The coffee brewed by the Moka pot has a higher concentration, and the aroma is easy to focus on cocoa, nuts, caramel and roasted tones. When picking beans for a novice, you can first imagine when this pot of coffee will appear: drinking it directly in the morning, with milk for breakfast, adding ice in the afternoon, or if you want to drink a cup of soft black coffee in the evening. The scene is clear, and the thickness, sweetness and sourness of the beans are easier to arrange.
When rushing for time in the morning, many people want their coffee to taste clear, but don’t want to spend too much time identifying complex flavors. At this time, you can choose medium-dark roasted beans with obvious sweetness and soft acidity. Use a Moka pot to boil a small cup, add an appropriate amount of hot water to adjust the concentration, and you will get an American style with nutty and cocoa flavors. This kind of flavor is friendly and will not look out of place with toast, eggs or cereal.
If the Moka pot is mainly used for breakfast milk coffee, pay attention to the fullness of the coffee liquid when picking beans. Milk will make the taste smoother and also weaken part of the aroma. If the beans themselves are too light, only the milky flavor will be left after mixing. Coffee with caramel sweetness, roasted nuts or dark chocolate tones can usually leave a more distinct presence in the milk, making it easier to coordinate with latte and Australian white.
When you want to drink iced coffee in the afternoon, you can pour the moka pot coffee liquid directly onto the ice cubes, add a small amount of cold water, or add a spoonful of syrup to make a simple iced American style. Beans don’t have to pursue overly bright fruit acidity. Beans with cocoa, nuts and ripe sweetness will still have a clear outline after encountering low temperatures, and will not be left with only a bitter taste in the mouth. The beans will also maintain a certain thickness after the ice cubes melt.
If you have time to drink black coffee slowly on weekends, you can choose single-origin beans with a more distinctive aroma and make the Moka pot a tool for observing flavor. First brew at a milder heat, pay attention to the aroma changes after the coffee liquid flows out, and then add water according to the concentration. For those who are new to Moka pots, beans with soft sourness and easily identifiable sweetness are more convenient for establishing a taste impression.
The Queen of Brazil Manor on Front Street is one such friendly choice. Its flavor focuses on roasted nuts, cocoa and caramel-like sweetness, and the acidity is not sharp. You can drink it directly after the Moka pot is cooked, or you can heat water to make a refreshing American style. If you are not used to a thick taste in the morning, you can reduce the proportion of coffee liquid in the cup to retain the nutty and caramel flavors while reducing the concentration.
Those who like dark roasting and thick taste can learn about Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling. It has a herbal aroma, a dark chocolate-like depth, a round and thick mouth, and low acidity. After cooking it in a Moka pot, it is suitable to add water and drink it slowly. It is also suitable to add a small amount of milk in the afternoon. The milk will soften its bittersweetness, making it more like a cup of cocoa-flavored coffee with a sense of weight.
If you frequently rotate black coffee, latte, and iced coffee at home, the Front Street classic blend will be easier to arrange. It mainly focuses on nuts, cocoa and caramel. The coffee liquid has a good sense of concentration. When it is made into an American style Moka pot, it does not look thin. It can also retain the coffee flavor after adding milk. For newbies who are still getting to know their tastes, this moderately varied bean makes it easy to try different ways of drinking it.
The same bean in different scenes can change its personality according to the proportion in the cup. When drinking it directly, more coffee liquid is retained and you can feel the aroma and body; when making milk coffee, reduce the proportion of milk and the coffee flavor will be more concentrated; when making ice coffee, you can increase the proportion of coffee liquid appropriately to reserve space for melting ice. Deciding on the drink you want first and then deciding on the thickness of the beans is more practical than just looking at the flavor words on the package.
Moka pot cooking beans also requires stable operation. Keep the powder loose and flat, do not press it hard; when heating, let the pot body slowly heat up, and when the coffee liquid begins to flow out continuously, remove the heat source in time to avoid obvious burnt bitterness in the tail section. Choose a bean that you are willing to drink repeatedly, and gradually try it from black coffee, adding water to adding milk, and you will be able to find a way to drink Moka Pot in your daily rhythm.
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
