Here's a neat garage sale find...
Does anyone know exactly what this is, and what I can do with it?
I assume that it's some soft of espresso machine, as on the bottom it says "expresso [sic]" and "imported from Italy". Inside there's a heating element and reservoir at the bottom, and a perforated basket that sits about 2/3 of the way up. The top black piece has a perforated round metal disk that covers the basket in its entirety, and above that a metal tube connecting to the pour spout valve.
I've searched the tubes high and low, but haven't found any mention of this type of device (or how to use it).