The process of making coffee in mocha pot explains the steps that baristas must see.

The picture of the mocha pot shows: the first three mocha pots, the left and middle are the traditional mocha pots, and the right is the compact mocha pots. Comparatively, inside the lid, the condensed mocha kettle has a round condensing valve. The last four are all kinds of traditional mocha pots.

Brief description of the parts: figure 1 shows the Brikka condensation type, and figure 2 shows the traditional mocha pot

1. Lower seat: the place where the water is placed, with a pressure relief valve on it.

2. Powder trough: the place where coffee powder is placed on the lower seat. There is a line at the full of nine points, and the powder can be measured online.

3. Upper seat: this is the last place where the coffee is brewed. Lift the lid to see if there is a metal tube in it. The polymeric pressure valve is attached to the metal pipe.

4. Wet cloth: it is recommended to prepare an extra piece of wet cloth to assist in operation.

Method of use

Here, the Brikka pressure mocha is used as an example, and the operation modes of the two are similar.

1. Add water to the waterline in the lower seat: some mocha pots do not have the recommended amount of water, you just have to be careful not to exceed the pressure relief valve to add water.

2. Grind the coffee powder, pour the coffee powder into the powder cup until it is full, and gently pat the powder cup to distribute the coffee powder evenly.

3. Put the powder cup into the lower seat.

4. Screw on the upper seat (tighten the pressure so that it won't leak). Be careful not to rotate the handle of the mocha kettle, which can easily break the handle.

5. Heat it on a gas stove or gas lamp (the gas stove is heated over a small fire). The firepower of the gas furnace is small, and the firepower must not be greater than the base. (the picture on the left shows the correct cooking method, and the picture on the right is easy to hurt the body of the pot with too much firepower.)

6. Coffee will flow out from the upper seat through the metal tube (as the Brikka has the function of polymerizing pressure, the coffee will flow out and make a sound very quickly, which is a normal phenomenon.

Cleaning, maintenance and precautions

I. the newly purchased mocha pot

1. Remove the upper seat, lower seat, filter cup, rubber washer and filter one by one to remove the grease originally coated on the metal.

2. Soak the newly purchased Brikka in water and add a little soda to make it clean.

3. Boil twice in clean water.

Second, clean after use

1. After brewing coffee, pour Brikka in cold water to cool down. After cooling, you can easily unscrew the upper seat (it is difficult to open the kettle when it is hot, and violence will wear the screw marks, so be sure to open it after cooling).

2. After use, the mocha pot must be cleaned. After use, there will be some residual coffee oil stains in the pot. If it is not cleaned, it is easy to have a greasy taste when it is boiled for the second time or another day, and the rubber gasket will be damaged by oil! The mocha pot that has just been used will be hot, but first rinse with cold water to cool down and then unscrew the upper and lower pots to clean.

3. The washed mocha pot should be taken apart and set aside. Make sure it is dry before assembling. After using it for a period of time, pay attention to whether the rubber gasket next to the metal filter is complete. If it does not fit, the coffee cannot be brewed!

4. The pressure valve of the pressure mocha kettle can be taken apart to clean, and one hand can fix the lower edge of the pressure valve and turn it away with the other hand.

Matters needing attention

1. When cooking a mocha pot on the stove, someone must take care of it so that the water in the lower seat will not boil dry.

2. Do not continue to heat the lower seat when there is no water, as the heating temperature will rise and the metal will be red-hot.

3. Check whether the rubber washer is loose and need to be replaced.

4. The mocha pot will be very hot after brewing coffee. Avoid scalding.