If you love coffee, chances are you’ve tried a few methods to achieve the perfect cup. I cycled through moka pots, drip filters and even capsule machine routines before finally landing on my French press go-to ― it’s the best quality-to-ease compromise for busy weekdays, I reckon. Still, on weekends, I turn to the moka pot’s slightly more velvet-y offering. But according to coffee expert James Hoffmann, it seems I’ve been missing a crucial strep. In an Instagram post shared last weekend, the coffee legend shared his own moka pot routine ― and even the water is different to my own approach.How?James boils his water before pouring it into the base of his container. He advises we “fill the base of the pot up to the valve with water just off the boil” ― for what it’s worth, Starbucks recommends the same step. A 2008 article shared in