How To Brew The Best Moka Coffee At Home

Coffee making with moka pot process. Guide how to make the best moka coffee at home.

Moka coffee (also called mocha or mocca) is one of the most widespread home-brewing techniques worldwide, yet in 99% of the cases it is done wrong. Only a few changes, and you can turn the ashy burnt flavour into a something much “sweeter” and much silkier experience. Yes, you are going to use a scale to measure your coffee. No, you won’t have to measure your brewing water, you can just pour in “well enough”. It will significantly accelerate your extraction time, which is crucial if you don’t want to burn it. Lastly, you will have to make some volume marks on the coffee chamber’s walls in order to see how much you have extracted. For example, if your coffee basket is 10g, then you can make marks at 50-70-90ml levels in the coffee chamber.

What do you need?

  • good quality relatively fresh coffee, preferably not over-roasted
  • if it’s freshly ground even better
  • moka pot
  • any kettle
  • any stove
  • any kitchen scale
  • good quality water, like THIS one

General rules:

  • Brew ratio: 1:5-6 darker roasts, 1:7-9 lighter roasts (example 10g ground coffee: 50-90g output)
  • Grind size: generally coarser than for espresso, but the lighter the roast the finer you need to go

Steps:

  1. turn on your kettle
  2. measure the ground coffee into the basket
  3. distribute and tap very lightly
  4. pour boiling water into the water chamber
  5. place in the coffee basket
  6. fasten the top part
  7. place on medium heat
  8. as soon as the extraction begins, lower the heat
  9. when the level of coffee reaches the desired output volume, pour it out into your mug immediately
  10. if you hear shoo-shoo, then it is already burnt
  11. remember, each coffee is different, so the only thing that matters is the taste
  12. enjoy!
Should I wash my moka pot?

Yes, pleasant & consistent flavours can be only achieved via clean & maintained equipment.

Too sour?
grind finer / use more water / both
Too bitter?
grind coarser / use less water / both
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