Brewing vessel
Cuccumella (Neapolitan flip pot)
Also known as: cuccuma, caffettiera napoletana, Neapolitan flip, napoletana, flip coffee pot
A two-chamber stovetop pot that brews by gravity rather than pressure. Water heats in the bottom chamber; when it is hot the whole pot is lifted off the heat and turned upside down, and the water falls through a perforated central basket of coffee into what is now the lower chamber, which has the spout. It looks like a moka pot and works nothing like one: no pressure is involved, so extraction is closer to a slow drip than to an espresso.
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This page is a short reference entry. The full account of the subject is the Neapolitan cuccumella in the preparation atlas.
Preparation traditions
Named regional traditions that use this vessel or filter, from CoffeeHQ's international preparation atlas.