Want to drink strong coffee? How to make strong coffee at home?

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Many friends want to use simple methods to make high-concentration coffee at home. Today, we will introduce the Moka pot and

The Minipresso portable coffee machine can only be said to be relatively strong, close to espresso. If you want to make espresso, you must use a coffee machine.

If you don't have a coffee machine, using a moka pot is the most convenient way to achieve the desired strong coffee. What type of beans should be selected for strong coffee? It is recommended to choose coffee beans from medium to deep roasting. Generally, the coffee beans used for blending on the market can be used. Add hot water to make American coffee. People with strong coffee taste can drink it directly. It depends on personal preference. However, it is a little different from the espresso made by a coffee machine.

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Moka Pot

Since Yemen had been the world's main exporter of coffee before the European colonial wave, the word "Mocha" has been used as a synonym for coffee for quite a long time. What we now call "Mocha pot" actually means a coffee pot.

The moka pot consists of an upper pot, a filter and a lower pot, with the filter located between the upper and lower pots. When brewing, water is placed in the lower pot and coffee powder is placed in the filter in the middle; when the lower pot is heated, steam is generated, forming a force of about atmospheric pressure, pushing the hot water upward, passing through the coffee powder and the thin tube in the pot, and after hitting the pot lid, it falls into the upper pot to form coffee liquid.

Tips: Place the properly installed Moka pot on a heat source to heat it up. The key to filling a Moka pot with real powder is to fill it as full as possible instead of compacting it. You can add powder in batches when filling it, and pat the edge of the powder tank with your hands to make it as full as possible without leaving any gaps. For easy observation, I recommend cooking the Moka pot with the lid open.

As the coffee is extracted, the level of the coffee will gradually rise. Soon, the coffee will overflow from the central metal column. When oil appears on the surface, please be alert that the coffee extraction is nearing the end. When the color of the oil changes from dark to light, the heat source should be cut off immediately to stop the extraction, otherwise the coffee will be over-extracted.

In particular, you should not stop after the "humming" sound appears. Such coffee may even taste like toasted rubber.

Because it forms about twice the atmospheric pressure, it is classified as a high-pressure brewing method. In addition, some people call it a manual espresso pot. I disagree here because it does not meet the standards of espresso and does not brew that layer of crema. However, it is indeed a "powerful" drip coffee, and has always been favored by people with strong taste.

Tips for choosing a Moka pot: It is very sensitive to capacity, and you must brew coffee according to the capacity of the pot. If you have a Moka pot for 2 people, you should brew 2 cups at a time . If you only brew one cup, the thickness of the coffee powder is not enough, and the resistance to the hot water is insufficient, and the hot water will quickly penetrate, so you can only brew a cup of poorly extracted coffee. The Moka pots on the market have capacities of 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 people. You should carefully consider your needs before buying.

The suggestion is to choose an octagonal aluminum alloy , such as Bilodi. The advantages of the octagonal shape will become clear during use, because you need to hold the lower pot with one hand and the upper pot with the other hand. The octagonal shape is more comfortable to hold and will not slip. If it is round, it will slip. The thermal conductivity of aluminum is 3 times stronger than that of stainless steel, so aluminum alloy is better .

A shot of espresso poured over a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This is Affogato. Illustration | Coffee dessert Affogato

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Minipresso portable coffee machine

This Minipresso portable coffee machine is a coffee product developed by Wacaco. It has been very popular in the past two years and is a bit like AeroPress.

The product can be disassembled into 6 parts. They are spoon, pressure device, water tank, powder tank, filter, and cup.

Location of liquid discharge

Pressurized part

Waterproof rubber ring. I saw a lot of problems with this equipment last year. Some of the pressurized equipment did not seal well after adding water. There would be water leakage at the pressure rod. But I did not encounter this this time. It may be an improved product. There were no problems in the production process several times.

The details of the powder tank, with many tiny holes, extract the essence of coffee during the pressurization process.

Open the pressurized piston and try it out. If there is no water, it can still be operated easily with one hand.

About 8 to 9 grams of coffee beans at a time, about one spoonful

Take the powder spoon away and use the bottom of the powder spoon to gently press the coffee powder in the powder bin.

Put the loaded powder bin back into the minipresso body for later use:

Tighten the upper part again, disassemble the lower part and fill it with hot water. Before making coffee, it is best not to add coffee powder, just add hot water and do a dry operation to warm up the whole machine. Then fill it with hot water of high enough temperature. Because when the water temperature is not high enough, the taste of the coffee made is obviously much lighter.

The quality of espresso made by Minipresso is acceptable, the coffee oil is very rich, and it is not sour after being left to stand for half a minute before drinking. So, overall, except for the fact that the taste is a bit bland and the flavor is lacking compared to more professional semi-automatic coffee machines, it is still quite satisfactory.

At a price of around RMB 300, this coffee machine is compact and lightweight, with good workmanship and materials, and simple and quick operation. It is a pleasant surprise to be able to make a cup of espresso of this quality!

Image: Floyd

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American coffee machine

"American coffee" (English: Americano, Italian: Caffè Americano) is black coffee made using a drip coffee maker. Because the general extraction time is relatively long (about four or five minutes), the caffeine content is higher.

American coffee is easy to make, fast and free. Compared with Italian coffee, American coffee is a good choice for operability. American coffee is a diluted concentrate, with a relatively refreshing taste and can better restore the original taste of coffee beans. When choosing coffee beans, you can choose blended or single-origin beans.

The taste of American coffee extracted is also richer than ordinary hand-brewed coffee, and the concentration of black coffee can be made quite high.

Own an American coffee machine (the regular one on Taobao costs 100-200 RMB, and the one with ground coffee beans is a bit more expensive)

Making American coffee is easier than you think: add 1 scale of water, pour in 1 level spoon of coffee powder, start, and in about two minutes, a cup of fragrant American coffee is ready.

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