What's the difference between single valve and double valve in mocha pot? how to choose single valve and double valve for coffee novice Biloti mocha pot.

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When the mocha pot was first invented, there was no distinction between single valve and double valve. The mocha pot has been popular all over the world for nearly a century because it has changed the rule that women cannot drink coffee in cafes and allows more people to quickly extract coffee with extremely high concentration through steam pressure at home, comparable to the very expensive and very large at that time, such as espresso made by steam-pressure Italian machines. As people become more and more interested in the taste and flavor of coffee, double-valve mocha pots have only begun to appear in recent years.

The difference between single-valve mocha pot and double-valve mocha pot

The biggest difference between the two is the outlet of the mocha kettle. There is no limit to the single-valve mocha kettle, while the double-valve mocha kettle has a booster valve at the outlet, which requires more pressure to push the valve open before the liquid can flow out.

Is it suitable for beginners to use single valve or double valve?

Also because more pressure is needed to push the valve open, the espresso produced by the double-valve mocha pot will be more full-bodied. But! The double-valve mocha pot is more difficult to produce, requiring more details and more accurate parameters, so Qianjie coffee is not recommended for beginners to use double valves, because it is not so easy to control the extraction of the double-valve mocha pot.

The fault tolerance rate of the single valve is very high, which is suitable for the novice who plays for the first time, the parameter modulation does not need to pay special attention, and the risk coefficient is not as high as that of the double valve. After all, it is a lot cheaper to buy a double valve after you hang it on Xianyu and sell it.

How to use a single valve mocha pot?

When using a single-valve mocha pot to extract coffee, you should pay attention to the following points: the boiling water in the lower pot should not exceed the pressure relief valve (like the position of the nut), and the coffee powder should be ground as fine as possible. but it can be fine enough to pass through the hole in the powder trough, make sure the upper pot is tightened before cooking, turn off the source of fire and cool it on a wet rag when heated to the point where the coffee begins to flow out. The temperature difference will further release the coffee and reduce the possibility of overextraction.

Front Street Coffee uses 3-4 single-valve mocha pots. Put 20g ground coffee powder in the powder trough, then put hot water no more than the pressure relief valve in the lower pot and put it in the powder trough. Do a good job of thermal insulation and tighten the upper and lower pot, and open the lid of the upper pot, then start heating. When the hot water boils and begins to extract the coffee, turn off the heat. When all the extraction is finished, in order to avoid oversteaming, please pour the coffee into the cup as soon as possible.

Mocha coffee pot coffee beans recommended

The coffee extracted from the mocha pot is full-bodied and mellow, so Qianjie Coffee recommends the use of coffee beans specially made for espresso, as well as medium-and deep-roasted coffee beans.

If you want to drink something with obvious aroma and high thickness, Qianjie recommends you to choose "sunflower warm sun with coffee beans". It is made from 70% of Honduran sherry coffee beans and 30% of sun-red cherries. It not only has a strong aroma of vanilla cream and sherry whiskey, but also has the berry flavour of sun Yega Sherfield coffee beans.

If you want to drink nutty aroma, mellow thickness but not high bitterness, Qianjie recommends that you choose "Brazilian Queen's Manor Coffee beans". This coffee bean comes from the famous boutique coffee bean producing area in Brazil-Queen's Manor in Morgiana, Sao Paulo State, 1400-1950m above sea level. The variety is yellow bourbon. It not only has a charming roasted nut aroma, but also has a very good brown sugar sweetness.

If you want to drink more full-bodied, alcohol thickness cut solid, Qianjie recommended that everyone choose "PWN Indonesia gold Mantenin coffee beans". This coffee bean comes from the Aceh Gayo Mountain producing area in Sumatra, Indonesia. After the acquisition of Mantenin coffee beans, PWN will carry out one machine selection and more than three manual selections from the fruit step to ensure that the size of the coffee beans is more than 18 mesh, and the flavor of the coffee beans will be more balanced and clean. at the same time, it retains the mellow flavor of Mantenin coffee beans, such as herbs, pine wood, spices and more sweet.