The best grind for a Moka pot coffee is medium to medium-fine, coarser than you’d use for an espresso machine but finer than for a drip coffee maker. To achieve this, we recommend buying whole bean coffee and grinding it yourself.
In this way, can I use ground coffee in a moka pot?
Coffee grind for moka
This is why ground coffee for espresso cannot be used in the moka: for the moka pot, a coarser grind of blend is required. A blend that is too fine will mean that the water passes through it more slowly and with difficulty and it will leave some dregs at the bottom of the cup.
Regarding this, is Moka coffee as strong as espresso? Modern espresso machines brew using 8-10 bars of pressure. That’s 5-10 times the pressure of a moka pot, depending on the machine. Yes, the coffee that moka pots brew is strong and about as close as you can get to espresso without owning an actual espresso machine, but, by definition, it’s not true espresso.
One may also ask, why does my moka pot coffee taste bitter?
Bitter coffee is caused by a few things, mainly these two: Over roasted, stale, or low-grade coffee beans. Over extraction (brewing too much)