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If your moka pot coffee tastes bitter, burnt, metallic, weak, or sour, grind size is usually the real cause. The moka pot sits between drip and espresso: it uses steam-driven pressure (roughly 1–2 bars), rising brew temperature, and a fast-changing flow rate. That makes grind size the “master variable” that controls resistance, contact time, extraction
