Introduction to coffee: Italian espresso drink mocha coffee making method (photo)

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Origin of Mocha Coffee

The word mocha comes from the port of mocha in Yemen. Yemen, the first country in the world to grow coffee beans on a large scale, began exporting its first coffee beans to Europe in the early 17th century, when Yemen had only one small port to Europe, Mocha Port. Goods exported here are stamped "MOCHA" to prove that they are transported from Mocha Port, so Europeans call the delicious coffee shipped from Mocha Port "Mocha Coffee".

Mocha coffee beans, although small, have a very strong flavor. The acidity is obvious, with strong body and fermentation feeling, moderate sweetness, and rich black cocoa aroma in the finish.

By the 18th century, Mocha port was under Ottoman control, and the Turks preferred Yemeni coffee, so fewer and fewer beans were exported to Europe. Italians at the time missed the rich cocoa aroma of mocha coffee beans so much that they tried adding black cocoa to espresso coffee, thus starting a new round of mocha craze-Italian mocha coffee.

How to Make Italian Mocha Coffee

The mocha coffee we see today is espresso coffee based on cappuccino. Front Street produces mocha coffee, which consists of espresso, chocolate sauce, cocoa powder and fresh milk. Some coffee shops also use dark chocolate bars.

Choice of coffee cups

Front Street uses 300ml round bottom latte cups when making mocha coffee. Round bottom coffee cups help milk and coffee blend better, and there is more room for pattern making when making pull flowers.

Add 20g chocolate paste & 5 g sugar-free black cocoa powder to each cup

Chocolate paste adds chocolate flavor and sweetness to coffee, while sugar-free dark cocoa powder further enhances coffee's body.

/Italian coffee extract

The Italian coffee produced by Front Street Coffee is made of sunflower warm sun coffee beans made by blending sherry barrels with sunburned yea sherry. To make mocha coffee, use double espresso coffee. The extraction scheme is 20g coffee powder to extract 35g espresso coffee liquid. The extraction time is 27 seconds, and then mix it with chocolate sauce & cocoa powder in the cup.

/Use chilled fresh milk

Fresh milk can retain the protein and cream in milk more completely. Protein is the key to foam formation, and cream further stabilizes the foam and slows it down, while adding a rich taste to the coffee.

When espresso coffee is blended with chocolate paste and cocoa powder, the fat on espresso coffee dissipates and loses its function of further stabilizing milk foam. At this time, if you use milk with low protein/fat, the milk foam stability of the cream is insufficient/thin, and when you pull the flower, you will find that the pattern is skewed!

/Milk foam sent

Choose a medium milk jar and pour 200-230ml of chilled fresh milk into it. Before entering the milk tank, the steam stick should be deflated to drain the steam water condensed in the air outlet hole. Put the steam stick into the position 1cm below the milk level and turn on the steam switch. After opening, the steam will make a squeaking sound when it comes into contact with the milk surface, which is a key step in the formation of milk bubbles.

Just mentioned that after the espresso coffee is added to the chocolate sauce and stirred evenly, the espresso coffee has no oil to further stabilize the milk foam, so the thickness of the milk foam is sent to 1.2cm thick (a little thicker than the milk foam of latte coffee and thinner than the milk foam of cappuccino), so when the milk foam is sent, hear 4-5 squeaks and then stop inflating, and adjust the milk tank to 45 degrees to generate a vortex to sweep away the coarse foam (at this time, it does not squeak) and heat it to 55-65 degrees Celsius ~

/Milk and Chocolate Coffee Fusion

Before milk and coffee fusion, first find a fulcrum on the table and shake the milk tank clockwise through wrist force to ensure that the foam and milk do not separate before pulling. Fusion techniques also pay attention to oh ~ left hand holding coffee cup right hand holding milk tank, coffee cup from three o 'clock to six o' clock direction began to circle.

/Make a flower pattern

The height of milk injection is 5cm, milk can choose a higher flow rate when mixing in circles, and a slower flow rate when extracting patterns. At the same time, you need to cooperate with your left and right hands. While pouring milk, you need to adjust the angle of the cup. Only in this way can the milk foam form a pattern ~

How to make iced mocha coffee

The South says,"We're hot!" There is no Iced Mocha Coffee tutorial!" There has to be! Right away.

Front Street makes iced mocha coffee the way it is close to hot mocha coffee. Add 100g ice cubes and 150g milk to a cold drink cup, mix 35ml espresso with 20g chocolate sauce &5g cocoa powder evenly and pour into the cup ~