Hand-brewed coffee is now almost a compulsory course for coffee lovers. Of course, some people don’t want to buy so many coffee appliances. In order to allow more customers to easily drink delicious and fresh coffee beans at home or in the office, Front Street Coffee has added several different hanging ear coffees without spending too much effort and attention. This time Front Street will talk about how to brew ear-mounted coffee & how to make cold brew coffee using ear-mounted bags.
How to choose ear-hanging coffee?
1. Production date: Generally, freshly ground coffee powder is the freshest. The production method of hanging ears is to seal and bag it immediately after careful roasting and careful grinding. You should try to buy coffee that is as close to the roasting date as the taste will deteriorate if it exceeds 2 months.
2. Completeness of information: Coffee bean information includes variety, grinding degree, origin, roaster, etc.
Advantages of hanging ear coffee:
Compared with instant coffee, hanging ear coffee has a richer flavor. Hanging ear coffee has more choices. You can experience coffee from different origins, different processing methods and different roasting degrees, and you can drink more specialty coffee with unique flavors.
2. Hanging ear coffee does not contain flavoring, creamer and other additives and is healthier.
3. Affordable, fast and convenient brewing, easy to carry, no need to prepare brewing utensils.
The Front Street Coffee series has flavors from multiple production areas, such as Front Street Brazilian seasonal coffee, Front Street Colombian seasonal coffee, Front Street Indonesian Mandheling coffee, etc. Of course, there are other types of coffee beans. If customers want to make them into coffee beans, Front Street will also make them according to their needs. For example, the best-selling Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling can be made into gold Mandheling coffee beans for customers. This time Front Street used the popular Yirgacheffe hanging ear bag to demonstrate the brewing method of the hanging ear bag and the steps of making cold brew with the hanging ear.
Front Street Yirgacheffe earring bag
Yirgacheffe, in the ancient Ethiopian language (Yirga) means "settled down" and (Cheffe) means "wetland". Therefore, Yirgacheffe means "let us settle down in this wetland". It was originally the hometown of coffee in Ethiopia. The name of a small town in Biya. The altitude here is about 1,700-2,200 meters, the temperature is relatively low, and the coffee grows relatively slowly, which has enough time to accumulate more nutrients and flavor substances. Due to the unique flavor and high quality of the coffee beans produced, Ethiopian coffee farmers are proud of their Yirgacheffe flavor.
In 2004, in order to promote its own coffee, the Ethiopian government also applied for a patent for the name of the "Yirgacheffe" production area. Now Yirgacheffe coffee has become synonymous with Ethiopian specialty coffee. For those who have drank Front Street Yirgacheffe, the first thing that comes to mind should be the bright and rising citric acid, floral and honey-like sweet aroma, soft fruit acid and citrus flavors, and a fresh and pleasant taste.
The steps for Front Street hanging ear brewing are as follows:
1. Tear open the outer packaging bag, take out the ear-hanging bag inside, tear open the opening of the ear-hanging bag, and pull apart the small ears on both sides to rest on the cup.
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. Use the same ratio of 1:15 to 1:16 as Pour over(V60) coffee, so the brewed coffee liquid should reach 140 ml to 150 ml. 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℃).
4. After steaming, pour water directly to the end. If you are particular, you can also pour water in two times. The amount of water is determined by the cup you choose. Front Street Coffee chooses a 300ml glass. Water is poured in a small flow in a circle, and the water is filled to the 7-minute mark of the cup.
5. After brewing, take away the ear-hanging bag. You cannot use it again after brewing once, because the substances in the coffee powder have been extracted. If you brew again, there will be nothing to extract, and the taste will be very watery. Don’t think it’s a waste to wash it just once. Most of the hanging ears on the market now can ensure fresh grinding, and the price is reasonable.
The steps for making cold brew coffee on the Front Street hanging ear are as follows:
1.. It is best to prepare a clean sealed container with a lid, tear open the outer packaging bag, take out the ear hanging bag, tear open the opening of the ear hanging bag, pour the coffee powder in the ear hanging bag directly into the container, and keep the ear hanging bag as a filter after the extraction is completed.
2. The powder-to-water ratio of cold brew coffee is 1:10, and the net content of an ear-hanging bag is 10g, so we prepare 100ml of ice water and pour it into the container.
3. Cover the lid and shake evenly, put it in the refrigerator for low temperature extraction for 12-14 hours.
4. (After extraction is completed) Take out the ear-hanging bag, open the ears of the ear-hanging bag and buckle it on your favorite cup, pour the cold brewed coffee into the ear-hanging bag, filter the coffee grounds and enjoy.
The actual amount of water can be adjusted according to your preferred concentration. If you want iced coffee with a strong taste, use a powder to water ratio of 1:12~13.
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
