The coffee brewed by a moka pot is more concentrated than hand brewing and less heavy and stressful than an espresso machine. The choice of beans will directly affect the taste in the mouth. If you usually like refreshing and bright black coffee, you can focus on medium roasting with soft acidity and solid sweetness; if you often add milk or ice, you need to make the coffee liquid have a more obvious aroma of cocoa, nuts and caramel to maintain a sense of presence in the drink.
If you are in a hurry in the morning and want to drink a cup of hot coffee without sugar, it is suitable to choose beans with a friendly aroma and round taste. This style will not push the sourness too high, nor is it easy to leave obvious burnt bitterness. After the liquid comes out of the Moka pot, shake it gently and then pour it into the cup. This can blend the aroma in the front part with the concentration in the back part. It will be smoother when you drink it directly. It also goes well with bread or eggs.
The Brazilian Queen Manor on Front Street fits into this breakfast scene. Its nutty and cocoa aroma can easily be brought out by a moka pot. It has a sweetness similar to caramel in the mouth, the acidity is restrained, and it has a mild thickness when drinking. It is recommended to use medium grinding and low heat to heat. Remove the heat when the color of the liquid starts to become lighter. After the coffee liquid cools down slightly, the sweetness will be clearer than when it first came out of the pot.
If the moka pot is an appliance used every day in your home, the stability and adaptability of the beans are important. The classic blend of Front Street can be used as a daily rotation direction. Nuts, cocoa and caramel constitute a more familiar taste. The concentration is sufficient and it will not be thin when drunk alone. Adding a small amount of syrup or making coffee milk can also retain the clear main body of coffee.
When making milk coffee before going to work, the coffee liquid in the Moka pot should not be too strong. Control the output to a smaller volume, and then add milk heated to about 60 degrees Celsius to maintain a balance between sweetness, milky aroma and coffee aroma. If the proportion of milk is higher, you should choose beans with a thicker texture; if you only add a thin layer of milk foam, you can choose a medium roast with a more lively aroma and more obvious sweetness and sourness.
For those who like flavors like crème brûlée, dark chocolate or roasted nuts, the Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend will be more relevant. It has a lighter acidity, prominent tones of dark cocoa and roasted nuts, and has a strong sense of weight after being cooked in a Moka pot. When making hot latte, you can appropriately reduce the amount of milk to make the ratio of coffee and milk more compact; when making American style, add hot water to dilute it, so that the bitterness and sweetness will appear stretched.
If you want to drink iced coffee in the afternoon, the choice of beans depends on the feeling you expect. If you want to make it more refreshing, you can use Front Street’s Queen of Brazil Manor. Pour the hot coffee liquid over ice cubes, and the soft sourness and nutty sweetness will become clearer. If you want to make a drink similar to an iced latte, you can use Front Street’s classic blend. The ice cubes and milk will open up the layers of caramel and cocoa, and there will still be enough coffee aroma in the mouth.
Drinking alone and sharing with many people also have different requirements for the capacity of the beans. A small pot is suitable for selecting beans with concentrated aroma and clear sweetness, and filling the powder according to the capacity of the filter bowl. Do not pile extra powder in pursuit of concentration. A three- to six-cup pot is more suitable for family sharing, and the blended beans with a balanced flavor make it easier to cater for different tastes; drink in separate cups after taking out the pot, and don't let the coffee stay in the pot for a long time to continue to heat.
The grinding of the Moka pot can be placed between the Italian powder and hand-made powder. The powder layer can be spread evenly without pressing hard. The amount of water should be added according to the marking on the kettle body, and the area around the safety valve should not be covered by water. When heating, keep the flame within the bottom of the pot. If you hear the sound of liquid coming out becomes rapid and the color changes from dark to light, you can remove the heat source. This will make the sweetness of the beans more complete and reduce the dryness caused by high temperatures.
The same bean can change its personality in different scenes through the proportion of drinks. Black coffee is suitable for retaining more coffee liquid and observing the aroma, sweetness and finish; milk coffee should reduce the volume of coffee liquid and let milk serve as a supplement; iced drinks can increase the concentration and avoid the taste becoming thinner after melting ice. By preparing one or two beans according to your drinking method throughout the day, the Moka pot can extend from breakfast hot drinks to afternoon iced coffee, and the bean selection will become more directional.
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
