Geyser coffee maker Bialetti Mukka express

And I have a question about the geyser Mukka - a cow - how exactly is cappuccino cooked in it?

And I was very interested in the "Cow" coffee maker. I am also thinking - which coffee maker to buy, coffee machine? I practically don't drink black coffee, but in this coffee maker you can both cappuccino and milk, as I understand it.

Found this description 🔗 ... I just don't know how to blue it.

And I have a question about the geyser Mukka - a cow - how exactly is cappuccino cooked in it?

I have been using mucca for a year now. I read about it on the Internet, caught fire, really wanted to buy it. Found it, bought it. 270 thousand - about $ 100. Expensive, but really impatient. In general, I am satisfied. But there are nuances:
the very first times of use, coffee poured out through the threads, where the top twists with the bottom. I already thought - marriage. But then attentiveness and accuracy, a hundred times to check did the trick. The leak has stopped.
Second. Not all milk froths properly for a cappuccino. And you can't guess. Apparently depends on the quality of the milk. Now I use 10% cream. With them, the result is more stable. But also not always the cappuccino turns out. Then we drink latte.

I can just tell you about milk, this rule works for me for a manual and automatic jug - cappuccinatore.

Milk should be high in protein, at least 10%. The bigger, the better. Fat does not matter for whipping, I did it with both fat-free and fatty ones.

I watched a video about Mukka. Water for coffee is poured into the lower container, and milk into the upper one, and when the coffee is ready, open the lid - you can see milk froth. I understand that there is a type of lever that apparently whips milk into a foam.

There is no lever there. The milk is whipped with steam, which flows under pressure through a tiny hole in the nozzle with a valve, which is located in the upper part where the milk is poured.

well described here 🔗

Curiosity overpowered - I got myself Mukka - a cow

The son, who doesn't really like regular coffee, liked this cappuccino.
For my taste - the foam is not dense, from the same zero milk of Valeo, my automatic cappuccinator Aerochchino + whips up the foam much denser.

Espresso has not yet been tried, the one in the photo, according to the instructions, was poured (boiled 3 times for throwing).

One thing is embarrassing - the water was poured exactly, but water is released drop by drop from the bolt at the bottom of the coffee maker at the time of boiling. Is this a defect or should it be?

In general, a nice toy, without which, of course, having Saeko Nina Bar with a cappuccino maker, and even a manual and automatic cappuccinatore separately, you could do without. But it's interesting

The bolt at the bottom is the pressure valve. It should open on overpressure. Either a lot of water or a strong fire.
Is it really possible to make espresso in it?
I understand that only cappuccino and just coffee with milk.
I am interested in one more question: is it possible to make one in a model for two cups? pouring half the norm of milk, water and adding half the norm of coffee.

Why not? The principle of any geyser coffee maker is the same: water is poured into the lower part, coffee sieve on top, all this is covered with an empty tank, into which, when boiling, water from the bottom under pressure through a valve is forced upward, passing through a sieve with coffee.
And in this model, they simply improved the valve so that the foam is whipped. Milk is poured into the empty upper tank, which, when steam escapes from the boiling water, foams. At the same time, the "brewed" coffee from below begins to flow directly into the milk.

I think that if you accurately measure out half of the water, coffee and milk, you will just get 1 serving.Nothing hurts to decrease - just not to increase

[Alexandra]

Alexandra
Congratulations on your "ladybug"! I, too, "fell for it", while I am still pondering whether I need it or without it ... And if it's not a secret, where did you buy it?

I am interested in one more question: is it possible to make one in a model for two cups? pouring half the norm of milk, water and adding half the norm of coffee.

This cannot be done. I have read many instructions for geyser coffee makers and it is written everywhere that you need to pour water in the lower part up to the valve. In my instructions it is written to the middle of the valve. I have a tiny coffee maker for 2 servings (only 80 ml). Very comfortably. 40 ml is not enough for me, so 80 is what I need. I like the geyser more and more. I want Mukka. I am waiting for Alexandra's answer about the place of purchase, as I saw on the Internet only in online stores.

[Tiny,]

Tiny, no secrets. By comparing prices and delivery terms, I chose 🔗
I bought another descaling agent for Saeco - delivery cost 150 rubles. If I bought coffee too, there would be free delivery.
But I ordered on Friday night, and with coffee they were ready to deliver only on Tuesday. And so - they wanted to bring it right on Friday, but I had a late corporate New Year, so it was delivered on Saturday.
There were also silvery, silvery with black and pink. Was for 1 portion with a transparent upper part of the case - it's a pity, too small

[Panevg1943]

Panevg1943, there is more volume here. According to the instructions, 150 ml of water and 190 ml of milk are poured

Sergei, take a 1 serving glass top coffee maker, it's so stylish!

