If we don’t want to go through an overly complicated coffee making process and want to drink the delicious taste of freshly brewed coffee, then hanging ear coffee must be the most suitable choice.Making ear-hanging coffee is very simple. There is no need to grind powder or prepare professional brewing tools. We only need a cup and any water filling pot, and we can complete the making of hanging ear coffee. Its only drawback is that it loses a little aroma because of the pre-ground powder, and it doesn't taste as fragrant as freshly ground and brewed coffee. However, because its convenient attributes are enough to offset this shortcoming, hanging ear coffee has become a must-have for many friends who go out to work, study, travel, etc.Although Front Street has shared many tutorials on brewing with earphones, there is still a steady stream of feedback from friends backstage and in stores about common problems such as "the brewing of earphones is not good" and "the brewed earphones are not tasty and tasteless". So today Front Street is here to share with you how to simply brew a cup of coffee that tastes as good as Pour over(V60) coffee!(It should be said that it is close, but the aroma is still slightly inferior)The first thing we need to know is that whether it is Pour over(V60) coffee or hanging-ear coffee, if you want them to taste good, then they need to have a suitableExtraction rateand concentration. Grinding, water temperature, time, and ratio are the four parameters that control the coffee extraction rate and concentration during the coffee brewing process. Since hanging ear coffee uses pre-ground coffee powder, the only three parameters we need to control are water temperature, time, and proportion.1. How much hot water should be used to rinse the ear hangings?The water temperature determines the dissolution rate of flavor substances. The higher the water temperature we use when brewing the coffee, the faster the flavor substances in the coffee will dissolve, and vice versa. The reason why many friends cannot brew coffee with earphones is because the water temperature used is not high enough and the taste of coffee cannot be brewed.As often mentioned on the front street, the main source of hot water for most office workers sitting in the office is a water dispenser. The hot water in most water dispensers on the market will be maintained at around 80°C. If we use hot water at this temperature to brew ear-mounted coffee, the brewed coffee will often be weak and light due to the insufficient extraction efficiency of the water temperature.Therefore, if you want to brew a delicious pot of ear-mounted coffee, you must first control the water temperature.Generally speaking, if the object we brew is light roasted or medium light roasted coffee with rich fruity and floral aroma,(For example, Oiran and Yijia hanging ear coffee at the flagship store on Qian Street), then the best water temperature recommended by Front Street is 90~93°C. Because this type of coffee has a higher density, it requires higher temperature hot water to dissolve the flavor in a short time.；And if the brewing object is medium-dark or dark roasted coffee beans with rich caramel aroma such as nuts, cream, chocolate, etc.(For example, Mandheling and Brazilian hanging ear coffee at the flagship store on Qian Street), then Front Street recommends that the brewing water temperature is 86°C~89°C. Because the structure of this type of coffee powder is relatively loose, the flavor substances can be dissolved quickly. Too high water temperature may easily cause over-extraction.2. How much water should be injected into the ear hanging ear?In addition to affecting the amount of substances dissolved in the coffee, the amount of water injected also determines the concentration of the coffee. With the extraction rate constant, the more water you use when brewing, the less concentrated the coffee will be, and vice versa. If you don’t want to drink a cup of coffee that is too bland or too concentrated, Front Street recommends controlling the amount of water injected. So how much hot water should be injected?Hanging ear coffeePink to water ratioSame as pour-over coffee! Generally speaking, the ratio used when brewing Pour over(V60) coffee is 1:15, which is a ratio of powder to water that will make the coffee concentration slightly higher. The coffee brewed with this ratio can have a prominent flavor and a full mouthfeel. So if you can accept coffee with a slightly higher concentration and a slightly heavier taste, then a 1:15 powder to water ratio will be a good choice.The Front Street hanging ear coffee sold in Front Street Moubao flagship store comes in a 10g pack. According to the ratio of powder to water of 1:15, the amount of water we need to inject is 150ml. If you want it to be thicker, you can use a powder to water ratio of 1:14 and brew with 140ml of hot water. If you want it to be slightly lighter, you can use a ratio of 1:16 or 1:17, that is, use 160ml~170ml of hot water to brew 10g of powder.
