<p>Here's what I do:</p>

<ul>
<li>Boil a kettle with as much water as you're going to need for everyone</li>
<li>Fill the sink with cold water</li>
<li>Make your pot of coffee as normal: using boiling water</li>
<li>After you've made the coffee and poured it out, dunk the pot in the sink of cold water</li>
<li>It should cool down within a few seconds, allowing you to unscrew it, clean it out, and reset (it helps if you have a second sink to do the cleaning in)</li>
<li>Fill with coffee/boiling water again, and repeat until everyone has coffee</li>
</ul>

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2015-02-20T16:12:45.777Z
So no problems from shocking it with all that cold water? Awesome!
Cascabel
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2015-02-20T16:15:32.297Z
@Jefromi AFAIK Aluminium should have no problem being quenched like that.
fredley
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I do this too, and so far no problems with the aluminium pot. But it's still easier to just use a bigger pot, or it's a nice excuse to get another one :)
crunch
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fredley
<p>I made three batches in a row with a moka pot (for Vietnamese coffee ice cream!) recently. I did my best to handle things with a wet rag while still hot, but it was still a bit of a pain and a bit slow. Is there anything else I can do to speed things along or make it easier? Is it safe to just run water over it to fully cool it down?</p>

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2015-02-19T03:43:44.363Z
Fraught with peril! One way to speed up is to [pre-boil the water as suggested in this answer](http://coffee.stackexchange.com/a/130/262), but otherwise I haven't figured a good way except use a bigger moka pot; hopefully someone else has better ideas.
hoc_age
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2015-02-19T20:12:13.240Z
Handle with a wet rag while still hot? If you're talking about handlig hot materials and not getting burnt, use a dry rag instead! Water conducts heat very well.
Ludwik
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2015-02-19T20:20:42.980Z
@Ludwik The point is that water has a high heat capacity, so a rag wet with cool or room temperature water is enough to cool things down enough to handle. A dry rag will insulate you for a bit... and then just get hot, and keep being hot. (Side note: water is actually a bad heat conductor, worse than glass, for example. It's normally pretty good at heat transfer because of convection, not conduction. And if it's already hot, it transfers a lot of heat via conduction because of the heat capacity, not the conductivity.)
Cascabel
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@Jefromi Well, you clearly have it sorted out, just wanted to be on the safe side ;)
Ludwik
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How should I make multiple batches quickly with a moka pot?
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# How should I make multiple batches quickly with a moka pot?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-19)

I made three batches in a row with a moka pot (for Vietnamese coffee ice cream!) recently. I did my best to handle things with a wet rag while still hot, but it was still a bit of a pain and a bit slow. Is there anything else I can do to speed things along or make it easier? Is it safe to just run water over it to fully cool it down?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Fraught with peril! One way to speed up is to [pre-boil the water as suggested in this answer](http://coffee.stackexchange.com/a/130/262), but otherwise I haven't figured a good way except use a bigger moka pot; hopefully someone else has better ideas.  
> **username_2**: Handle with a wet rag while still hot? If you're talking about handlig hot materials and not getting burnt, use a dry rag instead! Water conducts heat very well.  
> **username_0**: @username_2 The point is that water has a high heat capacity, so a rag wet with cool or room temperature water is enough to cool things down enough to handle. A dry rag will insulate you for a bit... and then just get hot, and keep being hot. (Side note: water is actually a bad heat conductor, worse than glass, for example. It's normally pretty good at heat transfer because of convection, not conduction. And if it's already hot, it transfers a lot of heat via conduction because of the heat capacity, not the conductivity.)  
> **username_2**: @Jefromi Well, you clearly have it sorted out, just wanted to be on the safe side ;)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-02-19. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

Here's what I do:

* Boil a kettle with as much water as you're going to need for everyone
* Fill the sink with cold water
* Make your pot of coffee as normal: using boiling water
* After you've made the coffee and poured it out, dunk the pot in the sink of cold water
* It should cool down within a few seconds, allowing you to unscrew it, clean it out, and reset (it helps if you have a second sink to do the cleaning in)
* Fill with coffee/boiling water again, and repeat until everyone has coffee

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So no problems from shocking it with all that cold water? Awesome!  
> **username_3**: @Jefromi AFAIK Aluminium should have no problem being quenched like that.  
> **username_4**: I do this too, and so far no problems with the aluminium pot. But it's still easier to just use a bigger pot, or it's a nice excuse to get another one :)  

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