hot plate for moka pot?

August 27, 2014 9:54 PM

I've grown very attached to the coffee that comes out of my moka pot/ bialetti pot every.single.morning for the last two years, to the point where I am planning on taking it with me on all of my travels this year. Please recommend a mini hot plate that I can purchase in Canada, to use with the moka pot.

I use a 2-cup moka pot, so anything that's big enough for that pot and not much bigger will be great. Lightweight is best; and I'm willing to spend a little bit of money (say, up to 50 bucks) for this. Not interested in the electric version of moka expresso, though.

posted by redwaterman to Shopping (5 answers total)

Are you going to places that use 120 Volts or 230 Volts?
posted by sebastienbailard at 10:20 PM on August 27, 2014

Response by poster: Ah, good question. Mostly 120V.
posted by redwaterman at 10:38 PM on August 27, 2014

Does it have to be an electric hotplate? I use a burner screwed to a gas canister, something like this, for my moka pot in both hotel rooms and while camping.
posted by Kerasia at 11:15 PM on August 27, 2014

You can get a combo device: I typed in "Electric Moka" (not a bad band name…) into Amazon and there's a bunch.
The big advantage is once the coffee is made, the thing turns off - no burnt coffee if you're in the bathroom just then...
posted by From Bklyn at 11:40 PM on August 27, 2014 [3 favorites]

An electric hotplate has a huge advantage over gas or fuel stoves: it can go on airplanes. Even though they're technically allowed on planes by the IATA conventions, many airlines will refuse to allow even empty used camping stoves/gas rings. All luggage is x-rayed now too, and this is one of the things they do look for.
posted by bonehead at 6:54 AM on August 28, 2014 [2 favorites]