1.   Brancato is not sure how she stumbled on her first espresso pot, an inexpensive octagonal-shaped stove-top model available in many gourmet stores.

2.   Gradually she began to collect more espresso pots and coffee accouterments, such as demitasse cups and spoons.

3.   Like a hand-cranked ice-cream maker, a nonelectric espresso pot seems like an anachronism these days.

4.   She celebrates her Italian heritage with gleaming espresso pots in a variety of unusual shapes and designs.

5.   Somewhere along the way, Stefani J. Brancato the tourist became an accidental collector of espresso pots.