Is the card pot a tool for extracting espresso? It is common in European and Latin American countries

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 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.

The water level is 0.5 cm below the safety valve, and the safety valve will automatically relieve pressure when the lower kettle pressure is too high to prevent safety accidents; if the water level in the mocha kettle is higher than the safety valve, the function of the safety valve will not function normally. Warm water can also be used to reduce heating time. Add coffee powder to use medium-fine-grained coffee powder, properly vibrate the powder trough to evenly distribute the coffee powder, and gently press the surface with your fingers after filling the coffee powder to make the coffee powder denser. Tighten the upper and lower parts of the mocha pot and heat them for about 5 minutes, but be careful not to overheat the coffee powder to produce a scorched flavor. The types of coffee that need to use a mocha pot are: mocha coffee, black coffee, Italian coffee, Yejasuffi coffee.

The main considerations in choosing a mocha pot are:

First, material, which is the preferred consideration, because the mocha kettle will produce high pressure after heating, the quality of the material will directly affect the safety of use. General water storage container materials are edible aluminum and stainless steel, it is recommended to choose stainless steel. When choosing and buying, one is to weigh the weight of the kettle, you can know the thickness of the dosage, choose the heavier one; the second is to look at the appearance of the kettle.

Second, tightness, one is the tightness between the upper seat and the lower seat, the other is the tightness of the pressure relief valve, whether there is water seepage. Tightness can only be found through use, it is recommended to buy brand-name products, there can be absolute quality assurance.

In addition, different pot types are suitable for coffee beans of different quality:

The water storage container of the slender mocha pot is high, deep, slow to heat and high pressure, so it is suitable for steaming shallow roasted coffee.

2. Medium and high mocha pots are suitable for roasting coffee in steaming.

Third, the chubby mocha pot has the advantages of low width, fast heating and low pressure, so it is suitable for steaming deep-roasted coffee.