On 2016-08-06 1:22 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-08-06, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> There are commonly thought of as stove top espresso makers, and if
>> yoy Google stove top espresso maker they come up.
>
> Yeah, I know. I get into this argument all the time. From
> SweetMaria's website:
>
> "Moka Pot stovetop brewers produce a dense concentrated cup that's
> something between espresso and Turkish coffee. Coffee is placed into a
> filter between the lower chamber (that you fill with water) and the
> upper chamber that will contain the finished beverage after
> brewing. Since the water is forced through the cake of coffee by
> pressure, the process bears more resemblance to espresso extraction
> than infusion (gravity-based) brewing."
>
> NOTE: "....bears more resemblance to espresso extraction
> than infusion (gravity-based) brewing."
>
> "Bearing a resemblance" to espresso does not make it espresso, any
> more than "instant" bears a resemblance to real coffee. 
>
> <https://www.sweetmarias.com/product/espresso-coffee-the-science-of-quality-by-illy-and-vaini>
>
https://www.google.ca/search?q=stove...LsyijwTYqJWwCw