Comments on: Quick and Easy: Dad’s Iced Coffee

By: CSA Week 5: No, I won’t turn on the stove. | Kate Flaim (Girl Reporter)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:45:55 +0000

[...] also been brewing iced coffee using my dad’s method, which is definitely worth trying if you have a Bialetti [...]

By: Kittie Poteat

Kittie Poteat — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:27:53 +0000

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By: Reba

Reba — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:28:47 +0000

Thanks so much! Can’t wait to try it out

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:02:17 +0000

Welcome, Reba! Don’t worry, the espresso makers are a little intimidating at first. (And I’m too lazy to use it unless I’m craving iced coffee; I normally use a plastic cone/paper filter on top of my mug!)

Basically, you fill the bottom portion with water to the fill line. If there’s no fill line, go to the bottom of the little valve on the side. Then plop the middle basket part on top, and pack that with espresso-ground coffee (it should have multiple parts; you might check online for a diagram to make sure yours isn’t missing anything), right up to the top [top photo]. Don’t tamp it down too hard, but do ta it in with a spoon so the top is smooth, and make sure you haven’t dribbled grounds into the grooves where the top screws on! Finally, screw on the empty top portion, where the handle is.

Put the whole contraption over mediumish heat. When it starts making horrifying sounds, it’s done. (If you’re not sure, peek carefully inside the lid. You can see in the photo above that the coffee comes out that middle rod section; when it’s done it starts spurting bubbles/air with just tiny specks of coffee, and if you leave it on the stove you’ll burn out the bottom.) Good luck!

By: Reba

Reba — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:08:20 +0000

I found your blog through Design*Sponge and am loving it!

I’m sorry to ask such a boring question –but how *do* you use the stovetop espresso maker? I have a hand-me-down from my dear Mother, but lost the directions somewhere along the way. Please help?

By: dan

dan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:50:38 +0000

This is a great recipe! I love stove top espresso makers as well. Just make sure your espresso maker is made of stainless steel, and not aluminum. Aluminum, if used cooking, is proven to cause Alzheimers!!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:11:00 +0000

Great idea, Meghan! I will remember that for the days that I have forgotten to plan ahead.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:28:10 +0000

I’m impatient, and add to that, I’m a bartender. I shake my sweetened espresso in ice (in a cocktail shaker), then add milk.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:41:33 +0000

Bordeaux, I ADORE vietnamese iced coffee. High on my list of favorite things in the universe. I should track down one of those special filters so I can make it at home.

By: Bor

Bor — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:52:54 +0000

Sounds yummy, can’t wait for it to be full-on summer again so we can start making iced coffees. We do ours the Vietnamese way, some condensed milk and ice cubes in a glass and then we put the Vietnamese drip on top, allowing the warm strong coffee to slowly melt the ice while it drips into the glass.