Many people are unable to taste delicious black coffee all the time because brewing a cup of coffee is too cumbersome. But the emergence of hanging ear coffee has changed this situation. Today, Front Street Coffee will teach you how to drink a cup of delicious black coffee in a simple way.
Hanging ear coffeeinvention of bag
In China, it is not difficult to obtain hanging coffee pods (also called filter coffee). They are sold in major e-commerce, supermarkets and most coffee shops. It is also common to brew your own hanging coffee pods. But do you know which country first invented the ear-hung coffee pod? Not the mature coffee markets in Europe and the United States, but Japan, which is close to China.
When it comes to coffee in Japan, most people think of Pour over(V60) coffee. Indeed, Pour over(V60) coffee is also very popular in Japan. However, young Japanese office workers with a fast pace of life do not have time to wait for a cup of Pour over(V60) coffee.
With the ear-mounted coffee pod, you only need hot water and a mug of a suitable size, and you can enjoy good coffee anytime, anywhere.
Therefore, in 1990, Japan's Yamanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. applied the concept of tea bags to coffee, invented ear-hanging coffee and applied for a patent. However, the ear-hanging coffee pods designed by Yamanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. could not bear the weight of brewing coffee and were prone to losing balance during the brewing process, so they were not successfully commercialized. It was not until 1998 that Daji Shoji improved the original invention and extended the ear-hanging part outwards, and today's ear-hanging coffee was born.
Hanging ear coffeebag market
The English name for the ear-hanging coffee bag is drip coffee bag. It has the advantages of instant coffee, which is fast, convenient and does not require brewing equipment. At the same time, it allows people to enjoy the fun of hand brewing. Because ear-mounted coffee pods combine the advantages of instant coffee and Pour over(V60) coffee, ear-mounted coffee pods are growing rapidly in the East Asian market. In 2011, global sales of ear-mounted coffee reached 1.4 billion bags, approximately 11,200 metric tons, of which 94% came from Japan. Starbucks Japan also launched ear-mounted coffee specifically for this market. Although the current total sales volume of ear-hanging coffee pods in the world is not large and the market size is relatively small, it is growing very rapidly.
In the past, in China's brewed coffee market, instant coffee's market share was as high as 70%, while hanging coffee's market share was only 10%. However, in recent years, due to the food safety crisis that has made consumers panic, coupled with the rise of specialty coffee science, coffee consumers’ demands for coffee are no longer just refreshing. Hanging coffee has both quality and convenience, which coincides with consumer needs. Therefore, in 2017, the growth rate of China’s hanging coffee was as high as 30%.
Hanging coffee bags and freshly ground coffee
As the packaging technology of ear-hung coffee pods continues to advance, it has been able to completely isolate oxygen from the outside world. Therefore, as long as the hanging coffee beans themselves are of good quality and consumed during the best tasting period, there will basically not be much difference between hanging ear coffee and freshly ground Pour over(V60) coffee.
The biggest advantage of brewing ear-mounted coffee is that professional baristas have already set up most of the variables for brewing coffee for you. You don't need to choose beans, consider the water-to-powder ratio and the thickness of the coffee powder, nor do you need brewing equipment or expert-level skills. You only need hot water and a mug of the right size, and you can enjoy good coffee anytime, anywhere.
1. First of all, the net content of coffee powder in hanging ear coffee is fixed (usually 10 grams). This solves the problem of the grinder and the electronic scale.
2. The next step is to solve the water injection amount and water temperature. The ratio of 1:15-1:16 is the same as Pour over(V60) coffee, so the brewed coffee liquid should reach 140ml to 150ml. The water temperature should be about 90℃. If you have a thermometer or a temperature-controlled kettle, you can give priority. If not, you can roughly judge the temperature. Generally, after the kettle is boiled, turn off the heat source and open the lid, wait 2-3 minutes, and the water temperature will reach about 90℃ (room temperature is 28℃).
3. When ready, take out and tear the seal of the ear-hanging bag, open the "ears" at both ends of the filter bag, hang it on the rim of the mug (water cup), and smooth out the powder layer.
4. Inject water into the first section, just make the coffee powder layer completely wet, and steam for 30 seconds.
5. After steaming, add water for the second time. Use a small flow of water in a circle to fill it up. When the powder layer drops slightly, continue to add water until it is full. Repeat until the coffee capacity in the cup reaches about 140-150 ml. Then you can remove the ear-hanging bag and enjoy.
6. If you want a more precise amount of water, you can pour 150-160 ml of water into the kettle. When brewing, after filling all the water in the kettle, you can remove the ear-hanging bag when all the coffee liquid flows into the cup. The entire brewing process takes about 1 minute to complete.
Since hanging coffee is pre-ground coffee, the flavor will be released faster than that of whole coffee beans. Therefore, if you want to enjoy the flavor of coffee, you must consume it as early as possible.
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The seasonal hanging ear coffee roasted by Front Street Coffee is fully guaranteed in terms of brand and quality. What's more important is that the price/performance ratio is extremely high. There are ten packages in a box, each package is 10 grams, and the price is only 39.9 yuan. Calculated based on one pack of hanging ears per cup of coffee, one pack can make 150ml of coffee, and each cup only costs about 4 yuan. Compared with the price of a cup of coffee, which can easily cost dozens of yuan, it can be said to be a conscientious recommendation.
Front Street Front Street PWN gold Mandheling hanging coffee beans
Mandheling coffee has also received attention in the past two years. In the past, most of Front Street Coffee's Mandheling sales were in the Shanghai area. The taste preferences of Shanghai and Taiwan are quite similar. They both like rich and full-bodied coffee. Before, Front Street Coffee met a Shanghai customer who always emphasized that Mandheling should be roasted darker than our usual deep roast. Now, slowly, more and more people are recognizing Mandheling's unique flavor, and more and more customers are coming to Front Street Coffee to order Mandheling, many of whom are Guangzhou residents.
Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling is actually different from ordinary Mandheling. It comes from PWN, a local green bean merchant in Indonesia. It is the first company to cooperate with Japan and register Golden Mandheling as a trademark. The biggest feature of Golden Mandheling is that it does not have the mixed flavor of ordinary Mandheling. It has been strictly hand-screened three times to ensure that the beans are uniform in size and can be evenly colored when roasted. Therefore, its taste is clean and mellow. The flavor is very similar to Guangdong herbal tea. It is not surprising that Guangzhou neighbors accept this flavor. Front Street Coffee specially made gold Mandheling earrings this time, and found that people’s acceptance is getting higher and higher.
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
