Make espresso at home using a mocha pot

In a way, the coffee made by the mocha pot is the predecessor of today's espresso, because although the mocha pot is not a machine, it is also extracted by pressure. The water in the lower pot is in an airtight space, evaporating to form pressure, squeezing hot water into the upper pot and extracting the coffee, so the coffee has a strong flavor, but due to the formation of steam, if you do not pay attention to it, the water temperature will be too high, thus making the extraction too bitter or too sour, so many people say that they do not like coffee made by mocha pots. In fact, as long as you master the temperature of the water when making coffee, the mocha pot can make thick, chocolate-flavored, sweet espresso.

Fill the powder trough as much as possible so that the coffee powder is a whole piece when the water from the pot flows into the powder trough, so that it can be extracted properly. That's why I advise you to use as big a pot as you want to make coffee. When buying a pot, many friends feel that they want to buy a bigger one for the same amount of money, but when they buy it, they find that they can't make so much each time, so they fill it less, but they don't realize that this will affect the extraction. The same applies to siphon pots, that is, siphon pots for 3 people, which can produce the best results only when they are made for 3 people. Why? you can think about it for yourself, .

Note: the amount of water added to the mocha kettle must not exceed the pressure relief valve of the lower pot, this is a safety valve, when the pressure exceeds the safe range, the pressure will be released from here.

After adding water, put the powder bowl into the next pot.

If you do not have filter paper, you can also make it, but there may be some coffee residue in the coffee, which does not directly affect the taste.

Next, if you have your own mocha pot, or a mocha pot that has been pressed to the bottom of the box, please find it, make a cup of hot coffee and enjoy your own coffee break in this cold weather.

First, use a mocha pot to make espresso you need to have these:

① mocha pot (if you want to make coffee for several people, you'd better choose a pot for several people, don't be greedy)

② heating equipment (alcohol lamp or special small gas stove, or even your own stove, with a suitable shelf)

③ A towel wet with cold water

④ finely ground coffee powder (it's best to use Italian coffee, grind it before use, don't grind it in advance)

Filter paper used in ⑤ mocha pot

⑥ hot boiled water

Next, we will operate step by step.

Although it doesn't have to be very tight like making espresso, it should also be filled and pressed smoothly, and if there is a small thing such as a suitable bottle cap, you can fill it with coffee powder a little bit. I like to grind the coffee powder into the fineness of making espresso, or a little thicker.

A cold towel is a simple tool, but it is the most critical step in the whole production process. Because, as the coffee flows out of the moment, there is still water in the pot, and the heating equipment is still heating. With the decrease of the amount of water in the pot, the water temperature will rise rapidly. If you have a sensitive electronic thermometer, you can try to measure the temperature at the mouth of the coffee. The temperature of the coffee will rise rapidly and will soon reach 95 degrees. At this time, if you are still extracting, it will destroy a pot of good fragrant coffee. So we have to stop the extraction process suddenly at the right time, when the cool towel looks forward to the cooling effect, so that the pot is cooled, and the water is no longer surging upwards, thus stopping the extraction process at the right time.

So when to put the mocha pot on the cold towel to stop the extraction, it depends on your experience to judge, try a few more times to find a suitable point.

This is the process of using a mocha pot to make espresso. You can also try it.