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It makes pretty good pseudo-espresso. The ground coffee goes into the container between the two cones. The steam rising from the boiling water in the bottom cone passes through the container, and in about 3 minutes you get two espresso-size cups' worth of coffee. The difference between this and a true espresso machine is that proper espresso is made at 88 degrees Celsius, while steam is 100 degrees and up, which results in no foam. Apart from that, it tastes very good. It was invented in Italy (I think). I must reiterate that it actually makes something almost like real espresso (i.e. it's not a percolator, dripper, or any of those glass-and-plastic monstrosities that produce the icky brown stuff that some people pour into mugs and guzzle all day, imagining it's coffee.

What's it called?

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Consider, moka pot

The moka pot is a stove-top or electric coffee maker that produces coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee. It was patented for the first time in Italy by the inventor Luigi De Ponti for Alfonso Bialetti, in 1933. Bialetti Industrie continues to produce the same model under the name "Moka Express".

The moka pot is most commonly used in Europe and in Latin America. It has become an iconic design, displayed in modern industrial art and design museums such as the Wolfsonian-FIU, Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum, the Design Museum,and the London Science Museum. Moka pots come in different sizes, from one to eighteen 50 ml servings. The original design and many current models are made from aluminium with Bakelite handles. Wikipedia

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