In recent years, the coffee culture has been deepening, and many "morning shift workers" have to drink a cup of coffee every day to have the energy to "move bricks". However, not everyone can go to a coffee shop to enjoy a delicious cup of Pour over(V60) coffee at any time every day, so for convenience, people invented ear-hook coffee.
What is hanging ear coffee?
Hanging ear coffee means grinding the coffee into powder in advance and putting it into a sealable filter bag with two ears that can be hung and stable. Coffee pods that can be brewed anytime and anywhere with just hot water and a container for coffee.
The hanging ear is a filter extraction method like hand brewing, but compared to the operation of hand brewing, the hanging ear is much more convenient and faster. The minimum equipment required for Pour over(V60) coffee is: brewing kettle, thermometer, filter cup and filter paper, grinder, timing scale, etc. Since the hanging ear is ground in advance, there is no need to equip it with grinding equipment. Filter bags are usually made of degradable non-woven fabric. Water can extract the soluble substances in the coffee powder and seep through the non-woven fabric. There is no need to prepare filter paper and filter cups for brewing.
There are many types of hanging ears to choose from. If you want to make coffee with a smooth taste, choose a category with low acidity and nutty aroma. For example, the following are the most representative hanging ears of the season:
Front Street. Front Street PWN Gold Mandheling Hanging Ear Coffee Beans
Mandheling coffee has also attracted attention in the past two years. Front Street Mandheling has high body, low acidity, and a flavor with characteristics of caramel, spice, pine, and dark chocolate. It has a long-lasting aftertaste and a clear sweet aftertaste. It is the favorite of many experienced coffee drinkers.
This 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 Front Street PWN 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 evenly sized and evenly colored when roasted, so its taste presents a clean and mellow taste.
Front Street. Brazilian Cerato Red FruitHanging coffee beans
In order to introduce coffee beans from Guyana to Brazil (at that time, the export of coffee to other countries was strictly prohibited), the Portuguese officers stationed in Brazil captured the heart of the wife of the Governor of Guyana and successfully brought coffee seeds into Brazil. Since then, coffee has rapidly adapted in Brazil, spreading from the north to the southeastern state of Sao Paulo. By 1845, Brazilian coffee beans accounted for 45% of the world's total coffee beans. Brazil is currently the world's largest coffee exporter.
Front Street Coffee not only includes Brazil in the hanging ear series, but also Brazilian coffee can be found in the Front Street Ration Bean Coffee series. This shows that Brazil, as a coffee-producing country, is indispensable in the classic coffee flavor. Front Street Grain Beans are the “face” among the coffee beans in the production area, because its basic flavor of the production area is more recognizable, and it is also a low-priced and cost-effective coffee bean.
Front Street. Yunnan XiaoliHanging coffee beans
The main types of coffee grown in Yunnan are Typica and Katim varieties. Because the coffee particles are small, they are also called "arabica coffee". The main species grown is the Catim variety, which is a mixed hybrid produced by the Portuguese by crossing Timo and Catura in order to improve disease resistance and yield. Catimo does not have pure Arabica blood, because Teemo is a Robusta variety. Although it was crossed with Catura, it did not inherit the Arabica gene, so it has a relatively bland flavor and a more prominent bitter taste.
This Front Street Yunnan arabica coffee from Baoshan is washed with water. The flavor can show the aroma of tea and fruits. The taste shows a relatively round acidity with a nutty feeling. The sweetness in the back part is obvious, and the sweet caramel aftertaste is long.
How to make ear-mounted coffee?
Usually, most of the ear-hung coffee on the market comes in small packages. For example, the ear-hung coffee bags on Front Street Street contain 10 grams of coffee powder per bag and use a powder-to-water ratio of 1:15, so 150 grams of hot water needs to be injected.
First, we need to prepare a container for coffee, either a sharing pot or a drinking cup; a kettle for filling with water.
First tear open the sealed package, take out the coffee ear bag, and tear open the non-woven bag along the dotted line above.
Pull the two ears apart, pull the entire ear bag apart, and hang them over the rim of a cup or sharing pot.
First, wet the coffee powder in the first stage and steam it for about 10 to 20 seconds. The second section of small water flow is injected steadily until the liquid level is close to full, and waits for the coffee liquid to drop until the coffee liquid flows out. Pour in the last amount of water until it is full, and when all the coffee liquid is dripped, shake gently and enjoy.
What should you pay attention to when brewing ear-mounted coffee?
Similar to Pour over(V60) coffee, the taste of hanging ear coffee depends on the coffee beans. Different production areas and processing methods have different flavor tones. The difference from hand brewing is that the coffee powder for hanging ears has been ground in advance, so the aroma is not as full as freshly ground coffee.
After the coffee beans are ground into powder, the contact area with the air is larger, and the gas and aroma substances in the body will be lost at an accelerated rate, which means that the tasting period will be shortened. The aroma of the brewed coffee will not be so rich, and it will taste a little tasteless.If left for too long, the coffee powder will have aged and will develop a "woody taste".
Therefore, when we buy hanging ear coffee, we need to pay attention to the freshness of the coffee. The coffee beans shipped from Front Street are all freshly roasted within 5 days and can also be made into ear-hanging bags. The processing fee is 20 yuan/100g. Everyone should drink it as soon as possible after buying it. The coffee has the best flavor during the best tasting period.
The temperature of the brewing water is also critical. Usually, it is best to control the water temperature for hand brewing between 86 and 93 degrees Celsius. If the water temperature is too low, the coffee extraction efficiency will be slow, and insufficient extraction may occur. If you can't raise the water temperature, lengthen the contact time between the coffee grounds and hot water, which means soaking it longer.
The amount of water injected and the size of the flow can also change the concentration of the ear-hanging coffee. Front Street recommends controlling the ratio of powder to water to 1:15, and then adjusting it up or down according to your preferred concentration. In addition, if the water flow injected is too fast, the extraction time of the coffee powder will be short, and the coffee taste will tend to be light. Therefore, it is best to use a small and steady water flow throughout the process to make the extraction of the powder layer more uniform.
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
