The main issue is that it’s actually fairly difficult to brew a good coffee with a Moka machine. If the stove is too hot, all the water will go through the coffee and then the whole thing will boil and spurt, and the coffee will be terrible. If the stove is too low, not all the water will go up and you’ll end up with not much coffee. And you have to stay close to be sure to not screw it up, which is annoying cause it takes a few minutes to boil.

It’s also annoying to clean, and you need to cool it down before making a second pot. If you cool it down too fast, you’ll create a vacuum, and you won’t be able to unscrew the thing.

I am not sure it works on induction stoves, and on gas stoves, you often have to add a little steel thing to hold the pot in place.

It was a smart and cute little device when it was invented, but let’s be honest, it’s highly inconvenient, and it’s not making a particularly good coffee either.

To me, it’s not the coffee snubs that should be shamed, it’s the people holding on to a less-than-ideal device, just for the sake of nostalgia.