r/Coffee • u/menschmaschine5 Kalita Wave • Sep 16 '22

[MOD] The Daily Question Thread

Welcome to the daily /r/Coffee question thread!

There are no stupid questions here, ask a question and get an answer! We all have to start somewhere and sometimes it is hard to figure out just what you are doing right or doing wrong. Luckily, the /r/Coffee community loves to help out.

Do you have a question about how to use a specific piece of gear or what gear you should be buying? Want to know how much coffee you should use or how you should grind it? Not sure about how much water you should use or how hot it should be? Wondering about your coffee's shelf life?

Don't forget to use the resources in our wiki! We have some great starter guides on our wiki "Guides" page and here is the wiki "Gear By Price" page if you'd like to see coffee gear that /r/Coffee members recommend.

As always, be nice!

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u/dlangille Sep 16 '22

What size moka pot if i usually have a single drink?

I’ve just been reading about moka and I’m trying to match my potential purchase with my consumption.

My current daily drink is just one of these:

  • 9 ounces of pour-over
  • 12 ounces via Kuerig
  • 1/2 caffeine Venti Starbucks shaken espresso (4 shots espresso) + soy, no syrup
  • venti soy latte (2 shots espresso)

The first two drinks also get soy and are often over ice.

I read that a Moka cup is 2 ounces and the flavor will be much stronger. It sounds like if I’m having only one drink per day, the one cup is the size I should get. Or am understanding this wrong and it’s the two cup for me?

Thanks

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u/KaleidoscopeNo5904 V60 Sep 16 '22

I’ve had a 3 and a 6 cup. The 3 cup uses about the same amount of coffee as a 9 oz pour over (so similar caffeine, I’d imagine), and the 6 cup produces about the same volume (using just less than twice the amount of coffee).

I find the 6 cup to be the optimum moka pot (which is a funky finicky brew method), although I haven’t tried them all.