ULTIMATE Moka Pot Recipe: The Secret to Great Coffee

🔥☕ Ready to transform your coffee game? In today's video we reveal the surprising secrets to brewing the perfect cup of coffee with a Moka Pot! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned coffee enthusiast, you're in for a treat. Learn how to choose the right beans, grind them to perfection, and master the art of Moka Pot brewing. You won't believe the difference these small adjustments can make to your morning brew!

Discover the importance of water quality, the ideal grind size, and a simple trick that can take your coffee from bitter to extraordinary.

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▬ Contents of this video ▬
0:00 - Mistakes in Moka Pot Brewing.
0:48 - Understanding the Moka Pot.
1:14 - Essentials for Brewing with Moka Pot.
1:53 - Importance of Correct Grind Size for Moka Pot.
2:21 - Should I tamp my Moka Pot coffee?
2:33 - Water Quality
3:00 - The Impact of Using Preheated Water in Brewing.
3:37 - Key Moment: Improving Coffee Quality during Brewing Process.
5:10 - Moka Pot Cleaning and Maintenance Tips.

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[BN]

In regards to not letting the water boil, it's also important to know that if you mess up and it does start boiling and you take it off the heat, DO NOT put it back on the heat. Just deal with whatever coffee you were able to get out this time. This is because you lose whatever current pressure you had the moment you took it off the heat, so the water inside the grounds went back down towards the bottom of the moka pot. Putting it back on at this point would push the water back up again, making it bitter and astringent. The best thing to do is to use as low of a heat as possible, as long as the water starts to heat up, it will provide enough pressure to push through the coffee beds. Just keep trying until you find the lowest temperature you can use that will still give it enough pressure to push out.

[-IE_it_yourself]

cutting the brew before it started to sputter and boil out was the main thing i noticed. and what a difference.

[freerangehuman]

Just got my 3 cup moka pot today because my breville bambino espresso machine died after 2 years let’s have a moment of silence. It was a great beginner machine even fantastic while it lasted and I will never regret buying it. Now for my first brew on the moka pot trying to replicate an espresso shot. After binge watching and subscribing to your channel I decided my ratio would be 18 grams and 140 milliliters of water the extraction ended up being a weaker then I like 107 milliliter shot. On the next brew I decided the same 18 grams coffee and 90 milliliters of water and got a perfect 60 milliliters or 2 once shot that was much better. Thanks for the wonderful videos and fantastic education on the moka pot. One more thing can we get more videos with a little pot please. 🤣

[pcorriveau]

Wow 🤩 my coffee ☕️ is awesome! Thanks for your advices. I had great beans and water but I was missing the technique. It makes all the difference! I put 110 ml of water to retrieve 80 ml of coffee. Then I added 80 ml of hot milk on top for a great café ☕️ au lait. Cheers 🥂

[JockyT]

Before brewing, add a few mm depth boiling water into the coffee collector (most people add water to their brew anyway) - this prevents the bottom of the collector overheating and burning the first drops of coffee. This is even more important with smaller pots where the metal heats up more quickly.

[stevenweix]

I brew it exactly as you suggested but of course I didn't ALWAYS... the biggest game changer that really improved the flavor of my finished coffee was starting with hot water... Huge difference!!!

[roxannelee]

Thanks. Also I found that the coffee will start brewing even faster when I first make sure water easily flows through the rubber gasket (it's sometimes bone dry) by pouring water over it and letting it flow through, then continue with preparing the Moka pot.

[SigmaXX]

I agree with most things you suggest apart from the grinding size. I prefer a finer grind. To prevent grains/sediment reaching my cup and making it bitter, I place a paper filter from my AeroPress underneath the metal filter of the Moka Pot.

[NateNakao]

Lately I've been obsessed with tweaking my pourovers (Chemex, V60, and Kalita Wave), but I've developed a newfound love for my moka pot in recent weeks.

I never thought about turning down the heat once coffee starts to emerge, but I'll have to give that a try next time! Thanks for the tip!

[lukeswain]

I'm here because I just made a bitter cup of coffee and got unreasonably mad! Thanks 🤠

[timothymitchell]

I like that stir tip. I stir everywhere else but didn’t think to stir there. Thank you.

[mrcortadito]

Thanks for the tips.. I had incorporated most of them, but was missing the filtered water, made a lot of difference in flavor.

[olibirkett]

You answered a question I was thinking about regarding using pre heated water and your explanation of the benefits ticked all my thought boxes. This has helped me on my mission to make an approximately perfect cup of coffee using no electrical assistance from bean to cup. Apart from the variable temp kettle.

[Floydwellian]

I've been brewing coffee in a stainless steel Bialetti pot for years and years. This is very close to my system, plus a salt sprinkle. I'm scraping pennies so I use Café Bustelo ground espresso. Still good.

[Ferdy-Perezlara]

Hola he seguido estos pasos y el cambio es enorme, para mí son 3 cosas esenciales para un buen café en la Moka, 1.- Arabica tostado medio
2.- La molienda fina pero que no sea polvo
3.- El fuego 🔥 el café tiene que salir lento pegado al poste de extracción, si salpica baja la flama, al salir muy rápido el agua sale un café aguado 🤮 si sale lento tendrás un café INCREÍBLE !!!!

[jiayaw]

Another thing to note is that it seems like you need coarser grinds with larger moka pots versus smaller one. All else being the same, my 6 cup would choke on grind size that works perfectly on my 3 cup.

[smokesignals]

I’m looking forward to transforming my morning ritual! I bought a Moka pot a few days ago!

[CoffeeTeaEspressoAppliance]

This ultimate Moka Pot recipe is a game-changer! Loved how you shared the secret to brewing the perfect cup of coffee. Perfectly complements your review of the Bambino Plus. Thanks for the detailed guide! ☕👏

[hibouho]

this made a huge difference. thank you!

[Appal.]

great video! I have some useful suggestions
When suggesting people not to use espresso grind remember to explain why, since in italy you use moka specifically to make espressos;
stiring coffee in the upper chamber may move around the remaining bitter residue at the bottom, so, if the coffee is only for yourself you may want pour it gently and leave a little bit in the bottom;
I'm unsure on how pre-heating the water will help preventing the bitternes of the coffee. The coffee shouldn't be affected until the water is hot enough to pass through the spout. I don't think that the heat from the stove can burn the beans before the water gets there.
For the rest, good advice. in particular using the best water and to not put it in the washing machine. Good content! best of luck