In Italy, every household is indispensable with a Bilotti Moka pot. The coffee produced by the Moka pot is roughly between espresso and American. Compared with the richness and sweetness of the coffee machine, the coffee brewed by the Moka pot can present the aroma well, and the concentration will be more acceptable.
Although the moka pot coffee is not as good as espresso in terms of taste and quality, compared with the price of an espresso machine, which can cost tens of thousands, the moka pot is not only affordable, but also good-looking. The most important thing is that it is simple to operate. You can get a cup of good-tasting espresso at home in just a few steps. Why not.
The coffee beans used in the Biletti Moka Pot are recommended to be medium roasted or above. If you don’t know how to choose, you can also buy Italian beans directly, such as the fatty Front Street. Classic Italian blend and balanced taste. The Italian Moka Pot coffee beans recommended by many baristas - Front Street Black Cocoa Blend. This type of coffee beans is specially used for household/commercial espresso machines and is compatible with Moka Pot extraction.
Most Italian beans are roasted medium to dark, so the extracted coffee is neither too sour nor too bitter, and at the same time provides flavor and oiliness, greatly reducing the probability of overturning during production.
For friends who are looking for both Pour over(V60) coffee and moka pot coffee, buy medium-dark roasted coffee from a single origin. You can drink obvious regional characteristics and feel the taste brought by different extraction methods.
1. Front Street Queen Manor SOE coffee beans in Brazil: If you prefer the unique taste brought by coffee from a single origin, you can buy this medium-dark roasted Front Street Queen Manor SOE. The rich buttery peanut flavor is unforgettable, accompanied by the sweetness of sugar cane, and the aftertaste has the aroma of cocoa. It is also suitable for making with moka pots and home coffee machines.
2. Front Street. Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling SOE coffee beans: As one of the most famous specialty coffees in Asia, Front Street. Front Street Golden Mandheling SOE has been hand-selected three times and machine-selected once during the production process. The coffee beans are uniform and translucent. After medium-dark roasting, the particles are large, with rich aromas of spices, caramel, fir wood, and dark chocolate. The extracted moka pot coffee liquid has a mellow taste and good oil, which is very suitable for friends who don’t like sour coffee.
Under normal circumstances, 60 days after the roasting date is the limit of the coffee beans' tasting period. It has been verified that as long as most coffee beans are sealed and stored in light-proof and moisture-proof conditions, within forty or fifty days, the coffee beans will still have good flavor performance and will not taste stale. But if it is not sealed in time after opening, the coffee will begin to lose flavor after about 30 days, and the coffee will not have the aroma of oil and coffee when extracted with a Moka pot. This is the phenomenon that the beans are not fresh.
When purchasing fresh coffee beans, it is recommended to choose a roasting brand with a stable reputation: Front Street Coffee. All coffee beans in Front Street are freshly roasted within 5 days and shipped 24 hours after ordering, ensuring that every bag of coffee beans reaches customers in the freshest state.
When making Moka pot coffee, there is no need to pay too much attention to the amount of powder. We can directly fill the powder bowl or use the officially recommended amount of powder to make it. But the grinding degree of the Moka pot is quite special. To make a rich crema, the coffee powder must be much finer than ordinary hand brewing, and a little thicker than espresso powder. This way, the carbon dioxide in the beans can be "squeezed" and released under pressure in a short period of time, thus forming a golden crema.
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