Alexandra:
No, we actually need a coffee maker just for two, but my wife is now "in position", she refused coffee, but in half a year she will probably return to him.

Crochet:
i ordered on e-bay
62 euros with delivery came out.

Panevg1943 was in a specialty store for coffee, tea and coffee machines on Friday and there was 🔗... I really liked the store, a good selection of coffee and the seller will tell and explain everything very competently.

We discussed this option, which is why the question arose: is it possible to make one cup of decaffeinated and one cup of ordinary.

[Alexandra]

Espresso has not been tried yet

Alexandra, I decided to wait until you remove the sample from the espresso, and then I will definitely decide-buy-not buy?

Tiny, no secrets. By comparing prices and delivery terms, I chose 🔗

Thank you very much !

Crochet:
i ordered on e-bay
62 euros with delivery came out.

Sergey Kornilov
Thank you ! Only for me E-Bay is a "dark forest", I always "wander" there ...

[Tiny]

oh, no need to wait for anything, Tiny, I also tried espresso that evening (decaf, of course). Very worthy, and me. and my husband liked it. It is necessary to close the valve as when brewing a cappuccino - then the espresso is obtained with real foam (crema), everything is as it should be for espresso

Crochet:
There is nothing complicated in e-bay.
For starters, don't participate in auctions, but buy something from the Bay Now category

[Alexandra]

I also tried espresso that evening (decaf, of course). Very worthy, and me. and my husband liked it.

Alexandra
Well, thank you ! This was a decisive argument for buying a "ladybug"!

Crochet:
There is nothing complicated in e-bay.

Sergey Kornilov
Thank you ! I'll try ...

[Tanya1962]

Panevg1943 was in a specialty store for coffee, tea and coffee machines on Friday and there was Mukka

Tanya1962, + 1 for valuable information: flowers:. I will definitely use it.

[Alexandra]

Alexandra
Well, thank you ! This was a decisive argument for buying a "ladybug"!

I never bought the "ladybug" because ... I will receive it as a gift on March 8! The husband very successfully "hid" it. Only one "but", I wanted a spotted one, but my husband bought it with a transparent body ...AlexandraAre you disappointed in the "ladybug" yet?

[Tiny,]

Tiny,

oh how I envy - transparent so cool

On the contrary! The husband began to ask for a "real" espresso from the Cow, he liked it more than even from Saeko Nina

And further.I opened a geyser coffee maker from the same company, Bialetti, but without a milk valve. I bought it a couple of years ago and didn't like the coffee from there. So, I tried it again. Indeed, not that. When brewing in Korovka with a lowered valve (as for foam), coffee with froth is obtained, real cream - and very quickly, with a characteristic cotton, coffee comes out of the lower container into the upper one. And in a coffee maker without a valve, the water comes out for so long, and it’s not clear whether it’s all over or not. As a result, there is no foam ...

And we rarely cook cappuccino in it - for some reason we want espresso more often.
And I drink it more often at work, there is an Aerochchino electric cappuccinator and a Nespresso coffee machine

[Alexandra,]

Alexandra,

Did I understand you correctly that you are brewing espresso in cappuccino mode, just do not add milk? And how much liquid do you pour down? measuring glass? or more?

And then I tried with the valve raised: the coffee tasted strange. Something in between cooked on the stove and a French press.

[Sergei]

Sergei, understood correctly.

I pour exactly the same amount of water as when brewing in cappuccino mode, exactly to the lower valve at the base, not higher. There is a noticeable line before it.
I pour in the coffee of medium grinding, varieties for espresso, sometimes part of the grinding is medium, part is fine. A full container without tamping, the same as for a cappuccino.
The steam valve is closed.
The coffee is strong, aromatic and frothy.

Stop.
When I boil a cappuccino, I pour water in a glass and this is not up to the valve, but to the bottom mark.
Up to the top mark is when the latte is cooked according to the instructions.

Is not it? So how much water is there for an espresso?

Sergey, I saw only one mark there
I measured it with a glass only for the first time, that's how I remember it for a cappuccino, and now I measure it by eye.

