Many people ask, what kind of coffee is suitable for a Moka pot? Or, what are the best coffee beans for a Moka pot? In fact, the answer is very clear as long as you understand how the Moka pot works.
Moka pot, also known as stove-top Italian coffee pot, is the first choice for many families to make "espresso-like" coffee. It uses a simple physical pressurization principle to extract a cup of richer coffee, so it is very popular in home settings.
The Moka Pot is divided into three compartments:
The lower pot is filled with water, the middle powder trough is filled with coffee powder, and the upper pot is filled with extracted coffee liquid.
When the Moka pot is heated on the fire, the water at the bottom is heated to generate steam pressure. The pressure pushes the hot water upward, completing the extraction through the layer of coffee powder, and finally flows into the upper pot. When the upper pot begins to steadily discharge liquid and is close to being full, the heating can be stopped.
It should be noted that the Moka pot does not have the standard 9 bar espresso pressure. It belongs to "low-pressure extraction", and the concentration is higher than hand brewing, but lower than real espresso.
Moka pot coffee has a high concentration and will be slightly thick when drunk directly, so it is more suitable for:
Heat or ice water to make American style
Add milk to make a latte
Add milk foam to make cappuccino
Although the oil and thickness are not as good as those of professional coffee machines, they are easy to operate and low in cost. You can easily make a cup of "quasi-Italian coffee" with good flavor at home.
Since the extraction temperature of the Moka pot is higher (close to the boiling point) and the grinding is finer, the overall extraction intensity is stronger, so it will amplify the flavor characteristics of the coffee beans themselves.
This brings up a key issue - bean selection is very important.
If you use lightly roasted beans: High temperature and high extraction can easily amplify the acidity, causing irritation, sharpness or even astringency. If you use dark roasted beans: the bitterness will be too strong and the burnt bitterness will be obvious.
Therefore, if you want to make Moka pot coffee with a balanced taste, thick body, and a certain oil expression, it is recommended to choose: medium roasted or medium-dark roasted freshly roasted Italian blend beans.
When making Moka pot coffee, freshness is particularly important.
After roasting, coffee beans will go through a "gas-exhausting bean-raising period" and then enter the best tasting stage with stable flavor. The aroma is lost over time.
If you use coffee beans with a roasting date of more than 50 days, the extracted coffee will tend to:
Thin grease
aroma decay
Only a single bitter taste remains
It is generally recommended to choose coffee beans within 7-30 days after roasting, as the flavor is more complete at this stage. When choosing beans for your Moka pot, you can give priority to fresh, self-roasted brands, such as Front Street Coffee. The coffee beans are basically freshly baked within 5 days and are in a better tasting range. The flavor is stable and suitable for daily brewing at home.
Front Street Coffee recommends the following moka pot coffee beans with high sales:
① Front Street black cocoa blend (100% Arabica) espresso
Reason for recommendation: The taste is balanced, the nutty and chocolate flavors are obvious, the overall stability is easy to control, and it is very suitable for novice Moka pots. It is cost-effective and can be used in home coffee machines at the same time.
② Front Street classic blended espresso coffee
Reason for recommendation: Prominent caramel and dark chocolate flavors, clear sweetness, low acidity, and delicate and thick fat. Suitable for those who like rich taste.
③ Front Street Strawberry Candy Italian Blend Coffee
Reason for recommendation: It has floral aroma, strawberry fudge, dried blueberries and almond flavor. After extraction with a moka pot, the sweetness is obvious, not bitter or sour, and the flavor is more layered.
④ PWN Golden Mandheling Coffee on Front Street
Reason for recommendation: It has outstanding aromas of pine wood, dark chocolate and herbs, a mellow and smooth taste, and low acidity. It is suitable for people who prefer heavy flavors.
⑤ Brazilian Queen Manor Coffee on Front Street
Reason for recommendation: It has obvious flavors of roasted nuts, cream, and chocolate, with the sweetness of sugar cane, and the overall balance is clean. It is suitable as a daily ration bean.
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
