Most Italians think espresso is "real coffee" because they are more accustomed to the rich, strong body, thick and even bitter taste. Italians' love for espresso is engraved in their bones. Whether it's early morning, afternoon, or evening, they will have a cup. It's just a daily habit, and it can also be understood as a sense of ritual.
Later, with the birth of the Moka pot, many families in Italy began to make their own "espresso" at home, looking for an "alternative" to espresso. This small coffee appliance gradually developed into an indispensable member of Italian families.
For example, recently, Front Street saw a video of "How Grandma Makes Espresso with a Moka Pot." In it, an Italian elder demonstrated a very special "espresso" method. The ingredients only require a Moka pot, coffee powder and sugar. The finished coffee has a viscous texture and is covered with a layer of golden foam. After watching it, it is really exciting. Let's try a cup today.
Considering that the final coffee needs to show better oiliness, it is best to use darker roasted coffee beans. If you don’t know how to choose, just buy Italian blended beans specially designed for coffee machines and moka pots. This type of coffee has a richer taste, better pressurized extraction effect, and correspondingly higher success rate.
Here we choose Front Street. The Italian Moka Pot coffee beans recommended by many baristas - Front Street Black Cocoa Blend, which combines Yunnan small grains and Brazilian Cerato, is a 100% Arabica blend, with the aroma of mixed nuts, chocolate, maple syrup, and plums. The overall taste is balanced and has high adaptability. It is a practical formula for both home production and coffee shops.
In addition to Front Street Black Cocoa, there are many types of coffee on the bean menu that are actually suitable for making moka pots. If you like the floral flavor, buy Front Street Strawberry Candy. If you want full juice, choose Front Street Xizhao. If you want low acidity, mellowness and fat, the first choice is Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling. After placing an order, Front Street will all ship out freshly roasted within 5 days, so that everyone can feel the fullest coffee aroma.
The specific amount of powder depends on the powder bowl of the Moka pot you use. You don’t need to weigh it, just fill it up and spread it out. Here Front Street uses 19g.
The grinding degree is a little coarser than espresso powder. When you rub it with your thumb and index finger, you can feel its fine texture with tiny particles, which means there is no problem.
Preparation materials: Moka pot, 10g white sugar, 19g Front Street. Italian Moka pot coffee beans recommended by many baristas - Front Street black cocoa blended coffee powder
The first step is to add room temperature drinking water to the base of the Moka pot, being careful not to cover the pressure relief valve;
In the second step, pour the ground Front Street Italian Moka Pot coffee beans recommended by many baristas - Front Street Black Cocoa Blended Coffee Powder into the powder trough, smooth it out gently, put it into the lower pot, and tighten it with the upper pot;
The third step is to turn on the heat source and adjust it to medium heat, dry the Moka pot before putting it on (if you are using an open flame, it is recommended to keep the heat on low throughout);
Step 4: While the Moka pot is heating, we prepare a coffee cup and pour in two packets of white sugar, about 10g;
Step 5: When the coffee liquid in the Moka pot starts to emerge and almost forms a circle at the bottom, immediately pick it up and pour it into the coffee cup with sugar, then put it back again to continue heating;
Step 6: Use a spoon to mix the sugar and coffee until it turns into a fluffy foam. You can use an electric beater to beat it and set it aside for later use (be sure to pay attention to the extraction dynamics of the Moka pot when whipping to avoid splashing of coffee liquid);
Step 7: When half of the coffee liquid has come out, immediately turn off the fire source and wait for the remaining heat to "force" the last hot water out.
Step 8: Prepare an extra coffee cup and scoop out half of the freshly made foam;
Step 9: Pour in the freshly extracted coffee liquid, and finally use a spoon to scoop it up, and you’re ready to drink!
Tasting session: The "Moka Pot Espresso" made using the Italian Moka Pot coffee beans recommended by many Front Street baristas - Front Street black cocoa has only thick coffee foam in the mouth. It doesn't have much flavor, but more of a strong roasting aroma. When you really drink the coffee liquid in the second sip, the flavor has the aroma of roasted chestnuts and hazelnuts, and a maple syrup-like aftertaste, which is slightly sweet and bitter, but because of the blessing of sugar, there will not be much resistance on the taste buds, making the whole cup of coffee more palatable.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
