Is there anything particular about how to brew ear-mounted coffee? Of course, there is. As the saying goes, details determine success or failure. Paying attention to the details of production can make a delicious cup of hanging ear coffee. Let me introduce what is hanging ear coffee. Hanging ear coffee is a filter bag with hanging paper card and coffee powder wrapped inside. The coffee powder here is ground coffee beans, not instant coffee. It has grounds and is not completely soluble in water. Therefore, it is not a wise choice to open the ear-mounting bag and pour it into hot water, because this will lose the function of the ear-mounting and your mouth will be full of coffee grounds.
What is the definition of hanging ear coffee? In principle, hanging ear coffee is like a simple Pour over(V60) coffee. Their brewing methods are basically the same, and the flavors brewed from the same coffee beans are basically similar. The most important thing about ear-mounted coffee is simplicity. The coffee filter belt with "ears" replaces the filter cup and filter paper. The pre-ground coffee powder saves you the trouble of a grinder. The only thing you need to do is pour water into the filter bag and wait for clean, black coffee to filter out.
When pouring water into the ear-hanging coffee, does it need to be circled, paused, or steamed? The requirements for water filling are not as strict as for hand brewing. There are two main reasons. First, the filter cup for hand brewing is conical, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Water filling in circles is also for uniform extraction. The upper and lower widths of the hanging ear coffee bags are basically the same, and the opening is relatively small, so filling water in circles does not make much sense.
The core secrets of making delicious hanging ear coffee are two points: [water temperature] and [water injection amount]
What is the required water temperature? Water temperature is a factor that must be paid attention to when brewing any coffee. Many people are accustomed to using water heated by a water dispenser when making coffee. Most water dispensers do not heat the temperature higher than 75 degrees Celsius, so directly using hot water from a water dispenser to brew coffee will taste bland and tasteless. Front Street recommends that the temperature for flushing the earphones should be within 91 to 95 degrees Celsius.
How much water needs to be injected? The specification of a standard ear-hung coffee bag is 10g. We only need to inject 120ml-150ml of water. Of course, if we pursue a simple brewing method, we must also liberate the electronic scale. As a cup of coffee for personal consumption, the hanging ear bag is usually hung directly on your own mug and brewed. Therefore, you can remember the water line at 150ml on the mug, and when the coffee drips to about 150ml, pull out the ear hanging bag.
①First tear open the coffee bag with hanging ears and hang it on the cup.
② Open the thermos cup, pour the first section of hot water into the middle of the ear filter bag, fill it to 1/2 of the entire filter bag, and wait for 15 seconds.
③In the second section, continue pouring hot water until the entire filter bag is 90% full, and stop filling at the approximate position where the small card strip on the top of the filter bag is touched.
④After all the coffee liquid flows into the cup, continue pouring hot water into the third section until the entire filter bag is 90% full and stop filling.
⑤After all the coffee liquid flows into the cup, continue pouring hot water into the fourth section until the filter bag is 90% full. After the coffee liquid flows into the cup, you can remove the ear-mounted filter bag.
⑥ There are 4 stages of water injection in total. The first stage is filled to 1/2, and the remaining three stages are filled to 9 minutes after the coffee liquid has completely flowed out. Front Street has tested it several times. If water is injected in this way, the total amount of water injected is basically around 150ml. In this way, you can get a delicious cup of hanging ear coffee.
How to choose delicious ear-hanging coffee?
You must know that a cup of delicious coffee is inseparable from good beans. Here, Front Street simply lists a few types of coffee that are suitable for most people for you to choose from: those who like floral flavors, recommend Front Street Panama Gesha Coffee, which is one of the most expensive coffees in the world; those who like fresh and sour coffee, recommend Front Street Oiran Coffee, which tastes like black tea and berries;
For those who like a balanced taste, that is, coffee that is neither sour nor bitter, we recommend Front Street Brazilian Coffee. Finally, those who love a solid and mellow taste are recommended to buy the highest-grade Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee. This bean has undergone multiple hand selections to minimize the defect rate of coffee beans, thereby making the coffee aroma clearer and the aftertaste better. The above ear-hanging coffees can be purchased and placed at Front Street stores and Front Street Tmall flagship stores.
Why does hanging ear coffee come out so weak?
Although the operation of brewing ear-mounted coffee pods is very simple, some friends still reported that the flavor of the ear-mounted coffee brewed by themselves is very weak, and the aroma is not as rich as that brewed by hand. Compared with hand washing, you don’t need complicated tools to make ear-hanging bags, and the water injection method, time, and ratio do not need to be controlled as strictly as hand washing. You only need to ensure that there is enough hot water and a suitable ratio. But also because of the "casual" operation, the flavor of coffee is often not as rich and varied as Pour over(V60) coffee. In addition, the ear-hanging bag is ground in advance and packed into the packaging bag, so the aroma is not as full as freshly ground coffee. If stored for too long for more than a few months, it may produce some woody taste.
In order to retain the original flavor of coffee to the greatest extent, the coffee powder used in hanging ear coffee is usually ground from freshly roasted coffee beans. The coffee beans shipped by Front Street are all freshly roasted within 5 days. If they are made into hanging ear coffee, when we receive it, it is usually 4 to 5 days after roasting, and it is just right to start brewing and tasting. Front Street recommends drinking it as soon as possible after receiving it, otherwise the aroma of the coffee will be easily lost if stored for too long. If you want to taste the coffee with the fullest flavor, Front Street recommends buying whole beans, freshly ground and brewed, for a better flavor profile.
If you want to get a cup of black coffee with rich aroma and strong taste, Front Street recommends that you control the temperature and total amount of hot water injected. Because the temperature of the water is high enough to release more aromatic substances in the coffee powder. When brewing coffee by hand, Front Street recommends brewing it at a water temperature of 90 to 93 degrees Celsius. If the temperature is only about 80 degrees, the brewed coffee will tend to be tasteless, while boiling water will easily extract a burnt and bitter taste. Therefore, Front Street will open the lid of the boiled water and let it sit at room temperature for about 1 minute, allowing the water temperature to drop slightly to about 90°C.
When brewing coffee by hand, the ratio of powder to water is very important. When too much water is injected, the coffee taste will be dull and the aroma will be insufficient. The same is true for hanging ear coffee bags. Front Street recommends brewing at 1:15 first, with 10 grams of coffee powder corresponding to 150 grams of hot water. The extracted flavor will be more balanced and the extraction will be smoother. If you don’t have a scale, just find a graduated cup or jug.
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
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Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
