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Stovetop espresso makers are known colloquially as moka pots, after an early trademark. They are also known as a macchinetta, Italian for "little machine". They are also referred to as Spanish coffee makers, or cafeteras in Spanish.
Stovetop espresso makers are conveniently portable, since they require no electricity to use. This makes them great for tourists and hikers.
Commonly found in Italy, Spain and Portugal, stovetop espresso makers produce a rich dark coffee but lack the pressure to produce the foam topping, known as a crema. The systems are made up of three chambers with the bottom chamber contains the water, a middle chamber is a filterbasket and sits within the bottom chamber holding the ground coffee.
The top chamber, with a metal filter, screws onto the bottom chamber. When the pot is heated on a stove, the pressure from the steam in the bottom chamber forces the water through a tube into the filter-basket, through the ground coffee, the metal filter, and it then funnels into the top chamber where the coffee is then ready to serve. They should be disassembled after use, cleaned and dried before reuse.
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