Ear-mounted coffee pods are a very convenient way to brew coffee. All you need is an ear bag, hot water, and a cup, and you can get a cup of delicious black coffee. You may ask, "Why are ear-mounted coffee pods compared to a simple version of Pour over(V60) coffee?" "Because hanging ear coffee is made by grinding all the fresh coffee into suitable coffee powder, it is immediately put into filter paper bags, and then packaged into individual small packages.
FrontStreet Coffee sells a series of ear-hanging coffee bags with flavors from multiple regions. Such as: Front Street Indonesia PWN gold Mandheling coffee beans,Front Street Yirgacheffe Coffee Beans, Front Street Honduran sherry coffee beans, Front Street Brazilian coffee beans, Front Street Kenyan coffee beans, Front Street Sidamo Oiran coffee beans, etc. Of course, we also have other flavor types of coffee beans. If customers want to make hanging ear coffee, Front Street will also make it according to their needs.
In fact, you can pay close attention to the fact that the number of grams of ear-hanging coffee bags packaged in each coffee shop will be different. For example, Front Street coffee bags produced by FrontStreet Coffee are generally packed in grams of 10 grams, which is very easy to carry. So, how to brew coffee in ear-shaped bags correctly so that it tastes good?
Next, FrontStreet Coffee will share with you the brewing techniques of hanging ear coffee in detail!
[FrontStreet Coffee: Precautions for brewing ear-hanging coffee bags]
/1 Warming 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 90 and 95 degrees. If the brewed coffee is too bitter, you can try lowering the water temperature. On the contrary, if it is too light or too astringent, you can increase the water temperature. However, if you want the brewed coffee to be aromatic, it is not recommended to use hot water that is too low in temperature. For example, the boiling mode of the water dispenser is not hot enough, and the coffee is easy to be weak.
/3 Hang the coffee bag
It is recommended to shake the ear-hanging bag slightly to let the coffee powder fall before tearing open the inner bag. This is to avoid the coffee powder scattering everywhere when tearing it open. After tearing off the seal on the ear-hanging bag, open the ears, shake to smooth the coffee powder, and finally hang it to the rim of the cup.
/4 First water injection, 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 we wait about 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.
/5 Second water injection
For the second time, water can be poured into the filter paper until it is eight-fifths full. It is best to use a slender stream of water. After the water flow reaches the pre-wetted height, you can continue to pour water to eight-fifths full, until it reaches 150 or 180ml. After the extraction is completed, there is no need to wait for all the water in the filter paper to flow out, just discard it. If you like it richer, you can add less water, if you like it lighter, you can add more water. The ratio can be adjusted according to personal taste.
【FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) hanging ear bag coffee beans recommended]
If Front Street were asked to recommend two types of coffee suitable for ear-hanging bags, Front Street Coffee would recommend the Front Street Honduran sherry coffee beans and Front Street Honduran lychee coffee beans on the bean list. These are two of the more distinctive beans in the bean list of FrontStreet Coffee. In order for everyone to drink it on daily basis, FrontStreet Coffee decided to make these two Honduran coffee beans from FrontStreet into coffee ear bags for everyone’s daily drinking~
First, let’s tell the story behind the beans. Honduran coffee beans are known for their balanced taste and can be used to blend coffee blends or brew as a single product. In the coffee-producing country of Honduras alone, there are six major coffee-producing areas.
Before FrontStreet Coffee chooses to put new beans on the shelves, it will conduct a large amount of coffee origin information research on the coffee producing areas in the country. Through multiple adjustments to the coffee bean roasting curve, as well as cupping, hand brewing and other evaluations, we ensure that the coffee beans are in line with the local coffee flavor and the beans can achieve the ideal taste before Front Street puts the beans on the shelves.
[FrontStreet Coffee·Honduras sherry coffee beans & Honduras lychee orchid coffee beans introduction]
These are two coffee beans from the same manor in Honduras, with different processing methods, different bean types, and different flavors.
Honduras is located in the northern part of Central America, between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is a typical two-ocean country. Because of its mountainous territory, it is very favorable for growing coffee and bananas. Although the coffee industry in Honduras developed later than its neighboring countries, Guatemala and Nicaragua, this does not affect the subsequent development of the coffee industry for Honduras, which has an innately superior geographical environment for growing coffee.
The production area of Honduras sherry coffee beans is located in Masaguara, a city in the Intibuc Province in southwest Honduras. One of the Moka Manor is the place where this wine-flavored coffee is produced.
Front Street Honduran sherry coffee beans have become one of the more distinctive coffee beans of Front Street Coffee due to the small quantity of green beans and the fermentation treatment method that has become popular in recent years.
Honduran sherry coffee beans are grown at an altitude of 1,500-1,700 meters. Front Street Honduran sherry coffee beans are a single mixed variety: Caturra, Carduai, and Pacas.
[FrontStreet Coffee·Honduras sherry coffee beans processing method introduction]
It uses whiskey barrel fermentation + delicate water washing (whiskey production must be aged in oak barrels. After aging, the oak barrels absorb the flavor of the whiskey and leave a rich aroma).
