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Driven by the third wave of specialty coffee, people have higher and higher requirements for the taste of coffee. The flavor of coffee is more inclined to the flavor of the coffee producing area itself, with Pour over(V60) coffee taking the leading position. In addition, hanging ear coffee is equivalent to a simplified version of Pour over(V60) coffee, and is very popular for its convenience. In this article, Front Street will share with you the issues you need to pay attention to when purchasing ear-mounted coffee.
What is hanging ear coffee？
Hanging ear coffee is very similar to Pour over(V60) coffee. Hanging ear coffee is quite a simplified Pour over(V60) coffee, and both are relatively simple coffee brewing methods. It originated in Japan and gradually became known to everyone with the wave of specialty coffee.
Why does Front Street compare hanging coffee to a simple version of brewing coffee? Because hanging coffee is made by grinding fresh coffee into suitable coffee powder, then putting it into filter paper bags and packaging it into independent small packages. The grams of coffee powder also vary. For example, FrontStreet Coffee's hanging coffee generally weighs 10 grams, which is very easy to carry.
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As Front Street mentioned above, a small detail is that compared with Pour over(V60) coffee, Pour over(V60) coffee grinds the beans before brewing, while the hanging ear coffee that everyone buys is generally ground, so the best tasting period of hanging ear coffee will be shorter. Even if the hanging coffee is freshly ground coffee powder, the flavor will be lost as the storage time increases.
Therefore, when purchasing ear-hanging coffee, you should look at the production date. Although the production date of hanging ear coffee ranges from 6 to 18 months, this is only the shelf life of the coffee. The most important thing about coffee is the best tasting period of the coffee. The best tasting period of hanging ear coffee is generally two weeks. Therefore, Front Street recommends that everyone buyHanging ear coffeeWhen the time comes, buy just enough to drink for two weeks.
Common ear hangings on the marketcoffeeHow to choose?
The final flavor of hanging ear coffee is determined by the flavor of the coffee beans, so the type of coffee beans you buy determines the flavor of hanging ear coffee. So how should everyone choose a hanging ear coffee that suits them? Here are some small experiences that Front Street Coffee has to offer.
Hand-brewed coffee beans can be divided into two types, one is single-origin coffee beans, and the other is blended beans.Hanging ear coffeeThe beans can also be classified in this way. Single products refer to beans from a single origin, usually named after the production area. The most representative ones are Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee beans, Front Street Blue Mountain coffee beans, etc. Front Street Coffee beans are single-origin coffee beans. For newcomers, Front Street Mandheling coffee beans, Front Street strawberry candy coffee beans, etc. are the first choice. Blend beans are a blend of coffee beans from multiple production areas, and you can match the coffee flavor you want through the combination of beans.
There is anotherShop for hanging ear coffeeThe best tip is to look at the flavor description on the packaging. For example, learning flavor words such as citrus, cream, and jasmine are all used to describe the flavor tendency of hanging ear coffee. These are some professional words that describe the flavor of coffee. You can use these words as a reference.
The third tip is to look at how the coffee beans are processed. The most common processing methods for green coffee beans are sun-drying, washing and honey processing. Washed coffee beans have the cleanest and brightest taste. Sun-drying treatment increases the aroma and sweetness on the basis of washing treatment, and honey treatment is the processing method with the highest sweetness. If you are hesitant between these three processing methods, Front Street recommends that you consider washed coffee beans first, because washed coffee beans can best represent the flavor of a production area. Newbies will give priority to buying Front Street Guo Dingding ear, Front Street Bird of Paradise hanging ear, and Front Street Panama Geisha hanging ear.
So in the endHanging ear coffeeWhich brewing methods are wrong?
1. Brew a mug full of it in one go
Front Street Coffee recommends that the amount of water used for brewing ear-hanging coffee is 160cc~200cc, because exceeding this amount will not only make the coffee weak, but also extract bad flavors such as bitterness and astringency. Therefore, if you want to drink a lighter drink, you should wait until it reaches 160cc~200cc and then add hot water to the consistency that suits you.
2. After brewing, continue to let the coffee pod soak in the cup
Such soaking can indeed make the coffee stronger, but it also extracts all the bad ingredients such as caffeine and bitterness.
3. Brew coffee bags the same way you brew tea bags
When hot water is poured into a porcelain cup and then the coffee bag is thrown into the water, the water temperature has dropped sharply and is not enough to extract the delicious taste of the coffee. Our thoughtful recommendation on the back of the packaging bag is that the water temperature is 90 degrees Celsius, which means that hot water at 90 degrees Celsius can continue to pass through the coffee powder, so that delicious coffee can be brewed.
4. It would be a pity not to brew three or four times for such a big package of coffee.
Hanging ear coffee can only be brewed once, the coffee brewed at this time is full of wonderful flavor. If brewed more than twice, the bitter caffeine will continue to be released.
The above are all issues that everyone needs to consider when brewing ear-mounted coffee. Next, Front Street will also provide the correct brewing method for ear-mounted coffee.
How to brew a delicious cup of coffee?
1 warm cup -
Prepare the cup, first pour some hot water into the cup to warm it. The function is to prevent the brewed coffee from cooling down too quickly. The flavor of the coffee will continue to change as the temperature drops. If it cools down too quickly, many different tastes will be missed.
2. Water temperature -
The temperature of the brewing water is very important. The recommended temperature is between 85 and 90 degrees. If the brewed coffee is too bitter, you can try lowering the water temperature. On the other hand, if it is too bland or astringent, you can increase the water temperature, but the range should still be between 85 and 90 degrees.
Three hanging coffee-
First, shake the ear-hanging bag slightly to let the coffee powder fall down to avoid scattering the coffee powder when tearing it open. Then pour out the hot water in the cup. After tearing off the seal on the ear-hanging bag, open the paper hanging ears on both sides, shake it to make the coffee powder flat, and finally hang it to the rim of the cup.
Four pre-wet-
The amount of water injected for the first time should be just enough to soak the coffee powder. Too much or too little will affect the flavor. Then wait 20 seconds for the coffee powder to completely absorb the water. The intensity of the coffee can be adjusted using the pre-wet time, extending to 40 seconds can result in stronger coffee.
Five water injection-
For the second time, water can be poured into the filter paper until it is 80% full. It is best to use a slender water stream. After the water flow reaches the pre-wetted height, you can continue to pour water until 150 to 180cc is quenched. Once the quenching is completed, there is no need to wait for all the water in the filter paper to flow out, and it can be discarded directly.
Six Enjoy your coffee! Remember, you can taste different flavors with different temperatures!
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
