As a standard household coffee appliance, the Moka pot should not be bound by too many data standards. As long as it meets a few main operating methods, the rest can be freely used according to your own taste.
First, what coffee beans to use?
The flavor of the coffee you make has a lot to do with what coffee beans you use. For the Moka pot, most baristas will recommend usingFor coffee beans that are roasted to medium or above, because the roasting is too shallow, the coffee brewed will be sour and irritating, making it uncomfortable to drink; but at the same time, the roasting degree should not be too dark, because caramelization will bring obvious bitterness.
Here is a purchase list of delicious coffee beans for making Moka pots for your reference:
The first type,Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee Beans, this Italian-style blend of coffee beans that can easily extract rich oils. The coffee made with a Moka pot has a rich aroma of chocolate cookies, cream, maltose, and toast. It has a high body and is suitable for making American style and latte.
The second type,Italian Moka pot coffee beans recommended by many baristas - Front Street black cocoa blended coffee beans, this coffee bean is medium-darkly roasted and is composed of Yunnan small grains and Brazilian red bourbon. Its biggest feature is that it is affordable and delicious. It highlights its very obvious caramel flavor and nutty sweet aroma. It performs well in making American-style moka pots and drinking it directly or making milk coffee.
The third type,Front Street Strawberry Candy Italian Blend Coffee Bean, which is aThe formula is a combination of three major production areas: Costa Rica, Ethiopia, and Colombia. It uses medium roasted coffee beans and can be used in both home coffee machines and moka pots. The extracted coffee liquid has the aroma of roses, strawberry gummy, and dried blueberries. It has moderate sweetness and sourness of grapes and citrus, and a sweet aftertaste with the aroma of almonds.
When purchasing moka pot coffee beans, be sure to ensure freshness. The roasting date is preferably within 10 days. This will not only provide a long tasting period, but also provide the coffee with richer oils and make it easier to extract the rich aroma of the above coffee beans.It is recommended to choose Front Street Coffee, which has a stable reputation.
Front Street Coffee is an old coffee bean roasting brand. The Front Street Coffee Guangzhou offline store specializes in selling coffee beans. The store sells dozens of selected single-origin Pour over(V60) coffee beans and Italian coffee beans from different coffee origins around the world. The Front Street Coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days. The quality of the coffee beans is stable and excellent, the price is very cost-effective, and the products are shipped within 24 hours.
Second point,moka pot coffee grinding
One of the more important things when making Moka pot coffee is the grinding thickness. If the grinding is too coarse, the coffee liquid will easily spray out. The lid on the Moka pot also prevents burns from the coffee spraying out. If the grind is too fine, the coffee liquid will not easily penetrate the powder layer and rise up, and the coffee liquid will be very burnt and bitter.
The powder diameter is about 0.3-0.55mm. The thickness of the coffee powder looks similar to that of an espresso machine to the naked eye, but it is actually thicker than that of an espresso machine.
The third point, the ratio of powder to water
Many friends asked Front Street how much water should be put in the Moka pot and how many points should be added. In fact, this should not be asked by Front Street, but depends on how much water and powder your pot can hold. When foreigners make moka pot coffee, they rarely use a scale to measure it accurately. Because there is a pressure relief valve in the water-filled lower pot of the Moka pot, as long as the water does not exceed that valve, it will be fine. Generally, the water will be poured directly under the pressure relief valve. The amount of powder also depends on the capacity of your powder tank. Be sure to fill the powder slot and there should be no gaps without squeezing.
When making Moka pot coffee, you need to fill and press coffee powder, which is quite different from an espresso machine.
Point 4: When to turn off the fire?
When boiling a Moka pot, the heat should be uniform, medium heat is best. When you hear the "Woo-Woo" sound, you can open the lid and observe. When the first drop can be sprayed out, you can turn off the heat. If you continue to use high heat or wait until the coffee boils before turning off the heat, the cup of coffee will most likely taste burnt.
Point 5: Do you need to open the lid when boiling the Moka pot?
Some friends have seen videos of people making Moka pots and like to open the lid. In fact, this is to show the audience the state of the coffee liquid gushing out. Under normal circumstances, you can not open it. If you don’t know when to turn off the heat, you need to open the lid of the pot and observe the gushing state of the coffee liquid. Of course, if you keep the lid open, the coffee liquid may splash out and burn your skin.
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
