Resurrecting Neapolitan Coffee Maker from Dustbin of History

Resurrecting Neapolitan Coffee Maker from Dustbin of History

Resurrecting Neapolitan Coffee Maker from Dustbin of History

minimum dose size?

I use the Hario switch to brew my coffee and am trying to reduce my caffeine consumption. Hence I would like to brew smaller cups of coffee. I am currently using 10g of coffee with 160g of water. (1:16 Ratio) I am wondering if there is a minimum amount of coffee...

Resurrecting Neapolitan Coffee Maker from Dustbin of History

Bought a dinged Ilsa stainless steel 3-cup, half-price, from Amazon Warehouse. Essentially it's drip coffee using a built-in metal filter with drilled perforations like a Vietnamese or South-Indian-type device. The resulting brew retains a bit of sediment, like a french press, seemingly no matter what the grind size (I've used fine to medium-coarse on my Timemore C2). That's not unwelcome; it provides a bit of body, I find. The taste: good cowboy coffee meets moka pot. I've become quite fond of it. Been using 15g of coffee to 250g of water, but that makes it a bit too strong I find and I'll be trailing off the dosage by 1/2g increments next week to dial it in. Cleanup is an easy dump-and-rinse. Don't know why these things fell out of favor to such an extent after moka pots became the norm in Italy. Easier and less finicky to clean, easier to dial-in, no gasket to replace, and a not-dissimilar but unique, full-bodied taste. My first brew was with supermarket coffee in case something went wrong and I was shocked at how much better it made that taste than with a V60. I've since used better coffees to even better effect. FYI, Neapolitans were invented by a Frenchman. He named it in honor of his Italian girlfriend. It became hugely popular in Italy, though, from the early 1900s on.

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