The freshly picked coffee cherries are first carefully washed, then put into mature sherry wine barrels, fermented at low temperature for 30-40 days (the temperature is about 15-20°C), and then dried in the shade.
Coffee beans fermented in sherry barrels naturally have the flavor of sherry, forming an intoxicating and unique taste that has become very popular in recent years.
FrontStreet Coffee·Honduras sherry coffee beans
Country: Honduras
Origin: Massaguara
Manor: Moka Manor
Altitude: 1500-1700m
Varieties: Kaduura, Kaduai, Pacas
Treatment: Fine washed whiskey fermented in sherry casks
FrontStreet Coffee·Honduras Lychee Coffee Beans
Origin: Massaguara
Manor: Moka Manor
Altitude: 1500-1700m
Varieties: Catura and Catuai
Treatment: Fine wash and brandy barrel treatment
[FrontStreet Coffee·Honduras Lychee Orchid Coffee Beans Flavour Description]
Chocolate, berries, honey, lychee, the berry acidity is obvious on the taste, and there is a faint aroma of wine when you sip as the temperature changes. The latter part shows a solid chocolate flavor, which is impressive.
[FrontStreet Coffee·Honduras Lychee Coffee Beans Introduction ]
Front Street Honduran lychee coffee beans are grown at an altitude of 1500-1700m. After being fermented in brandy barrels, the beans of the Cadoura and Cadoai varieties will have a soft sweetness of lychee and honey, with a hint of brandy and oak barrel aroma. Front Street Honduran Sherry and Front Street Lychee Orchid coffee beans are both owned by Hacienda Moca in Masaguara, Honduras.
In terms of coffee varieties, the varieties of Honduran sherry coffee beans on Front Street are: Caturra, Carduai, and Pacas. The varieties of Honduran lychee coffee beans on Front Street are: Cadoura and Cadouai. Front Street Sherry coffee beans have one more Pacas bean species than Front Street Lychee Orchid coffee beans. In terms of processing methods, Front Street Honduran sherry coffee beans are fermented in sherry barrels, and Front Street Honduran lychee coffee beans are fermented in brandy barrels. In terms of flavor, Front Street Honduran sherry coffee beans are more balanced and impart less prominent acidity, with obvious wine notes and dark cocoa, just like a wine-filled chocolate. In addition to the wine flavor, Front Street Honduran Lychee Orchid coffee beans also have a long-lasting sense of fermentation. When the temperature drops, they will have the tonality of lychee and grape, which is exquisite and elegant.
[Extended reading - FrontStreet Coffee ear-hanging coffee bag brewing techniques]
1/ Control the amount of water!
The packaging is a 10g ear-hanging coffee bag. It is recommended to use 150ml-180ml of water for brewing.
* The flavor of a good cup of coffee is intoxicating; if there is too much water, the coffee will be tasteless and taste bad.
2/ Control the water temperature!
The recommended temperature for brewing ear-mounted coffee pods is around 90°C.
* If you brew it directly with boiling water, the coffee will taste burnt and bitter.
3/ Control the process!
Proper steaming of ear-hung coffee bags will make the coffee taste better.
* It means to first inject about 20-30ml of water to wet all the coffee powder, then wait for 10-20 seconds, and then gently inject water until the appropriate amount of water is reached.
In addition, FrontStreet Coffee also encounters many customers who ask whether it is necessary to divide the coffee into sections. In fact, the small flow of water can be filled directly to 150ml in a circle. The ear-mounted coffee pods are simple and convenient without too many requirements.
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Then FrontStreet Coffee will list a few issues that you will definitely be concerned about.
[How many times can the ear-mounted coffee pods be brewed? 】
Many people think that ear-hanging bags, like tea bags, can be brewed several times until there is no smell. In fact, this is not accurate. In fact, the ear-hanging bag is the same as Pour over(V60) coffee. It can only be brewed once. Do not re-brew the brewed ear-hanging bag. The substances in the remaining coffee grounds are all bad flavors.
[Can ear-mounted coffee pods be brewed repeatedly? 】
Whether it is Pour over(V60) coffee or hanging coffee pods, Front Street believes that they are only suitable for brewing once. When we say "brew coffee" every day, it means "extraction". Water is the solvent in the extraction process. Through the contact with water and powder, the flavor substances in the coffee will be dissolved into the water. At this time, the water becomes the coffee we drink.
Calculated based on the weight of coffee, only about 30% of coffee can be extracted, and the remaining 70% or so is unextractable fiber. Therefore, no matter how much extraction is increased, only about 30% of the coffee can be extracted. Just like tea becomes less flavorful if brewed more often, the same goes for coffee.
[Things to note when purchasing ear-mounted coffee bags]
Everyone should know that the beans for Pour over(V60) coffee are ground before brewing, and the hanging coffee bags you buy are already ground into powder during the production stage. Therefore, the best tasting period of hanging ear coffee pods will be relatively short. 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 pay attention to the production date. Although the shelf life of ear-hanging coffee bags is 6-18 months, this is only the shelf life of coffee. The most important thing about coffee is the best tasting period of coffee. However, the best tasting period of hanging ear coffee bags is generally two weeks. Front Street recommends that when you buy ear-hanging coffee, you only need to buy enough for two weeks.
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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
