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Note This post serve as a summary note for the James Hoffman YouTube video below.  I will write another with just guidelines.    Brewing with Moka Pot - James Hoffman style Link - Understanding the Moka Pot (Episode #2) Image from James Hoffman-Understanding the Moka Pot (Episode #2) Starting temperature in the boiler. Image from James Hoffman-Understanding the Moka Pot (Episode #2)   Grind size, the value corresponds to the value on Niche.  The finer, the higher the extraction, the higher the brew temperature too. When brewing with freshly brewed water, the water in the chamber will hit about 101 to 130 degree Celcius. That will create the so called “moka pot harshness”, that you would want to avoid. Image from James Hoffman-Understanding the Moka Pot (Episode #2)   For heating power Brewing in low heat setting is better,  High power will generate more pressure that will effective push out more coffee before it starts to “cough”, or sputtering.  ...

  Moka pot coffee between drip and espresso. I am currently using Moka as my main coffee maker. Below are my experience This is some of the video watch, when learning how to use moka. Inside, Hoffman tell audience not to tamp. Do not tamp the coffee powder used in Moka Pot? Well, you can't tamp it like the tamping force in espresso, but you can use your thumb to lightly pressed on it , and make sure your bed is flat .  Using your thumb, you can press out the air pocket.  you can feel which area of the chamber is hollow, can you can gently press it and make sure your coffee distribution is even.  of course people in the coffee house wont do as such, but since you are making it for your own... so, why not? Because Moka Pot uses coffee bean to build pressure, you need to properly fill the brew chamber.  Meaning, you cannot using 11g coffee on a 4-cup (or larger) Moka, you need smaller pot. If you use big pot but small amount of coffee, even if you use small amou...

 I decided to release the chapter early, i want to spend the Chinese New Year without thinking about this for a while, so, enjoy and Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!   Tang Long was on the bed dreaming some sweet dream, the end of his lip arched upward. *door open The android drill instructor walked in, carrying a bucket of ice water. *splash “TANG LONG you MAGGOT! You are late for 10 second. Go and give me 100 rounds,” The instructor was furious, and expect Tang Long to jump out of the bed and carry out his instruction, on the double. Well, Tang Long did wake up, scratched his ears, then fall back to sleep as if nothing had happened.   *sssqqqqqqeeekkkkkk Sound like some metals was grind on each other, the sound from coming from the mouth of the android. Pretty sure it had reached a level of sentiency that he can emulate emotion, and the emotion he currently feeling was not pretty. *thunk It throws the bucket on the floor and pulls out a stick an...