First of all, the coffee maker is divided into 3 main parts: a base chamber or tank, a sort of funnel or bucket for the coffee beans, and an upper chamber shaped like a jug with a lid. It also has a finer filter and an elastic band at the bottom.
When you apply lower heat to the coffee pot brewed with water and ground coffee, the temperature heats the water to 90ºC. This generates pressure that raises the liquid before it reaches boiling point.
The hot water rises and passes through the coffee funnel, which infuses it and continues to rise through the ducts, passing through the filters, up to the chimney of the upper carafe, exiting from its opening and filling said collection chamber.
When the base is almost empty, bubbles form which announce the arrival of the most delicious coffee. Let’s see below the 7 secrets for preparing the perfect coffee in the moka:
1) Choice of coffee for the Italian Coffee Maker
Above all, the quality of the grind is crucial. In fact, we need a medium grinding point, neither fine like that of a super-automatic espresso machine, nor coarse like that of a filter coffee machine.
If we buy the coffee already packaged, we can also look for brands already specific for Italian coffee makers.
2) We fill the tank with good hot water
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