Best Black Moka Pots
The best black moka pots, ranked by our review scores. Black is the finish that hides coffee itself best - splashes, staining round a drip area, scorch on a hotplate - and hides dust and fingerprints worst. The decision inside it is matte or gloss, and makers rarely say which: matte forgives handling, gloss shows every touch and every water spot. The one thing to check is the material under the colour. Black anodised aluminium and powder-coated steel hold their finish for years; black ABS plastic goes chalky under UV, and a machine that lives on a sunlit counter will show it.
Ranked by our review score, which is worked out from the specifications each maker publishes rather than from opinion, so you can open the arithmetic on any product page. Anything commercial is labelled and sits outside that order, and how we score explains what each criterion measures.
Ranked, and why
scored on what the maker publishes · open a row for the working1
Alessi 9090 Stovetop Espresso Maker 6 Cup8.1- Brew Quality (pressurised basket not published)
- 10.0
- Build Quality & Materials (gasket and replacement gasket sold not published)
- 8.3
- Ease of Use & Cleaning
- 6.5
- Heat Source Compatibility
- 10.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Value for Money (no price published) — 5.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 70.2 points scored here.
Capacity300mlBody Material18/10 stainless steel, mirror polishedInduction CompatibleYesRead review →PricePricing N/A2
Bialetti Moka Induction 6 Cup7.9- Brew Quality (pressurised basket not published)
- 10.0
- Build Quality & Materials (gasket and replacement gasket sold not published)
- 7.5
- Ease of Use & Cleaning
- 6.5
- Heat Source Compatibility
- 10.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Value for Money (no price published) — 5.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 70.2 points scored here.
Capacity280mlBody MaterialAluminium upper chamber, on a stainless steel boilerInduction CompatibleYesRead review →PricePricing N/A3
IMUSA Electric Espresso Maker 6 Cup6.6- Brew Quality (pressurised basket not published)
- 7.1
- Build Quality & Materials (gasket and replacement gasket sold not published)
- 5.8
- Ease of Use & Cleaning
- 7.0
- Heat Source Compatibility
- 7.9
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Value for Money (no price published) — 5.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 68.4 points scored here.
4
Alessi La Cupola Stovetop Espresso Maker 6 Cup6.1- Brew Quality (pressurised basket not published)
- 8.6
- Build Quality & Materials (gasket and replacement gasket sold not published)
- 5.8
- Ease of Use & Cleaning
- 5.0
- Heat Source Compatibility
- 5.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Ease of Use & Cleaning — 5.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 70.2 points scored here.
5
Bialetti Brikka Moka Pot 2 Cup6.0- Brew Quality (pressurised basket not published)
- 7.1
- Build Quality & Materials (gasket and replacement gasket sold not published)
- 5.8
- Ease of Use & Cleaning
- 6.5
- Heat Source Compatibility
- 5.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Heat Source Compatibility — 5.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 70.2 points scored here.