The MokaBot Brews Better Coffee Than Me

Today is a fun look at a homemade prototype that shows exciting promise for the future of the Moka Pot. It also has an entirely serious explanation of what a PID controller is. For more of Javi’s work: https://brewtalistvalencia.com/   / javier.vidal.tellols   The FrankenMoka Experiments:    • Understanding the Moka Pot (Episode #2)   The Ultimate Moka Pot Technique:    • The Ultimate Moka Pot Technique (Episode #3)   Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:14 The gap in modern moka pot brewing 01:19 Introducing The MokaBot prototype 02:00 The MokaBot’s features and build 03:45 What is a PID controller? 05:37 P for Proportional 05:57 I for Integral 06:27 D for Derivative 07:09 MokaBot brewing runthrough 11:09 Graphing a brew in real time 14:00 Thoughts and hopes for the future of moka pot brewing 16:05 Final brew and departing thoughts Our coffee playing cards: https://geni.us/THT-Cards Pirate image attribution: J.J. at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons https://share.epidemicsound.com/V62Rf Other Links: Patreon:   / jameshoffmann   Limited Edition Merch: https://geni.us/TensHundredsThousands Instagram:   / jimseven   Twitter:   / jimseven   My Books: I wrote the foreword and afterword to Julian Baggini’s The Book of Coffee*: https://geni.us/thebookofcoffee How to Make The Best Coffee At Home*: https://geni.us/howtomakethebestcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee*: https://geni.us/worldatlasofcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee Audiobook*: https://bit.ly/worldatlasofcoffeeaudio The Best of Jimseven*: https://geni.us/bestofjimseven Things I use and like: My old glasses: http://bit.ly/boldlondon My new glasses (Sept 2024 onwards): https://bit.ly/thenewglasses My hair product of choice*: https://geni.us/forthehair (*Affiliate links which may earn us a commission)