Comes out 2 servings of espresso small cups are incomplete, as expected, about 40 ml each, no more

I have such a capacity, and you?
Two marks are visible, the lower one for cappuccino and the upper one for latte

Lower. I specially measured it into a glass - up to the water mark when cooking on a gas stove (lower mark). Weighed - 150 ml

I just answered from work, "by heart" did not remember where the valve was

Good health

[Tiny,]

Tiny,
oh how I envy - transparent so cool

Alexandra
Yes ? And for some reason I really wanted the "spotted" ladybird ...

Tiny,
On the contrary! The husband began to ask for a "real" espresso from the Cow, he liked it more than even from Saeko Nina

Your words are like a balm for the soul! For some reason, I completely ceased to arrange coffee from my coffee machine, maybe the "lady" will be "the same"! Thank you very much !

[Tiny,]

Tiny, I hope it will not disappoint, otherwise I advertised so

I did not buy a transparent one, because it is for 1 serving of cappuccino, and we drink together at home. And so in my opinion, it is interesting and convenient to watch what is happening there.

Sergei, well, how are your impressions of espresso from the Cow?

Quite ...
I do not mind the money for the cow at all ...

[Alexandra]

Alexandra, please help me figure out the "ladybug" ... I have a coffee maker for one serving, how much coffee do I need to pour for espresso? Full strainer? How do I know if the coffee is ready? In general, I got confused ...

[Tiny,]

Tiny,

First, a happy holiday and the start of the use of a wonderful gift

Well, about the coffee maker. I think in each of these coffee makers the strainer is adapted to its size. I pour in a full strainer without tamping and so that the edges remain clean, this is important. I have a strainer for 2 cups, and you have for one. Accordingly, and you pour calmly a full strainer.

Pour water as much as for cappuccino.
The valve is down until it stops.

The same click and sizzle will start as when brewing a cappuccino, when espresso starts flowing into the upper hopper. As soon as it stops bubbling, it means that all the water has entered the top and the espresso is ready. I turn off the gas when half of the water has come out to the top so that the foam (cream) on the espresso does not fall off.
You can pour and drink right away

[Lubasha]

Help me figure out who can.I bought a geyser coffee maker at a flea market, still Soviet. I wanted something cheaper. I just can't make coffee in it.

Lubasha , I have two geyser coffee makers (2 cups and 6 cups, which corresponds to 80 ml and 240 ml), but both are Italian. Water should be poured into them only to the middle of the valve, medium ground coffee, boiled over a very small flame. After steam passes through a sieve with coffee and coffee is fed into the upper tank, a bubbling is heard - this is the finished drink. If your tea is brewing, then either coffee is very finely ground, or you are tamping it, but this cannot be done. When you disassemble this coffee maker to wash it, the used coffee looks like a coffee tablet well tamped with steam. I think your valve is clogged. I don't know, though, how this can be fixed, but men should know.

[Lubasha]

LubashaI have such a coffee maker
I pour water almost under the valve (0.5 cm). Freshly ground coffee is finely enough, but not into "dust", I pour it into a strainer, slightly tamping it, 1-2 teaspoons per cup. I insert the strainer into the funnel with the tube and all this together - into the lower reservoir. Screw on the top and set it on medium heat. As it began to bubble - ready.
With ground coffee for a Turk (very fine), it usually does not work.

[Alexandra]

I finally tried the espresso from Mukka ... well, I definitely liked it !!! I get something similar with my BORKA, but in the "ladybug" it is faster and more interesting!Alexandra, how great it is that you so "promoted" the cow here, otherwise I would not have heard about it soon ...
P.S. Thanks to the transparent body, it is very interesting to watch the coffee brewing process ...Alexandra, and here you were right!

[Tiny,]

Tiny, good health

Only after all, I myself learned about the Cow on our website, from Panevg1943, in her message dated January 18, I read about her for the first time

So who promoted is the question

Thank you, Panevg1943

And we just discussed with Mkzh over a cup of espresso from the Cow: it's time, probably, for our Saeko for a temporary rest in the closet, for long-term storage. In Korovka the same thing, but faster and more fun

And we just discussed with Mkzh over a cup of espresso from the Cow: it's time, probably, for our Saeko for a temporary rest in the closet, for long-term storage. In Korovka the same thing, but faster and more fun

So I thought about the same ... though yesterday ... I also want to send Bork to "vacation", let him rest, and then it will be seen ... again, there will be a place on the table ... put ...

[Alexandra, Krosh,]

Alexandra, Krosh, how glad I am that you liked the ladybug and that my information was useful to you. Valid oh, with it, you can send larger units to rest and free up space for a new device. Maybe we can get you interested in something else cute.

