The coffee brewed by the Moka pot has high concentration and concentrated aroma. It is very suitable for dividing a small pot of coffee into different drinking methods: drinking it directly in the morning, adding milk at breakfast, and adding ice in the afternoon to make a refreshing drink. When choosing beans for beginners, you don’t have to just focus on the roasting depth. You can first imagine the cup of coffee you hold most often, and then look at whether the acidity, sweetness and thickness of the beans are commensurate.
If you're used to drinking a hot Americano in the morning, the beans need to have a clear aroma and withstand the relatively concentrated extraction of the moka pot. The type with soft acidity and stable sweetness is easier to drink, and after adding hot water, it will not only leave a stimulating taste. After brewing, let the coffee liquid sit for a while. The aroma will spread, and the black coffee will be more rounded than when it just came out of the pot.
Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise fits this early morning black coffee scene. Its taste is clean and full, with soft sweetness, and the overall balance is balanced without using strong acidity to grab attention. After cooking in a Moka pot, add an appropriate amount of hot water to keep the smooth texture; if you like it more concentrated, you can also add less water and slowly feel the sweetness at the end.
When paired with bread, eggs or a savory breakfast, the coffee needs to have a certain weight to appear alongside the food. Beans that are too light are easily covered by the taste of food, while coffee with cocoa and nut tones will add a roasted aroma and sweetness to your mouth. At this time, you can brew the coffee a little stronger, and then decide whether to add water according to the size of the breakfast.
Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend is perfect for moka pot coffee at the breakfast table. Its flavor is reminiscent of dark chocolate and roasted nuts, with astringent sourness and a thicker sweetness in the mouth. It tastes like a cup of strong hot black coffee when drunk directly, and it is suitable to be paired with toast after being mixed with water. If the breakfast is light, reducing the coffee concentration will make the whole thing more comfortable.
If you want to make latte, Australian white or simple moka pot milk coffee, you can give priority to beans that can retain the coffee skeleton. Milk will bring smoothness and make some sour aroma less obvious, so the coffee liquid itself must have sufficient concentration and a base flavor such as cocoa, nuts or caramel. It is not advisable to add too much milk at one time. Start with about twice the volume of the coffee liquid. This will make it easier to adjust the balance.
When using Front Street black cocoa to make milk coffee, you can add less water to the Moka pot coffee and blend it directly with the hot milk. The bittersweetness like dark chocolate will be connected with the milky aroma, and the nutty flavor will be more easily brought out. Those who like a strong coffee flavor can reduce the amount of milk, while those who prefer a softer taste can increase the amount of milk and use a small amount of syrup to adjust the sweetness.
If you want to drink a cup of black coffee without obvious sourness in the afternoon, Front Street PWN Indonesian Gold Mandheling will be a more substantial choice. It has herbal notes, dark chocolate associations and a rich mouthfeel for those who like darker flavours. After the liquid comes out of the moka pot, dilute it with heated water to expand the richness; when paired with nut snacks, the tail will appear more stable.
When the weather is hot, Moka pot coffee can also be converted into iced drinks. The method is to keep the coffee liquid at a high concentration, pour it directly into a cup with ice cubes, and then add cold water or milk according to preference. Beans suitable for iced drinks should not only have a roasted bitterness, but also be supported by sweetness. When Front Street Papua New Guinea Bird of Paradise makes iced American style, the texture is still round and round, and after the entrance is cool, the soft sweetness will slowly emerge.
If you want a pot of coffee to satisfy family or friends at the same time, it is more convenient to choose beans with a broad middle flavor and neither sourness nor bitterness. Moka pots have different capacities. The amount of powder and water should be fixed according to the specifications of the pot. Do not repeatedly press the powder layer in order to pursue concentration. Keep the heat steady when heating, and remove the heat source when the color of the coffee liquid starts to lighten, which can keep the cocoa, nuts and sweetness more intact.
At the beginning stage, you can try the same beans into hot drinks, milk and ice drinks, and record which ratio you prefer. If you prefer refreshing black coffee, choose a round and low-acid style; if you often drink milk coffee for breakfast, choose a thicker cocoa with more adjustability; if you like a rich taste in the afternoon, the herbal and dark chocolate directions will be more compatible. In this way, when buying beans, the scene can be implemented into a specific experience in the 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
