Alessi Chipperfield's Moka Stove Top Espresso Coffee Maker

Designed by the architect David Chipperfield, "Moka" is a tribute to Italy's favorite espresso coffee maker and its inventor, Alfonso Bialetti, Alberto Alessi's maternal grandfather. Invented in the early 1900s, the first espresso coffee maker revolutionized the way coffee was made. With "Moka", Alessi offers an original interpretation of a timeless icon, created by Chipperfield with the aim of it becoming a popular, simple, familiar object just like the first espresso coffee maker invented at the beginning of the last century. An eleven-sided volume for a familiar and at the same time innovative form: Chipperfield works on a series of details that make the design of "Moka" something unprecedented and, at the same time, introduce improvements in functionality. The flat lid, for example, serves as a surface for resting and warming cups during coffee preparation - for enhanced appreciation of the aroma and flavor of the drink - while the knob position allows for easy, one-handed lid lift