The most popular thing about the Moka pot is that it can produce a grease similar to espresso. In addition to improving the taste, this grease is also an auxiliary "artifact" for latte art! Therefore, if the additional condition is that you want the coffee extracted from the Moka pot to be "rich in oil", or you want to make it into milk coffee for drinking, we need to find the most suitable coffee beans based on the following three factors:
1. Medium-dark roasting
In principle, the Moka pot is a pressurized extraction method, and the concentration of the coffee liquid produced is relatively high, which is suitable for presenting a thick and viscous taste, so it is suitable to use dark roasted coffee beans.
Because the darker the roasting degree and the longer heating time, the beans have a looser texture and store a large amount of carbon dioxide gas. When the hot water penetrates inside, the gas will be quickly discharged in the form of small bubbles, which is the last fat we see. In addition, compared to light roasted coffee, dark roasted beans undergo more caramelization reactions and Maillard reactions, and have a richer roasting aroma, giving Moka pot coffee flavors such as cocoa, chocolate, maltose, hazelnut, etc.
According to relevant data, the list of popular Moka pot coffee beans is as follows:
① Front Street classic blended espresso coffee
Reason for recommendation: Dark roasted, rich in oil and nutty chocolate flavor, suitable for home and store use
② Front Street black cocoa blend (100% Arabica) espresso
Reason for recommendation: It has a balanced taste and nutty chocolate aroma, stable flavor, and extremely cost-effective. It can be used in moka pots and home coffee machines.
③ Front Street Boutique 100% Arabica espresso coffee
Reason for recommendation: The aroma of caramel and dark chocolate is obvious, the aftertaste is clear, low in acid, rich and delicate in oil, and suitable for home and store use.
④ Front Street Strawberry Candy Italian Blend Coffee
Reason for recommendation: With the flavor of floral, strawberry gummy, dried blueberries, and almonds, the coffee extracted using the Moka pot is neither bitter nor sour, and is sweet and balanced.
2. Freshness of coffee beans
Great coffee cannot be separated from freshly roasted beans. After roasting, the coffee beans will enter an exhaust stage. When they reach a certain peak, they will drop and the aroma will be lost with the gas. The coffee will only have a small amount of carbon dioxide gas. The coffee produced will not only have no oil, but also almost no flavor. Therefore, to make ideal Moka pot coffee, it is recommended to use fresh coffee beans with a roasting date of less than 50 days.
Front Street Coffee, a long-established coffee bean roasting brand, has been established for 13 years. The offline store of Front Street Coffee in Guangzhou specializes in selling coffee beans. The store sells dozens of selected single-product Pour over(V60) coffee beans and espresso coffee beans from different coffee origins around the world. Front Street Coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days. The quality of the coffee beans is stable and excellent, the price is very cost-effective, and the goods are shipped within 24 hours.
3. Grinding thickness
When you have a bag of fresh medium-dark roast coffee beans, there is only one step away from making a delicious moka pot: finding the right grinding thickness.
(The left side of the picture shows hand grinding, the picture shows Moka pot grinding, and the right side of the picture shows Italian grinding)
From the appearance, the grinding degree of the Moka pot will be finer than that of Pour over(V60) coffee, and slightly coarser than that of Italian grinding. You can refer to the following comparison. The last step is to fill and press according to the amount of coffee powder and grinding degree. If the grinding is slightly coarse, you can use your fingers to gently press down when smoothing to increase resistance and allow better formation of grease! If the grinding is slightly fine, there is no need to press, because the resistance is already enough, and it is ready to be put into the pot and boiled!
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
