Making coffee is a science, so decoction it in something that looks like it’s on loan from a chem lab. Siphons—also called opening pots—traditionally use butane feverishness sources. Bodum’s Mocca instead uses a impassioned feverishness of a 430-watt halogen Beam Heater to move a H2O to only next boiling. Pressure from a feverishness army a glass adult into a hopper, where it mingles with a grounds. Switch a heater off after 4 minutes, and a brewed coffee passes by a filter and behind into a globe. The outcome is a well-rounded decoction with a toastiness of French press, reduction a grit. Like your cuppa cooler? Use a control doorknob to fine-tune a heat we desire. After brewing, a heater can also be used to keep a coffee comfortable above a charming glow. It’s partial science, partial magic, and bone-fide after-dinner theater.
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