Made in Italy

Ceramic shell moulds for the Turbo Moka boiler, ready for pouringFoundry workshop with a trolley of Turbo Moka castingsFinished Turbo Moka boilers lined up on the bench

Entirely made in Italy. In workshops that had gone quiet.

Turbo Moka is made in the Italian workshops that fell idle when moka production left the country: a short supply chain within northern Italy, and third-generation hands back at the work they know.

Aluminium ingotsLost-wax castingMachiningFinishingAssembly, Milano

Three prototype generations

From a kitchen experiment to a mature production piece.

First Turbo Moka prototype: a classic moka with copper fins fitted by hand to prove the principle
1 · The proofA classic moka modified by hand, fins fixed to its side. Enough to prove the principle worked.
Second Turbo Moka prototype machined from solid aluminium on a five-axis machining centre
2 · The refinementThe form redesigned in CAD and machined from solid on a five-axis machining centre.
Molten aluminium poured into the Turbo Moka ceramic shell mould at the foundry
3 · The productionLost-wax cast: a technique thousands of years old, and still the only way to reproduce this form at scale. One material, one piece, fully recyclable.

The foundry

Ingots are melted and poured into ceramic shells; once the metal has set, the shell is broken away by hand.

Breaking the ceramic shell off a Turbo Moka casting with a hammerStacked aluminium ingots at the foundryFoundry worker breaking the casting sprue off a Turbo Moka boilerFreshly cast Turbo Moka bodies in the binBrushing ceramic shell residue off a raw Turbo Moka casting

Machining and finishing

The turbine fins are cut on the machining centre and the boiler is drilled for the safety valve. Then the surface: a chemical bath, hours in the corn-cob polishing drum, and a final inspection by hand.

Turbo Moka boiler in the corn-cob polishing drumA Turbo Moka boiler held in the chuck of a CNC machine while its turbine fins are cutDrilling the Turbo Moka boiler on the pillar drillBasket of Turbo Moka boilers lifted out of the yellow treatment bathPolished Turbo Moka boilers massed on the workshop floor

The components

Handle and top knob are moulded in Bergamo from food-safe resin. Filter, gasket and safety valve are the standard moka parts, stocked everywhere.

The assembly: Milano

Craftsman fitting a safety valve to the Turbo Moka boiler at the brass fixtureAssembling the Turbo Moka handle with a cordless driverFinished Turbo Moka on the production rack
Matteo Frontini, creator of Turbo Moka, with Pietro at the plant

In Milan, all the components come together. Each pot is assembled, checked, packed and shipped around the world: a piece of Italian craftsmanship for every kitchen.

Matteo Frontini with Pietro at the plant

Portrait of a craftsman with an espresso in the workshop

Espresso break in the workshop