never do it... or is it always do it... For first time use I washed everything with soap, water and dish sponge to remove any oil or contaminates from the manufacturing process. Rinse well and then do a brew without grinds. When cool take it all apart and rinse well then brew your first batch of good coffee. Yep, first batch was a good tasting cup of coffee without much effort.

I bought the 6 cup version in November 2020 and used it daily for 2 years (picture of the pot after >500 uses attached). A friend recommended moka pots to me, and my opinion is that stainless steel is more foodsafe than the cheaper aluminum versions. The Godmorn is a nice pot that makes rich, delicious coffee that I combined with hot milk to make latte. At ~$25 this was a great way for me try the moka pot experience for a couple years before upgrading to a Bialetti at a bit more than twice the price. The biggest negative to the Godmorn is the valve. The simple valve releases pressure too quickly (even with regular cleaning) and can result in an incomplete brew cycle. The Bialetti has a two-piece valve and heavier gauge steel that brews stronger coffee at higher pressure.

This espresso maker has been in our home for about 3 years. It works as well as it did the first day we got it and we are very happy with it. A couple of things to know however. Do not tamp the coffee into the basket like you would with a regular espresso machine. The water will not push through if there's too much compacted coffee in the basket. When you close it or open it, don't grasp it by the handle. It's not strong enough for that but it's fine otherwise. Try experimenting with the grind of the coffee. To coarse and the coffee will be weak, to find and it will be bitter. We love it and use it regularly. Guests in our home have asked us how we make such good coffee. You can't beat that. Highly recommend.

We drink a lot of coffee in this house. This espresso maker is great. I bought two! These are easy to clean, easy to assemble everyday, and are sturdy quality. I was curious about the integrity of the material since they were the cheaper option, but the coffee comes quickly, and it doesn’t squirt out a bunch of water around the base like some other espresso makers do. I like to steep a cinnamon teabag in the finished espresso. It gives it such a great flavor. I’ve stopped adding sugar when I can add the cinnamon teabag. We are now at two years with these espresso makers. Still no issues. Great quality, worth the money! After three years, one of the two I bought is starting to give the coffee a burned taste and just seems different. I think it’s because it got put in the dishwasher instead of being hand washed… but I still have to say that these are a great quality. Final edit: Four years and four months later, both espresso pots no longer work correctly. I just bought two more to replace our old ones. Overall satisfied. $20 and four years seems pretty good.

There's not much to say about this, if you have used these before, then you know what it is and what it does. I bought this to take to our cabin when we go, because I love espresso, but do not want a machine there (it is very compact). I have a La Pavoni Europiccola at home, so I am more or less a fan of espresso. This machine does exactly what it is designed to do. I have had many of this style over the years. I find this one heats quickly, blends well in the catch, and cleans up easily. The instructions say not to pack the grind, but I find it does not develop the proper flavor. Packing hard also results in bad flavor from too much pressure. I have found a light pack to be the proper technique. Once I did that, it makes a fine cup of espresso. Is it my La Pavoni? No, nor will any of these type of makers be, but for this style, it makes a good cuppa for the price. Also, it cleans up easily, and includes an extra gasket for the top (which is the first thing to fail on this type every time) so that was a nice little bonus.

I was super excited to receive this product. Upon opening the interior is covered in grey dust. It has spots on the interior bottom pan. I rinsed thoroughly. I put water, no ground coffee, in the unit to boil. I did this three times. I then throughly washed with dish soap and wiped clean. Grey dust left a grease like stain on my drying towels. I put the unit through another cycle with hot water. Still residue. This morning I used 1/2 vinegar 1/2 water to clean the unit. I rinsed it 2x, boiling unit with fresh water. This finally cleaned the espresso maker enough for me to feel comfortable using it! Most spots disappeared except for one dark spec in the center. I have 30 days to return. I'll keep an eye on it for rust. I never know what I am going to get on Amazon. This is an attractive unit, it is super easy to make the espresso on the stovetop. I am concerned about the quality of production. Why all the dust? I go to Macy's or Target, none of their products would be covered in this grime. So quality is an issue here. Also the units manual has a tone of typos and improper English phrases/sentences. The whole production feels hobbled together. After the cleaning effort, it makes a great cup of espresso. Not sure of product quality, if it will stand the test of 30 days to six months. Good luck and hope it helps! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Postscript. I made one cup of espresso. Sent my review. When I cleaned it, more grease and black dust came off the threading where the bottom/top connect. This is probably why manufacturer requests using coffee to clean moka pot; to hide the grey film inherent in its production. I returned the pot. Super bummed. This is a quality issue through amazon. Think this is a bogus seller from product quality and the instruction booklet typos etc.... Buy moka pot at a store not on Amazon. Bogus sellers.

I have been using a smaller 3-cup Moka pot for years and decided I wanted more coffee for my morning routine. I like the price of this pot and the reviews were generally good. So I ordered the 9 cup pot. STRENGTHS: The pot works on my induction stove just fine. And it holds a lot of water (and a lot of coffee grounds). The design is attractive enough to leave out in my small kitchen. It came with a nice instruction booklet. WEAKNESSES: When I received the pot, I was surprised how thin the stainless steel is. Much, much thinner than my previous, smaller pot. It feels cheaper. And it took much experimentation to get it “right,” even though I have used Moka pots for years. I started by setting my induction stove top to 7 out of 10 as I did with my old 3-cup pot. Then I tried a 6 setting, then 5, and finally settled on 4 (a bit less than medium). The higher settings boiled the water way too fast for this pot, and as a result I got a small amount of coffee, which tasted burnt. Thus, to get an acceptable brew, this pot now takes more than 3 times as long as my older 3-cup pot did. The pot comes with numerous warnings in the instruction booklet to never use the handle to tighten or loosen the top onto or off the bottom. I assume this is because the handle is not solidly attached to the carafe. This makes it quite a bit harder to tighten and loosen than other pots I have used. And the top lip of the carafe is so thin and sharp that I have to be very cautious how to grab it. So I'm not pleased with that. All in all, I really can’t recommend this pot. It does do the job, but not as well as other pots I have used. I guess for the price it’s okay. But I’m already thinking of replacing it with a more well-built pot.

I love this moka! It works just as well as the brand named models and cost a quarter of the price. Highly recommended

As described. Easy to clean and to make coffee Go for it

Facilidad para la preparación de un café con muy buen gusto. Buen producto.

昨日、アイスコーヒー用の粉でIHコンロで使用しました。 美味しいエスプレッソが出来て驚きです。 味は濃いですが、香りが部屋に広がり いい感じです。

Love this & use it daily - I had tried an original Bialetti, but didn't' get on with the smell of burning when used. I realised this was due to the water heating up for too long, so started boiling the water before pouring into the pot, and hey presto! No smell of burning! Would definitely recommend this for coffee lovers.