There is also this gem of a website, where you can explore a 3D CT-scan of a Bialetti moka pot, to see all its features and flaws:

https://www.scanofthemonth.com/scans/coffee

Their scan viewer software now works on mobile devices: https://app.lumafield.com/project/a5a9c7ef-d1c9-426e-9e2a-63...

Wow, it's really a shame about the new Bialetti pots. I've recently gotten one off Amazon and now I'm not sure if I should instead hunt for a used old model.

Who knows if it wasn't counterfeit?

I really like that video. However, I think this could have been done with X-rays by adding heavy salts (ex. sodium metatungstate or vastly more hazardous thallium salts) to the water or using a heavy organic liquid (ex. diiodomethane).

However, if you have a neutron imaging beamline you probably are motivated to make a cool demo.

I always wished they would make a transparent one

Pretty sure I saw someone with a glass one on youtube, but it wasn't as exciting to watch as I'd hoped. I'd still like one though.

Found the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7FoqR9oCfI

Seems like there are models with a transparent top (low pressure part), ex: https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Crystal-Glass-Top-Stovetop-Es...

You might want some blast protection if you use a completely transparent one due to the explosion risk and flying glass pieces.

I've seen one that had a glass lid that allowed you to view inside the top.

You knew it was working when the glass fogged up.

Too bad Scotty never time-traveled back to our 1984 with the formula for transparent aluminum.

Not sure of the year, but aluminium oxynitride exists (edit: and more commonly, sapphire).