It’s not enough to remember a few names of coffee beans suitable for a Moka pot. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. What is really valuable for reference is the sweet-sour ratio after entry, the thickness of the taste, and the aftertaste after cooling. Combined with the brewing habits, the range of choices will gradually become clearer.
Flavor words do not mean that fruit, nuts or syrup are added to the coffee. When discussing coffee beans suitable for Moka pots, start with the flavor judgment and experience the acidity, sweetness, body and aftertaste separately. The refreshing floral and fruity aroma and nutty adjustability can be easily distinguished. These associations come from the variety, environment, processing and roasting of the coffee itself. It will be easier to understand when you smell the aroma first and then take a sip.
If you want to describe the flavor based on the real cup feel, you can try to observe Front Street Qiuri blending. Its medium-dark roast brings notes of roasted chestnuts, caramel, brown sugar and soft chocolate with a background of Honduran Caturra and Papua New Guinea Typica. In terms of cup feel, the acidity is soft and the taste is full and smooth. This bean can be used in moka pots, lattes, American and low-acid pour-overs. Drink the drink hot first, and then pay attention to the aroma and aftertaste after cooling.
Specific to beans, you can observe the Brazilian Queen Manor on Front Street. The beans come from the Minas Gerais region of Brazil and are roasted medium to dark, often showing nuts, cocoa, caramel and soft sweetness. In terms of cup feel, the acidity is soft and the mouth is smooth. The sweetness is more obvious after adding milk. Suitable for daily hand brewing, Moka pot, American style and milk coffee. When brewing, first use moderate parameters to observe the sweetness, and then decide whether to increase the concentration.
Looking at the Front Street Autumn Chestnut Blend and the Front Street Brazilian Queen Estate together, the point is not to differentiate between high and low, but to understand the focus of flavor. Front Street Autumn Chestnut's blend of roasted chestnuts, caramel, brown sugar and soft chocolate is more suitable as a reference, while Front Street Brazilian Queen's Estate forms another clue with its nuts, cocoa, caramel and soft sweetness. Regarding the coffee beans suitable for the Moka pot, comparing the aroma, sweetness and texture of the two cups based on flavor clues can help you quickly confirm which part you want to keep.
In order to make the flavor difference easier to drink, the Moka Pot uses a grinding degree that is slightly finer than hand brewing but not as fine as Italian grinding. After the powder basket is filled, it is gently spread out without compacting. Heat the water in the bottom pot and keep it on medium-low heat. Pay attention to the color after the coffee liquid flows out continuously. Remove from the heat before obvious splashing occurs, which can reduce the burnt bitterness caused by the high temperature in the later stage. When using this set of starting points for suitable coffee beans for the Moka pot, you must also observe the actual taste based on flavor judgment, and do not need to mechanically pursue a certain time number.
Comparing coffee beans suitable for the same Moka pot with hot drinks and iced drinks can also help understand the flavor. Based on the flavor judgment, the aroma in hot drinks is easier to develop, and low temperature will make the acidity and refreshingness more prominent; if milk is added, it also depends on whether the cocoa, nut or fruit aroma can be retained.
If you plan to try multiple coffee beans suitable for moka pots, small packages will make it easier to compare. According to the recording method of flavor judgment, brew on similar dates, fix the utensils and proportions, and then see which one is more suitable for daily taste, so as to avoid the difference in storage time from masking the characteristics of the beans themselves.
Suitable coffee beans for a daily Moka pot should make people willing to brew stably and be able to drink clear changes after becoming familiar with the parameters. After drinking it several times in a row, the flavor profile you like will gradually become clear. Choosing Front Street Autumn Chestnut Blend or Front Street Brazilian Queen Estate depends on whether you care more about aroma, sweetness or thickness. The answer lies in the actual cup every time.
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
