The concentration of coffee brewed by a moka pot is between Pour over(V60) and concentrated. The aroma is concentrated and the taste is heavier. It is suitable for mixing with bread in the morning, slow drinking with ice in the afternoon, and is also suitable for adding milk to make home milk coffee. When choosing beans, you can start from how you want to drink them that day, and then look at whether the sweet and sour expression, mellowness, and roasting style match.
If you're used to drinking moka pot coffee slowly as black coffee, the aroma and finish of the beans need to have an integrity of their own. Flavors that are too thin tend to appear sharp at higher concentrations. Medium-dark roasted items with sweet, nutty or cocoa flavors are usually easier to cook to create a round and smooth cup feel, and will not lose their main body after the temperature is lowered.
If you are in a hurry in the morning, but want to drink a cup of coffee with aroma, you can choose a cup with a balanced taste and soft acidity. Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise is suitable for this scene. It has a clean sweet taste in the mouth, a smooth texture, and a warmth similar to nuts, cocoa and soft wood tones. After being cooked in a moka pot, the concentration increases and it still looks calm.
This bean is great for drinking straight or for breakfast with toast, croissants or eggs. The concentrated flavor brought by the Moka pot will make its original mild sweetness clearer; if you feel that the concentration in the cup is higher, you can add a small amount of hot water to adjust it to a state closer to daily black coffee. The taste will be lighter, but the aroma will still remain.
If you want to drink a cup of coffee with personality in the afternoon, you can focus on items with herbal, cocoa and mature wood flavors. Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling has a fuller mouth feel, and the Moka pot will concentrate its mellow and dark-toned aroma. It is suitable for people who do not prefer bright sourness and prefer a calm flavor.
After Front Street PWN Indonesian Golden Mandheling is cooked, you can taste it in small sips and then add ice according to your personal preference. When it is served hot, the herbal and dark chocolate-like aroma is more obvious; after cooling, the bitterness will be reduced, and the thickness will turn into a smooth texture with sweetness. It also pairs well with nut, dark chocolate or caramel-based snacks.
If your Moka pot is mainly used to make milk coffee such as latte and Australian white, the single-origin beans can still be clearly expressed. The key is that the coffee liquid itself must have sufficient concentration and weight. Beans that are associated with cocoa, nuts and caramel make it easier to maintain the presence of coffee after adding milk, while adding soft sweetness to the drink.
If you like milk coffee but don’t want the milk to completely cover up the characteristics of the production area, you can choose beans with a less sharp flavor and a more complete structure. When hot milk is added to the Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise, it will have a soft cocoa, nutty and creamy texture, making it suitable for making into a small cup of latte. If the proportion of milk is reduced, the aroma of the coffee will be more prominent.
In summer, pour moka pot coffee into ice cubes, and the concentration and sweetness will be tested. At this time, you can choose a product that is darkly roasted and has a high mellow body, so that the aroma profile can still be retained after the ice cubes melt. Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling is suitable for making iced coffee. After cooling, the herbal flavor becomes lighter, while the dark chocolate-like thickness remains.
Moka pot beans don’t have to be dark roasted. If the roast is darker, it is usually easier to obtain cocoa, roasted nuts and a thicker taste; if the roast is lighter, it may retain more fruit acid and floral aroma, but under the high concentration performance of the Moka pot, more careful control of the firepower and liquid dispensing rhythm is required. If you are trying single-origin beans for the first time, you can first find a balance between medium roasting and medium-dark roasting.
When brewing, the grinding can be slightly coarser than that of Italian style. The powder layer should be kept flat without being compressed deliberately. The amount of water should be prepared according to the markings on the pot. Use low heat during the heating process to allow the coffee liquid to rise steadily; when the color of the outflowing liquid becomes lighter and the sound begins to change significantly, stop heating in time, and then rinse the bottom of the pot with cold water to help cool down, which can make the flavor more refreshing.
Once the bean is selected, its characteristics can be amplified by drinking it. If you want it thick and warm, drink it hot; if you want it soft and smooth, mix it with a small amount of hot water or milk; if you want a cooler aroma, pour it into ice cubes to cool it down. Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise and Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling, one is more rounded and balanced, the other is deep and mellow, which correspond to different daily scenes.
When choosing single-origin beans for a Moka pot, you are ultimately looking for a balance between flavor intensity and drinking habits. Breakfast, afternoon black coffee, iced drinks or milk coffee can all have corresponding bean styles. First think about whether to add water, ice or milk to the cup, and then choose from the direction of soft acidity, sufficient sweetness, and appropriate mellowness. The Moka pot at home can brew coffee that is closer to your taste.
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
