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I don't put soap on my Moka pot.
The whole thing with putting hot water in I think is overkill though, coffee doesn't seem to burn while the water heats up, and it's easy to burn yourself if you're putting near boiling water in a Moka pot and then trying to thread it together with oven mitts or a towel. Good way to get hurt.
That said I'm always using the Moka pot with steamed/foamed milk anyway. If you're going to drink it straight up and pretend it's an espresso shot maybe it becomes more important to do those last 1% techniques.
But I do taste the coffee straight out of the Moka pot and I still don't think pre-heating the water is worth it. If I have warm filtered water I'll use it but I won't go heating the water if it's just going in the Moka pot.
Getting the grind right seems to be by far and away the most important thing... that is almost the only variable you can significantly change.
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