page_title: Moka pot
section_title: Moka pot dimensions
hierarchical_section_title: Moka pot / Moka pot dimensions
caption_attribution_description: English: A selection of Bialetti moka pots at Koffiebranderij BOON in The Hague.
context_page_description: The moka pot is a stove-top or electric coffee maker that brews coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee. Named after the Yemeni city of Mocha, it was invented by Italian engineer Alfonso Bialetti in 1933 and quickly became one of the staples of Italian culture. Bialetti Industries continues to produce the same model under the name "Moka Express".
  Spreading from Italy, the moka pot is today most commonly used in Europe and in Latin America. It has become an iconic design, displayed in modern industrial art and design museums including 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.
context_section_description: The moka pot comes in various sizes based on the number of 50 ml (2 imp fl oz; 2 US fl oz) espresso cups they produce.  The following table are the standard sizes for the Bialetti Moka Express.
caption: Several models of Bialetti moka pots
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