Make Italian Coffee that is rich ,but not bitter. I love coffee from a Moka Pot, but you need good beans ground just right. The Neapolitan Flip pot is much more forgiving. This is an aluminum model, but I don't find much difference in the coffee from a Stainless Steel model and this. At the office I have no burner for a Moka pot. Put their is a hot water spout , so just fill the bottom and flip. Perfect for a latte or Americano.

The coffee maker made better coffee after I used my father's method instead of the enclosed instructions. The coffee came out very weak when using the directions of placing the coffee grounds in the top part of the coffee grind holder. Also it was easier to boil water in a pot instead of the coffee pot and then pour the water into the coffee groud holder and let it seep through.

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Neapolitans were popular in Italy until the moka pot was invented in the 1930s and gradually replaced the older Neapolitans. I used moka pots, which produce a different type of coffee (but not espresso) based on steam pressure. The Neapolitan is a fun way to produce great drip coffee. Like all drip devices, automatic and manual, the water is run through the coffee grounds by gravity. The Neapolitan has a metal filter and doesn't require paper filers. I think this produces a richer brew than my various manual drip devices. I make one change in the coffee making procedure differing from the enclosed instructions. Rather than boil the water in the Neapolitan on the stovetop, I boil water in an electric kettle, add the water to the water chamber, flip the coffee chamber from the top to the bottom and let the boiled water drip from the coffee chamber into the coffee chamber. Sounds complicated, but it isn't. Highly recommended. Update. After fiddling with the Neapolitan for some months, I found a simpler and better way to use it from reading online. Don't boil the water on the stovetop with the whole pot assembled and then try to flip the pot. Boil the water separately in a kettle and then pour the water directly into the filter unit (filled with coffee) and place the empty water chamber on top just to keep the liquid warm. After about 4 minutes, you have great coffee.

BE PATIENT. I've used this model coffee pot many times and each brew has produced very smooth coffee. Yes, the pot is made of aluminum which is somewhat thin but this is not a major issue. A couple of tips worthy of noting to enhance the flavor are (1) The coffee grind should be fine (not ultra fine nor medium) since the coffee exposure time to the hot water is relatively quick, (2) do not fill the water container to the weeping hole level, under measure slightly, (3) when heating, set the coffee pot assembly in a small pan to protect the handle and to capture any boiling water that might escape, (4) after the water boils, allow the hot coffee pot to sit for a minute before inverting it because ground coffee should be exposed to hot water at about 190 - 200F.

Well i was looking everywhere this neapolitan coffee maker and couldn't find it in any store, so i order it from here, since i was out of town i gave my cousins address...
And this is the weird part.. the coffee maker arrived just in time but the box was opened and the coffee maker was wrapped in some chinese newspaper, it also didn't have my name or address written on the box. And the box was left outside her home, probably her neighbor thought "ohh can this be a gift?" and she keep it (thanks god her neighbor is my aunt).
Then i saw a pic of her and my coffee maker on Facebook.. she just wrote, "thanks, best bday present ever i love my new coffee maker" i didn't know it was her bday so i called her and said it was a present.
So i ordered another one i was sooo expecting my coffee maker.. but it didn't arrive on date.. just a week after, then when i opened the box, there was no coffee maker but a thing to draw..
And long story to contact the vendor.. great service and 2 weeks later, finally my neapolitan arrived.