Shopping CartImusa Espresso Coffeemaker, 6 cup
Date : June 5th, 2010Coffee & Espresso
Review : 3 Reviews
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Tags : Coffeemaker, Espresso, Imusa
- 6 cup Espresso maker
- Aluminum body
- Perfect for making stove top espresso
- Easy to use
This aluminum coffeemaker has the classic style your looking for in a stove top espresso maker, with the quality of a Imusa brand product. Imusa has been producing coffeemakers for over fifty years and is considered one of the top manufacturer of coffeemakers in the world. This coffemaker makes 6 cups. It brews a traditional Espresso Coffee in minutes.Made for the stove top, it can be used on all gas, ceramic or coil surfaces. The bakelite hande provides for easy handling. Made from durable
Makes great espresso, plastic parts melted, poor instructions,
The instructions do not tell you exactly when the coffee is done and when to turn off the heat. The plastic parts melted the first time I used it. I am a do-it-yourself type, so I bought a metal knob and some flat aluminum to fashion a new handle. Now it is better than new. It makes great espresso, but the instructions are little help. What the instructions should say is when the top fills with espresso and steam stops coming out of the spout, it’s time to turn off the heat. It was well worth the discount price I paid. However, in hindsight, I would not buy one with plastic parts.
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|Low quality – waste of time and money,
Ordered this item twice. First time, it arrived with the handle broken off. Second time, it melted after about 2 minutes on the stove. Definitely not satisfactory, even considering the very low price.
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|Darn Good Coffee!,
Imusa Espresso Coffeemaker, 6 cup
My sister-in-law lives in Austria and is always talking about how weak American coffee tastes to her. I tend to prefer a European-style coffee myself, so did some checking to find out what kind of coffeemaker is most commonly used there. This style seemed to be the one that came up most often.
I ordered this coffeemaker wondering how I’d feel about aluminum once I got it. I had my doubts but went ahead based on the strength of the reviews.
The first 3 pots weren’t horrible, but I was glad I’d been warned (through the reviews) that the first few pots wouldn’t taste the greatest. Pot #4, and following, have been delicious!
My favorite way to drink this type of espresso is Americano-style. It makes a very robust, yet smooth, cup of coffee this way. I’m able to pour the contents of the coffeemaker into a thermal carafe, add hot water to fill and serve full-flavored coffee to my husband and myself.
Sometimes I do choose to make cappuccino or a macchiato with the full-strength coffee I get from this pot. While it doesn’t taste quite as “nutty” as the espresso I used to make with my electric espresso machine, it’s still a good cup.
For BEST results, I would recommend that one use a good, dark, espresso-roast coffee, but I’ve also gotten good results with well-roasted flavored coffees if I’m making Americano-style. The flavored coffees come out with more of the flavor noticeable than when I use other methods of brewing them.
A drawback, which is true of all “mochi-style” coffeemakers is that you can’t vary the amount of coffee you make… unless you have more than one of these coffeemakers in different sizes. Thanks to other reviews here at Amazon, I knew that going in so I haven’t been disappointed.
I have no problem recommending this coffeemaker to anyone who simply wants a good every-day way to make full-flavored coffee with little or no bitterness. If you’re looking for espresso that tastes exactly like what you get in a coffee-bar, you may be disappointed. It’s good espresso, but it doesn’t taste exactly like what you get from a machine. Again, I already knew that from the reviews so I wasn’t disappointed.
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