Will the longer you brew coffee, the stronger the coffee?
Some people often misunderstand that brewing for a longer time will make the coffee taste richer, but in fact, brewing for too long can easily extract too many bad substances into the hot water, thus affecting the taste of the final coffee. As time goes by, the impurities inside the coffee powder will gradually be released, making the coffee taste thicker and astringent. This is what baristas often call over-extraction.
In fact, ear-mounted coffee evolved from Pour over(V60) coffee. Therefore, if you want to make the ear-mounted coffee taste better, Front Street recommends that you use water injection instead of direct soaking. This way, the hot water and coffee powder can fully contact, releasing the ideal flavor substances. Secondly, water injection can better control the water volume and keep the coffee in the appropriate concentration range. It is neither easy to over-extract nor under-extract. The coffee will naturally be more delicious.
There are many types of hanging ear coffee on Front Street.Mandheling coffeeThe hanging ears are mellow and fragrant,YirgacheffeFloral citric acid,Characteristics of Brazilian Cerato Coffee BeansWith nutty and peanut tones, these seasonal hanging ear coffees represent the flavors of coffee from different production areas, providing a wealth of choices for hanging ear bags.
The same products are sold on the shelf. Many people mistakenly think that ear-hanging coffee and instant coffee are the same thing, but the actual situation is quite different.
Instant coffee, as its name suggests, can be drunk by brewing it with hot water. The reason why it does not require filtered coffee grounds like hanging ear bags is because it is made from dehydrated coffee extract. Although instant coffee is convenient and cheap, the flavor and taste are much worse than freshly ground Pour over(V60) coffee and hanging ear coffee.
Moreover, instant coffee also adds some additives such as saccharin. Drinking too much instant coffee for a long time is not good for the body. And ear-hanging coffee is a kind of black coffee. Proper drinking can have a weight loss effect. Most instant coffee contains only 9% or less coffee, and only a few instant coffees contain 100% coffee. Moreover, instant coffee contains a large number of food additives, including creamer, emulsifiers, stabilizers, etc.
As we all know, whether a cup of coffee tastes good or not is largely related to the freshness of the coffee beans, parameters, brewing techniques and other factors. If we confirm that there is no problem with the beans and the grinding degree has been determined, then if the cup of coffee does not taste good, the problem usually lies in the water temperature and technique.
Front Street will boil the water before brewing, and prepare a water-filled pot, a coffee cup, and a bag of Front Street Yunnan small-grain hanging ear coffee. Front Street's ear-hanging coffee bags are made at 10 grams per bag. Excluding the water absorption of the coffee powder itself, each bag can brew a cup of 120 to 130ml of coffee liquid.
First, boil the water in the pot and find a taller coffee cup, such as the mug that Front Street is very fond of.
Next, tear open the sealed outer package, take out the coffee hanging ear bag, tear open the non-woven bag along the upper dotted line, pull the two ears apart, shake gently to allow the coffee powder in the hanging ears to concentrate at the bottom, and then hang them on the edge of the cup.
In the first stage, we first inject a small amount of hot water to completely moisten the coffee powder, wait for about 10 to 20 seconds, and let it steam for a while to help discharge the gas in the coffee powder, in order to make the extraction in the later stage more stable.
The second section of small water flow is injected steadily until the ear-hanging bag is almost filled, and then waits for the coffee liquid to drop. After all the coffee liquid has flowed out, we will inject the last section of water and also fill the filter bag. Front Street measured it and found that the total amount of water injected at this time is about 150g, so there is no need for an electronic scale in the whole process. The extraction will end when all the coffee liquid is dripped.
Before drinking, Front Street will gently shake the coffee liquid evenly and drink it directly to enjoy the pure flavor of black coffee.
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
