Some hobs make it hard work though - if it takes too long to push the water through, and the coffee ends up literally boiling, or too fast, and you end up with insipid nothing.
I don't fill up to the line either, and, although I've (in the mists of time) been told not to tamp the grounds, I do a little bit.
I've (in the mists of time) been told not to tamp the grounds, I do a little bit.
Standard advice from most if not all the manufacturers is not to tamp. Before I got the Robot I was tamping the moka pot too, had only read that somewhere in the last couple of years. I think it's a good thing.
Ditto
Some hobs make it hard work though - if it takes too long to push the water through, and the coffee ends up literally boiling, or too fast, and you end up with insipid nothing.
I don't fill up to the line either, and, although I've (in the mists of time) been told not to tamp the grounds, I do a little bit.