How To Clean a Moka Pot — How To

My favorite thing about going home to visit my parents: Every morning, my dad makes lattes for everyone. This ritual started almost 20 years ago, when they were visiting friends in Switzerland who only drank espresso drinks. They fell in love with the latte, and over the years my parents have acquired five different moka pots, all different sizes, for different-sized groups. Now that they're retired, my dad makes lattes for himself and my mom to savor every morning. And he makes them for me whenever I'm home.

Out of curiosity, I reached out to the team at Bialetti, a major player in the moka pot manufacturing game, to find out the proper way to clean a moka pot. Turns out, it's both easier and harder than you'd think.

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