Explanation of the method of brewing rich oil from espresso in Italian mocha pot and matters needing attention

There are many ways to make coffee, so there are naturally many utensils for making coffee. At present, none of the major cafes use more than hand-made and espresso machines, while other production methods are relatively few, but it does not mean that the coffee is not good, but it is not popular for some reason. But Qianjie believes that only a variety of options can be colorful!

What I am here to introduce to you is the "mocha pot". You can simply brew a latte at home.

Mocha pot (Moka Pot) is a tool for extracting espresso, which is widely used in Europe and Latin American countries, and is called "Italian trickle filter pot" in the United States.

The mocha pot has a two-layer structure, and when the water in the lower part is boiled, it is sprayed into the upper half of the pot through a mesh filter containing coffee powder. Although hot water can be injected into finely ground coffee powder without air pressure, this is not strictly a concentrated extraction, but rather close to dripping, but the coffee made by the mocha pot still has the concentration and flavor of Italian coffee Espresso.

The mocha pot was invented by Italian Alfonso Bayerlati (Alfanso Bialetti) in 1933. It brews coffee by heating the pedestal. It is a kind of distilled coffee. It is one of the most civilian machines for making espresso, and is widely used in Italian families.

The principle of extracting coffee from mocha pot

The mocha pot extracts coffee by using the vapor pressure produced in the next pot (about 1.5-3.0 atmospheric pressure). When the steam pressure is high enough to permeate the coffee powder, the hot water will be pushed to the pot. The hot water will pass through the coffee powder in the filter on the way to the pot, and the essence of the coffee will be extracted very quickly. The extracted coffee essence, with a strong, sour and bitter taste, is the closest coffee utensil to espresso.

The whole structure of mocha pot is divided into "upper seat", "powder trough" and "lower seat".

Lower seat: a place for holding water.

Powder trough: the position for filling coffee powder.

Upper seat: the place where the coffee liquid is poured out.

Italian mocha pot structure

Using the steam pressure in the mocha pot to quickly extract coffee essence from fine ground coffee powder is a necessary brewing appliance in Italy, and there are many mocha pot styles on the market, but the function and structure are almost the same, and the appearance changes a lot. It is a practical and beautiful appliance.

What kind of beans is the mocha pot suitable for?

According to the manufacturing principle of mocha pot, it uses high temperature and high pressure produced by steam to extract coffee, while "high temperature and high pressure" is the least suitable for making single coffee, but only suitable for Espresso (Espresso here does not refer to Italian espresso extracted by Italian coffee machine), its correct choice for coffee beans should be Italian mixed beans. Its requirements for baking and grinding are also completely different from those of individual coffee beans.

What does it take to make a cup of espresso from a mocha pot?

1. Mocha pot 2, gas stove and stove frame or "induction cooker" 3, coffee bean 4, bean grinder

[Qianjie coffee sunflower warm sun coffee beans] as an example

Coffee beans: sunflowers warm the sun

Matching: Honduran Shirley and Sun Red Cherry Project

Composition: 7:3

Flavor description: vanilla, cream, fermented flavor, wine rhyme, chocolate

[cooking method]

(1) put the lower seat in cold water first.

(2) put the coffee powder into the powder trough, fill it to about 9 minutes, and tap the edge to make the coffee powder dense and smooth.

(3) tighten the upper and lower seats to prevent the coffee liquid from overflowing in the process.

(4) place the mocha pot on a small gas vaporizer or induction cooker and heat it over medium heat at first, when you hear a hiss.

Turn the fire into a small fire, and the coffee will flow out slowly.

(5) when the sound changes to a slight boo-boo, the fire can be turned off to avoid excessive extraction. The mellow coffee is finished.

[pay attention to small reminders]

(1) the mocha pot belongs to the brewing method of Italian coffee, so the concentration is relatively high, and it is usually paired with milk foam or fresh milk.

(2) the coffee powder which is suitable for fine grinding will boil it better.

(3) avoid empty burning of the mocha kettle so as not to damage the structure of the kettle.

(4) the used mocha pot must be cleaned so as not to affect the filter hole and rubber structure.

(5) the brand new mocha pot must not immediately make a pot of coffee to taste, preferably after boiling water twice first.

And then start using it to make coffee!