Aluminium Coffee Maker Safety

Bialetti industries continues to produce the same model under the name moka express.

Aluminium coffee maker safety.

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. These are some of my favorite non toxic coffee makers. Like the previous poster i recall past debates over aluminum coffee makers possibly linked to dementia and specifically alzheimer s disease. Aluminum may be leaching by.

The safest thing to do is to look for a coffee maker with a no plastic parts or at least none that come into contact with the pot s contents. While single serve and drip brewing coffee makers are the most convenient those are the ones most likely to be made primarily of plastic. The lines can get blurred quickly and easily. Anonymous we ve been using nespresso for 8 years and i ve noticed some issues only recently with it which has me sending the pods and a sample to the lab to find out if its leaching aluminum into the coffee.

A french press allows you to have control over the temperature and intensity of your coffee. The water must be pre heated using another method but french press coffee makers don t require any electricity. According to a fact sheet from the alzheimer s society cooking in uncoated aluminum utensils can increase the amount of aluminum in certain foods such as fruits that are high in acid the risks of ingesting aluminum go up if you are using a non coated coffee maker. Making coffee with aluminum stainless steel iron and the like.

We use a medium and large aluminum stovetop espresso makers and although they make a great cup of coffee i am looking for a polished stainless pot where the inside of the bottom of the freshly brewed coffee container is flat like the aluminum ones for ease of cleaning. Coated aluminum does not pose the same risk. But there could also be aluminum parts lurking inside that single serve or drip coffee maker a material that does not do well when mixed with a hot acidic drink like coffee. I am not even testing against plastics leaching just heavy metals for now.

There are some great french press options in the coffee maker world. I just had this discussion with my spouse regarding the safety of aluminum percolators versus our drip coffee maker which does not make a very tasty cup of joe.