Anyone here use a Moka pot?

It's my weekend coffee maker.

Usually espresso, but I have used it with coffee.

It’s finicky, it’s much easier to get a predictable outcome with a French press.

yep ... traditional Cuban coffee maker

I sometimes do. I use hot water in the water chamber and use a low flame to brew the coffee. Once I get a flow of coffee, I wrap a wet dish towel around the water chamber to stop the boiling of the water. Also, Illy makes a coffee ground especially for moka pots. This is how the old school Italians I knew often made their coffee. No fancy espresso machines!

It requires coffee ground for a moka pot—espresso is too fine, regular drip too coarse. Works best somewhere in between. I boil the water in a kettle before adding it to the pot. It can be messy to load and clean if you’re a fumble fingers, but I really like the body of moka pot coffee. It’s just a tiny bit sludgy, in a good way.

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Also, Illy makes a coffee ground especially for moka pots.

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Yes... That is what I was thinking of earlier. Good stuff.

A 'cup' is 2 oz,, so 19 oz, 2 full coffee cups.

I set my grinder about half between espresso and regular.

Yes, 2 nice full cups. When we have company we use small 6 oz cups, I have a milk frother, so I spoon the froth on top for cappuccino. I get 4 cups that way. If I had to buy again I might get the 12 cup pot.