[Panevg1943]

Panevg1943 , tell me more about something else enticing

And I already have a new device, which has nowhere to permanently attach, I just want to replace the coffee maker. This is Tupperware's smart bread bin

[Alexandra]

This is Tupperware's smart bread bin

Alexandra
Some time ago, I also caught fire with the purchase of the "Smart bread box", but they dissuaded me, they said that it clearly does not cost that much money, and I cooled down ... I would like to hear your opinion on this matter ... In the meantime, I am content with the "smart cheese pan", which I adore for more than a year!
And on the topic ... This morning I cooked cappuccino for my daughter in the "ladybug", poured milk exactly to the level, so my foam climbed through the lid, I probably need to pour in a little less milk ...

Alexandra, Krosh, how glad I am that you liked the ladybug and that my information was useful to you.

Panevg1943
So it means you are the "culprit! Thank you very much! The" ladybug "is lovely ... and I have it as a toy (for 1 portion), I did not even think that it would be so small!

[Tiny]

Tiny, a colleague buys me at a price of 25 percent cheaper, she registered as a distributor, but buys for herself and her friends-colleagues.Well, and on account of the gift for March 8, I purchased, including the breadbox. My pastries have been in it since the weekend, everything is fine. Only there is nowhere to attach it, so as not to interfere. Now I'm going to clean up the coffee maker. The cheesecake was brought in today, I'll try it.

I pour the milk to the exact mark and turn off the gas as soon as foam starts to show through the spout, so nothing comes out. And, of course, pouring less is also a way out.

At first I wanted transparent. But she was for 1 serving, and I needed 2.

[Alexandra]

Alexandra
Some time ago, I also caught fire with the purchase of "Clever bread bins", but they dissuaded me, they said that it was clearly not worth that kind of money, and I cooled down ... In the meantime, I am content with the "smart cheese pan", which I adore for several years now!
The "ladybug" is lovely ... but I have it as a toy (for 1 portion), I didn't even think that it would be so small

Crochet, since you are delighted with the "smart cheese pan" (and it, after all, can be used not only for cheese, but also for sausage and other products), then you should get a lot of pleasure from the "smart bread pan". I still haven't bought it, because the kitchen has a country style in the house, and somehow it won't knit, and in the apartment the modern kitchen style, unfortunately, won't work either, although consumer qualities, I think.
As for the Italian geyser coffee makers, they are all small, even those with 6 cups. In Italy, these coffee makers are in every home: they drink very strong coffee, 20-40 ml.

[Panevg1943]

And I just have the same design

This breadbox has such a friendly look, although I usually don't like plastic. Well, and easy, washes, understands ...

Panevg1943 , for some reason coffee from the coffee maker of the same Bialetti geyser for 6 cups is categorically disliked. I don't understand what's the matter. The coffee is the same as for the Lady, I pour in the same full cup without tamping, water up to the mark. On a small fire. I don’t understand in any way how much time there is coffee in an hour, for so long. Turn it off - like everything. Turn it on again - it oozes again. As a result of all the dances, coffee is frothless and completely tasteless. I tried again after a long break - no way. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. The cow in 10 seconds fills espresso with froth, everything is great. And the usual one refuses to be friends with me

[Alexandra]

For some reason coffee from the coffee maker of the same Bialetti geyser for 6 cups is categorically disliked. I don't understand what's the matter.

Alexandra, I have geyser coffee makers from a subsidiary of Arte & Fuoc. They are quite inexpensive compared to Bialetti. Sold in O'Key stores (this is the St. Petersburg network). Small (for 2 portions) 500 rub. with a little, and for 6 servings about 700 p. Both with spare silicone seals. I, as you probably remember, first tried the little one. I really liked the coffee after 3-4 times of preparation (but I was already ready for this, since I read about it), but there was no smell, and now (I have been using it 2 times a day since January) with the same type of ground coffee, the aroma on all my big kitchen. I have no explanation for this fact. The husband comes down to the smell from the second floor. When I saw it on sale for 6 servings I immediately bought it, and, you know, the same effect. On March 8, my friends were visiting and they definitely decided to buy the same coffee makers after drinking a drink (although they also have coffee machines).
As for the cooking time, when I spot it, I will let you know (but it feels like it won't last long).

[Alexandra]

Well, at least explain to me, please, how long does it take for 6 cups of brewed coffee to go into the upper tank ??? And is it normal that it comes out as thin as the thinnest thread in a trickle ???

Alexandra, I went to conduct an experiment for 6 servings (but in fact, for me, so for 2).

[Panevg1943]

Thank you, Panevg1943

For me - too. So I bought for 2 portions of espresso, we drink like that on weekends in the morning