What is a mocha pot? Mocha coffee beans? Is the coffee like mocha beans?

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When it comes to mocha, everyone will think that it is similar to a latte, but with chocolate sauce, the coffee is sweeter and richer.

But what can Mocha think of in the eyes of baristas?

First, mocha coffee.

Mocha (English: Caf é Mocha, Italian: Mocaccino, also known as mocha or mocha) is a variant of Italian latte. Like the classic Italian latte, it is usually made of 1/3 espresso and 2/3 foam, but it is also mixed with a small amount of chocolate. Chocolate is usually added in the form of chocolate syrup, but some coffee selling systems are replaced by instant chocolate powder. Sometimes, whipped cream, cocoa powder, and marshmallows are added to accentuate the aroma of coffee and as a decoration.

Second, the mocha pot

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, strictly speaking, this is not 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 earliest mocha pot was made by Italian Alfonso Bialetti in 1933, and his company, Bialetti, has always been famous for producing this kind of coffee pot called Moka Expres.

The traditional mocha pot is made of aluminum and can be heated by open fire or electric stove. Because this aluminum mocha pot cannot be heated on an electromagnetic stove, modern mocha pots are mostly made of stainless steel, and there are electric heating mocha pots like electric kettles.

Third, mocha coffee beans

Mocha beans are grown in Ethiopia, and Yemen was called Arabian until the 6th century in the park, so coffee trees transported from them to other places were also called Arabian coffee trees. Yemen is the first country in the world to produce coffee on a large scale as a crop. The method of cultivation and treatment of mocha coffee in Yemen today is basically the same as that of hundreds of years ago.

On most coffee farms in Yemen, coffee farmers still resist the use of artificial chemicals such as chemical fertilizers, and as in the past, the trees are planted on steep terraces in order to maximize the use of less rainfall and limited land resources. What is more unique is that Yemeni mocha beans are still shipped in a bag made of straw, rather than chemical woven bags in other places.

Beans are small and fragrant, with strong sour and mellow taste, slightly alcoholic flavor, spicy stimulation, moderate sweetness and special flavor. It is a well-known high-quality coffee, usually drunk individually.

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