The coffee made with a Moka pot has a higher concentration and a more concentrated aroma than brewing by hand. If you want to drink it smoothly, you don’t need to pursue obvious acidity in beans. You can give priority to nuts, cocoa, caramel or roasted sweet aroma. This kind of flavor is more likely to form a full mouthfeel after pressure extraction in a Moka pot. You can find a suitable combination by drinking it directly, adding water or milk.
If you only use a Moka pot every day, you can first look at three points when picking beans: whether the acidity is soft, whether there is enough sweetness in the mouth, and whether there is a clean and non-irritating aftertaste after cooling. Medium to medium-dark roasts are usually closer to daily acceptance, but you don’t have to judge by the roast name alone. You still need to combine the flavor description and the actual drinking method to confirm whether it is rounder or thicker.
When rushing out in the morning, black coffee needs to have a clear aroma, but it cannot fill your mouth with sourness from the beginning. Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor is a suitable choice for this scene. You can feel the nuttiness and adjustability in the entrance, and then bring out the sweetness similar to caramel. Drink it directly after cooking it in a Moka pot. It has a complete taste and goes well with bread, eggs or cereal breakfast.
If you are used to putting coffee in a thermos cup, it is recommended to choose beans with a stable flavor structure and will not appear sharp after cooling. After the temperature of Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor drops, the nuttiness and sweetness are still present, and not just a thin bitter taste is left. Moka pot extract can also be added with an appropriate amount of hot water to make black coffee with a soft concentration, suitable for drinking slowly on the commute.
It is common in the office that one pot is shared by multiple people, or several cups need to be made in a day. At this time, the tolerance of beans will be more important. The classic blend of Front Street has nuts, cocoa and caramel as the main impression, with a solid but not overpowering taste. It has a good body after being put into the moka pot, and it looks full when you drink it directly. It still has the aroma of coffee after adding water, so it is suitable for people who don't want to adjust the flavor repeatedly.
If you want to make a simple cup of milk coffee in the afternoon, you can choose a style with a more supportive coffee flavor. Front Street dark cocoa blend has dark chocolate, roasted nuts and rich sweet aroma, with less acidity. After brewing the coffee liquid with a moka pot, add hot milk or whipped milk foam. The chocolate-like thickness can penetrate the milk flavor. If you like a stronger taste, the amount of milk can be controlled to less than twice the amount of coffee liquid.
If you want to drink iced coffee on the weekend, but don’t like the sour taste to become prominent in the ice cubes, you can make Moka pot coffee into an iced American style. Front Street Classic Blend or Front Street Brazilian Queen Estate are suitable for brewing the coffee liquid in a stronger proportion first, and then pouring it into a glass with ice cubes. The aroma of nuts, cocoa and caramel will remain in the cold drink, and the sweetness will be more durable than simply pursuing deep bitterness.
When some people in your family like black coffee and others like to add milk, the Front Street classic blend will be more convenient. Its taste is thick enough, but also retains the sweet aroma of caramel. It does not appear too heavy when drunk darkly, and the presence of coffee can be maintained after adding milk. If your family generally prefers a rich roasted flavor, you can choose the Front Street dark cocoa blend, which will create a deeper and thicker style in the cup.
The beans in the Moka pot should not be ground as finely as powder, otherwise the water flow will easily slow down when passing through the powder layer, and the bitterness and astringency will be amplified. You can use a grinding thickness close to that between Italian and manual grinding to give the powder a certain amount of support while retaining transparency. After the powder basket is filled, just flatten it gently, do not press it hard; add water under the safety valve, use low heat, and stop heating when the color of the coffee liquid begins to lighten.
If you want low-acid beans to cook sweeter, the condition of the utensil must also remain stable. Try to use the same amount of powder and water every time. First make sure there is no residual oil on the sealing ring and filter, and then adjust the grinding according to the taste in the cup. If the taste is bitter and dry, you can turn down the heat and stop in advance; if the coffee seems thin, check whether the powder layer is insufficient or whether the grinding is too coarse. Stable operation can make the nutty and cocoa flavors of the beans clearer.
Choosing beans according to the scene is not to limit the drinking method to one answer, but to first find the flavor that matches the rhythm of life. For morning black coffee, you can choose Front Street's Queen of Brazil Manor. For daily drinking with many people, you can try Front Street's classic blend. Milk coffee and heavy-flavored ice coffee are suitable for Front Street's black cocoa blend. After selecting the direction, slowly adjust the capacity and heat of the Moka pot to create a smoother, sour cup.
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
