"A moka pot looks like a tea pot made of origami. The aluminum vessel is a creation of Alfonso Bialetti and came to fruition in 1933 when he craved café-style espresso at home. There are three parts to a moka pot: a base where you fill the water, a coffee funnel for the ground coffee, and a top canister that captures the coffee as the steam pushes up the water through the grounds."
"According to coffee lore, the origin of the French press was a happy accident. Back in the 1850s, a Frenchman was making coffee over an open fire when he forgot to add in the beans to the boiling water. Once he added the ground rose to the top and he had to use a screen to push them down. The process resulted in a far more delectable cup of coffee."
Both moka pots and French presses offer portable, space-saving ways to brew flavorful coffee without an espresso machine. Moka pots, invented by Alfonso Bialetti in 1933, use a three-part aluminum design where steam pressure forces water through grounds into a top canister; sizes range from three to six cups, with three-cup models equating roughly to one mug. French presses originated from an 1850s accidental method and brew by steeping grounds in hot water then pressing a screen to separate the grounds, producing a textured, full-bodied cup. Both methods are easy to use and suitable for travel or camping.
Read at Architectural Digest
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