此摩卡非彼摩卡——摩卡咖啡和摩卡壶的关系
2009-02-12 08:30阅读：
某次在ML家聊天，ML跟我较真说只有摩卡咖啡，没有摩卡壶一说。
ML较真的结果，就是去wikipedia，正好也帮我搞清楚这原本就是两个不同的词——
所谓摩卡咖啡，英文写作：Cafe mocha
援引下wikipedia的链接：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Café_mocha
A Café mocha is a variant of a cafe
latte. Like
a latte it is typically one thirdespresso and two
thirds steamed milk
, but a portion of
chocolate is
added, typically in the form of sweet
cocoa powder,
although many varieties use
chocolate syrup.
Mochas can contain dark or milk chocolate.
Unlike
cappuccino, cafe
mochas do not contain the well-known milk froth on top. They
usually have whipped cream and a dusting of either cinnamon or
cocoa powder. Marshmallows may also be added on top for flavor and
decoration.
A variant is white café mocha, made with
white chocolate
instead of milk or dark. There are also variants of the
drink that mix the two syrups; these are sometimes referred to as
'
Zebras', also,
more comically referred to as 'Tuxedo Mocha'.
A term
moccaccino is used in some regions of
Europe and the Middle East to describe Café Latte with cocoa or
chocolate. In the U.S. it usually refers to a cappuccino made with
chocolate.
Café mocha takes its name from the Red Sea coastal town of
Mocha,
Yemen, which as far back as the fifteenth century was a
dominant exporter of coffee, especially to areas around the Arabian
Peninsula.
Mocha, Yemen
also grew Arabica Mocha coffee beans which have a milk
chocolate flavor. Mocha coffee beans belong to the Coffea arabica
plant.
Mocha is also a type of 'chocolatey' coffee bean
(from Ethiopia but originally imported through Mocha in Yemen),
whence may come the association with chocolate and the development
of the chocolate-espresso drink. In Europe 'mocha coffee' can refer
either to this drink or simply to coffee brewed with mocha
beans.
大意就是说摩卡咖啡是三分之一的espresso加三分之二的牛奶，再加点巧克力混合制成的饮料。而Mocha一词，来自于红海地区也门的Mocha港口
而摩卡壶，则在英文中拼做Moka pot，只是发音与Mocha相同，在中文里都被翻译成了“摩卡”。
援引自wikipedia的链接：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot
The Moka pot (or Espresso pot,
or Moka Express), is a stovetop espressomaker, based on
the principle of preparing coffee with pressurized boiling water.
On their English language website, Bialetti refers to their product
as a coffee maker, not an espresso maker.[1] As the
beverage produced by a Moka pot is not the same as coffee or
espresso, the terms moka or stovetop espresso are often used to
refer to it. It was invented by Alfonso
Bialetti in 1933 and while there
are currently many manufacturers, his company Bialetti
continues to market the leading model, known by the
brand
name Moka Express. The original design was made
from aluminium with
bakelite
handles.
In Italy,
where Bialetti is based, the moka pot is in almost every home;
elsewhere, it is known as an iconic design, displayed in modern
industrial art museums, such as the Science
Museum in London. Mokas come in
different sizes, from one to eighteen coffee
cups.
但因为Moka pot就是用来煮espresso的，所以摩卡壶和摩卡咖啡还是有联系的。
另外，贴一个用摩卡壶的小诀窍：
在减压阀开始有响声时，准备调整火力的大小，一旦看到摩卡壶中有咖啡液体流出，及时将火力调小，减缓萃取过程，煮出来的咖啡会更加香浓。
