Reddit reviews BIALETTI Moka Express 6 Cup, 1 EA

Try one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Bialetti-275-06-Express-6-Cup-Espresso/dp/B00004RFRU

You can get various sizes. They are small, and make almost espresso, which is about 90% as good as real espresso. Perfect for use at home on a budget.

I usually make one of these, boil water in a kettle at the same time, and make myself Americanos.

You just need to either grind your coffee at the store (it needs a fine grind, not standard coffee grind) or a home grinder.

Hi and welcome. We call this your first step into the rabbit hole. Like Alice, if you decide to go in this is just going to get deeper and deeper.

The two grinders you've linked are both electric and neither are particularly good. Assuming that you want to go with an electric grinder (and I would if you're drinking 5 cups a day) then then Baratza is the least you want to buy. The difference between this and the ones you have mentioned are the burrs - the cutting edges - that are in the machine.

Next, you say you start with a latte. Latte is espresso and steamed/textured milk. You are not going to get espresso anywhere close to your budget but you can get a good moka pot and then a milk frother will get you that drink.

For your coffee through the day then a french press will be fine - they're very simple just relying on a metal mesh screen to keep the used grinds out of the end drink or, if you are just making coffee for yourself one at a time then consider the aeropress.

Automatic machines are more complicated. You have to read very carefully as most on the market do not heat the water properly (they start dripping cold water into the coffee bed and, when they finish, they are putting boiling water and steam into it). Also, most will drip water through the middle of the coffee grounds which means that you get bitter tastes from the coffee that gets most of the water while the rest "under extracts" giving tastes of grass and moss. Unless you are willing to go to something like the Wilfa I would stay with manual coffee makers for now.

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C'est un peu moins casse pied qu'une aeropress et franchement c'est top.

First of I'd reccomend a Bialetti moka pot. Get this model if you are only going to make one cup at a time or this one if you will be making more(up to 3 cups). As for a milk frothing wand, I got good results with the aerolatte. Keep in mind that you will only ever get ok coffee with this kind of set up, but obviously a lot better than instant!

I use this coffee and this percolator.

Takes about 10 minutes to kick in then you get a nice 30/40 minute window. Especially good if you're tired after work and want something pre-gym; I recommend taking it black as a pre-workout.

Wait...what is your budget? Are you willing to spend £150?? If so, we could probably put together a great beginners setup for your boyfriend.
I'm thinking:
Aeropress
And Baratza Encore but that's a little over 150. Instead of an Aeropress, a Clever would work, too, but you would also need #4 filters.

Actually, if you want to give him a lot of options for 150, you can get him the Aeropress (23), Clever (18), #4 filters (4), Hario Hand Burr Grinder (22), and a Mocha Pot (23) for a grand total of ~90 quid. I'd also add a .1 gram digital scale for 15 extra. So 105 for quite a good introductory setup for coffee (and I'm assuming you have a kettle for boiling water).

If it is anything like these then about 10cm of pressure head, as that is about as much as is needed to push the hot water from the reservoir slowly through the coffee out of the top is, assuming negligible resistance through the grounds, because of low flow rate.

Planning to buy a stovetop coffee maker. Does anyone have any experience or suggestions?

This is what it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6iLayAJf98