The folks over at Blue Bottle Coffee had had enough of the muddled and murky cups that could come out of the Moka pot, so they decided to take matters into their own hands. They came up with the task of reinventing the Moka pot, so they turned to industrial design Joey Roth to do it. He added a longer brew spout, to cool the water to the perfect temperature, a cork handle that allows users to pick up the pot without burning their fingers, and a steel base so that the heat will be distributed evenly. The new version works pretty much in the same way as the original; pour water in the bottom chamber, the coffee in the second, and when it heats up, it flows into the top ceramic chamber. Did we mention how cool and modern, yet still thoroughly classic it looks? Brew it with Blue Bottle Three Africans, Bella Donovan or Hayes Valley Espresso. We hope this one becomes just as famous as the original.
The Blue Bottle Moka Pot, $100 at bluebottlecoffee.com.