Then according to different needs, we can choose different water measurement methods. If you don't mind the trouble, Front Street will recommend you to buy an electronic scale for kitchen use. This small one does not take up space and is affordable. It can help you accurately control the amount of water injected, ensuring that you can make the same delicious coffee every time. If you find it troublesome and want to implement the "minimalism" of ear-mounted earphones, you can estimate the amount of water by the scale of the cup or the water level in the ear-mounted ear bag when brewing.
Take Front Street’s hanging ears as an example. Front Street’s hanging ears are 10g/pack. After many tests on Front Street, we found that when the injected hot water reaches half of the powder bag,(Be sure to pour in small amounts of water slowly), the water volume is approximately in the range of 30~40ml(Affected by water injection rate); And if the bet reaches nine points,(Be sure to pour in small amounts of water slowly), the water volume will be in the range of 70~80ml(Affected by water injection rate). Through such a measurement method of visually observing the water level, we can estimate the total water injection volume based on the specific brewing segments.For example, if the amount of water you want to inject is 160ml, you can choose to inject four times until the water level reaches half of the powder bag, or two times to inject nine-tenths of the full amount of hot water. By analogy, Front Street Association recommends that you use a scale to determine the amount of water corresponding to the specific water level before "blind flushing". The specific number of divisions is mainly determined based on our brewing time.3. Brewing time of hanging ear coffeeFinally, it’s time to brew the ear-mounted coffee! Brewing time is the contact time between water and coffee powder. The longer the contact time between water and coffee powder, the more flavor substances the water can bring out from the coffee powder, and vice versa.Many times, people use the right water temperature and set the correct amount of water, but the brewed coffee still tastes unpleasant. The reason is that the brewing time is too short and the hot water does not have enough time to completely dissolve the flavor substances in the coffee, which leads to an imbalance in the taste and a reduction in concentration. The coffee tastes extremely sour and even has an obvious astringency. Therefore, Front Street recommends that everyone control the brewing time of hanging ear coffee!Since the grinding degree of Front Street hanging ear coffee is the same as that of Pour over(V60) coffee, Front Street’s recommendation is to control the extraction time to about 2 minutes. As long as the water temperature and volume are normal, 2 minutes is enough to dissolve a large amount of flavor substances in the coffee. Even if the coffee it brews will not be very good, it will still be delicious. So, the question is: how do we control the brewing time?It’s actually very simple, divided into two steps! The first step is to reduce the water injection rate and slowly inject the hot water so that the coffee extraction time can be extended. The second step is to inject hot water into multiple sections! Generally, the more sections there are, the longer the extraction time will be. Generally speaking, Front Street recommends injecting hot water into 3 to 4 sections, because this segmentation can make it easier for us to estimate the amount of water to be injected.As mentioned before, if you want to inject 160ml into a 10g packet of powdered Front Street hanging ear coffee without weighing it, then you can fill the water level to half of the powder packet, and then repeat it three times. The amount of water will probably fall around 160ml. Then it should be noted that the first paragraph isSteamed, it is necessary to stay for 30 seconds to allow the coffee powder to exhaust, and each period of hot water injected thereafter is injected after the coffee liquid in the powder bag is drained. This can effectively extend the extraction time and allow the flavor substances in the coffee to be more completely dissolved.
In general, if you brew a bag of light or medium-light roasted Front Street Coffee, the recommended extraction parameters are: water temperature 90°C~93°C, brewing time of two minutes, water volume of 140ml~170ml, inject in 3 to 4 stages; and if you brew a bag of medium-dark or dark roasted Front Street Coffee, then the recommended extraction parameters are:The water temperature is 86°C~89°C, the brewing time is two minutes, the water volume used is 140ml~170ml, and the injection is divided into 3 to 4 stages.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
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Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
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