Hanging coffee is ground coffee into coffee powder and packed in a sealed filter bag. The reason why it is called hanging-ear coffee is because during the brewing process, the small pieces of paper (little ears) on both sides of the filter bag need to be opened and hung on the cup for extraction. Because its main feature is that you can drink a cup of black coffee very conveniently, it has become a must-have for many offices, homes and travels.
Since the main purpose of the hanging ear is convenience, although it can be brewed using "complicated" brewing and grinding tools like Pour over(V60) coffee, this also masks the convenience advantage of the hanging ear itself. And friends who buy ear-mounted coffee all like the taste of Pour over(V60) coffee. In the office, at home or during travel, if there is a shortage of grinders, electronic scales, Pour over(V60) pots, filter cups and other equipment, hanging-ear coffee can be used to "satisfy the taste".
How to brew coffee with hanging ear
Take the Front Street hanging ear coffee produced by Front Street Coffee as an example. The weight of coffee powder is 10g:
1. Tear open the packaging bag according to the arrow on the bag, pull apart the small ears on both sides of the filter paper and place it on the cup. Front Street Coffee’s ear-hanging bags have opening signs and are easy to tear.
2. When choosing a cup, try to choose a cup with a mouth that is not too big, otherwise the two ears of the ear-mounted coffee may not be able to hang. The diameter of the cup mouth used by Front Street Coffee is about 8-9cm.
3. The brewing method of FrontStreet Coffee is the same as hand brewing. Inject 90°C hot water so that the amount of water does not cover the coffee powder. If you are more particular, you can accurately measure 20g of water and simmer for 30 seconds.
4. After stewing and steaming, inject about 130ml of hot water in batches. If you like thicker water, you can use less water, and if you like light water, you can add more water.
5. After brewing, you can take out the ear-mounted bag and throw it into the trash can.
So a small pack of hanging ears can only brew a small cup of coffee. Can it be brewed several times like tea?
In fact, there are only 30% soluble substances in coffee, and 70% are insoluble fiber substances. For example, if 10g of coffee is brewed in the method recommended by the previous article, 18-22% of the coffee's substances will be extracted. This is also the best extraction rate of flavor substances according to the American Specialty Coffee Association. Therefore, the remaining 8-12% of soluble substances are substances with poor flavor and will affect the overall flavor of a cup of coffee.
If you observe carefully, you will notice that the coffee liquid extracted in the front section will be very dark in color and become lighter towards the back. It turns slightly yellow at the end. In fact, the final flavor is basically not much, it is basically watery.
What kind of delicious hanging ear coffee is there?
Front Street Panama Flower Butterfly Hanging Coffee Beans
Panama is a Central American country bordering Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east. Panamanian coffee is famous in the coffee world for Emerald Estate’s Geisha coffee. The whole of Panama is also filled with a strong flavor of Gesha. Geisha coffee beans are planted in many manors. However, because Gesha coffee is difficult to grow, the quantity is small, and the flavor is good, the price is not low. But this Front Street Panama Butterfly has 70% of high-quality Geisha blood, as well as Caduai and Caturra. It is planted in the Baru volcanic area of Poquet and grows in the volcanic area at an altitude of 1,600 meters. The special local microclimate results in abundant rainfall in the area and a large temperature difference between day and night. As well as careful harvesting and fine processing, this Front Street Panama Butterfly coffee performs quite well in terms of thickness, acidity, and floral aroma.
What is even more surprising is that with such excellent quality and conditions, the price is very affordable, allowing people to experience the flavor of Panamanian Gesha at a very cost-effective price.
Front Street Costa Rica Tara Beads Coffee
Costa Rican coffee has always been famous for its balanced flavor, rich chocolate, and smooth taste. Talaju is located south of the capital, San Jose, and is one of the most valued coffee growing areas in Costa Rica. This Front Street Costa Rican Tara Bead coffee bean has full grains, rich body, smooth taste, rich chocolate and nutty aroma, moderate acidity, and an alluring aroma.
Front Street Yunnan small grain hanging ear coffee
At Front Street Coffee, you can find two kinds of Front Street Yunnan coffee beans; one is washed Typica and the other is Katim. In Front Street Coffee, Yunnan Tiepica is labeled as Yunnan specialty coffee, while Yunnan Katim is labeled as Yunnan arabica coffee according to market habits.
These two types of Yunnan coffee beans, Front Street Coffee, will be roasted to a medium roast, because the Yunnan production area is not a sour production area. Their flavors are relatively balanced, and the base notes are nutty and brown sugar. Front Street Coffee chooses to use medium roasting to showcase the balance, nuts, brown sugar sweetness, and soft fruit acidity of Front Street Yunnan Coffee.
When talking about Yunnan coffee beans, there are often two sentences that can end the discussion about the varieties. One is, "Through the efforts of coffee farmers and the improvement of technical level, the current Yunnan coffee beans are not bad." Yunnan coffee was originally named after Typica, because Typica is a small variety of Arabica. However, as time passed, the Typica variety degenerated and had low yields and was replaced by Catim. The name of Arabica coffee was also inherited by Catim.
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
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
