How to Use Coffee Pot: Napoletana Flip Brewer Steps

The Napoletana flip pot looks like a moka pot, with an upper pot, a filter basket and a lower pot, but it works differently: it is a filter-type brewer, not a pressure brewer. Water goes in the lower pot, ground coffee fills the basket, and the pot is flipped when the water boils so the water filters down through the bed by gravity into the upper chamber.

Because extraction is by filtration rather than pressure, the grind should sit coarser than for a moka pot and the water temperature should stay just off the boil. Medium-fine coffee, a level bed and a full flip timed after the water rises all keep the cup clean. Anyone already comfortable with a moka pot can treat the flip pot as a separate method with its own parameters rather than a replacement.

At first glance, the Flip Pot looks similar in structure to a Moka Pot, also consisting of three parts: the upper pot, the filter basket, and the lower pot. However, the extraction logic of the two is actually completely different—the Flip Pot is a purely filter-type device, not a pressure-type one. Compiled by Front Street Coffee, this article walks you through how to use this classic Neapolitan pot, including brewing parameters, operating steps, and how to make the result closer to the ideal flavor. If you are already familiar with the Moka Pot, you might try the Flip Pot as an alternative approach.

The Flip Pot's finished style is somewhat similar to that of the Moka Pot, and structurally it is also divided into three parts: the upper pot, the filter basket, and the lower pot. However, its brewing principle takes a different path from the Moka Pot, and it is essentially a filter-type coffee device. Below, Front Street Coffee shows you how exactly to use this pot.

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