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Friends who have just started coffee may have misunderstandings about the difference between Pour over(V60) coffee and hanging coffee. Due to the packaging cost of hanging coffee, the price of hanging coffee with the same kind of coffee beans will be higher than that of whole roasted coffee beans. So can coffee like hanging ear coffee be brewed multiple times like tea? FrontStreet Coffee will explain the correct way to brew ear-mounted coffee.
The ear-mounted coffee pod is a very portable coffee pod. As long as you have hot water and a container, you can brew a delicious cup of coffee anytime and anywhere. Front Street believes that this extremely convenient coffee pod is very suitable for the office or friends on outings. Front Street is a home-roasted coffee shop, and many friends come to buy it. You can choose coffee from a variety of origins according to your personal taste. The existence of this so-called "one-minute brewing coffee" greatly facilitates coffee fans' demand for caffeine, and Front Street also provides a variety of taste options. Although it may be slightly inferior to freshly ground coffee, it can obtain a good flavor and taste without complicated steps. This sacrifice is still acceptable.
Number of coffee brewing times
Many friends feel that it is too wasteful to extract the hanging ear coffee only once. Like tea, it should be brewed several times to get enough flavor. Front Street wants to say that the taste of coffee that has been brewed multiple times is really tasteless and bitter, because only 30% of the extractable substances of coffee beans can be extracted. Because it is a type of plant, the extractable substances have been greatly activated after roasting, which is why coffee can extract flavor. The remaining 70% is wood fiber, which means that brewing coffee can only extract a wood-like flavor, so the coffee can only be extracted once.
front streetHanging ear coffee brewing method
1. First of all, the net content of coffee powder in hanging ear coffee has a fixed mark (usually 10 grams). This solves the problem of the grinder and electronic scale, and the powder-to-water ratio is the conventional 1:15.
2. The next step is to solve the water injection amount and water temperature. Just like Pour over(V60) coffee, the ratio is 1:15 to 1:16, so the brewed ear-mounted coffee liquid should reach 140 ml to 150 ml. The water temperature depends on the roasting degree. For medium-light roasting, choose about 90℃, and for medium-dark roasting, choose 88℃. 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. The water temperature will reach about 90°C (room temperature is 28°C).
3. When ready, preheat the mug (water cup), take out and tear off the seal of the coffee bag with hanging ears, stretch the filter hanging cardboard at both ends of the filter bag, hang it on the rim of the mug and smooth out the powder layer.
4. Inject water into the first section, and add 20-30g of water for steaming. It is the same as Pour over(V60) coffee because hanging-ear coffee is also called "convenient Pour over(V60)".
5. After steaming, add water for the second time. Use a small flow of water in a circle to fill it up. When the powder layer drops slightly, continue to add water until it is full. Repeat until the coffee capacity in the cup reaches about 140-150 ml. Then you can remove the hanging coffee bag and enjoy.
6. If you want a more precise amount of water, you can pour 150-160 ml of water into the kettle. When brewing, after filling all the water in the kettle, you can remove the ear-hanging bag when all the coffee liquid flows into the cup. The entire brewing process takes about 1 minute to complete.
Since hanging coffee is pre-ground coffee, the flavor will be released faster than that of whole coffee beans. Therefore, if you want to enjoy the flavor of coffee, you must consume it as early as possible.
For beginners who want to know more about the flavor of coffee, Front Street launches a combination of five-producing regions hanging coffee bags. At this time, Front Street selects specialty coffees with flavors from different producing areas, including coffee from five specialty coffee producing areas: Ethiopia, Kenya, Panama, Indonesia and Honduras.
FrontStreet Coffee - Ethiopian Yirgacheffe sun-dried red cherries hanging ear coffee
Red Cherry is actually a business plan to promote coffee quality, initiated by Menno Simons, the founder of Trabocca, a Dutch green coffee merchant. Trabocca realized that the quality of Ethiopian coffee beans varies greatly, and there is little room for price improvement, and the income of coffee farmers is not high. In order to reverse this situation, we jointly launched the Red Cherry Project with local coffee farmers to solve the problem from the source. By raising the purchase price of high-quality green coffee beans, we encourage coffee farmers to complete every process of coffee bean picking and processing more carefully. During the picking stage, all manual picking is used to select coffee fruits with high maturity.
Solar processing is the oldest and most primitive processing method for coffee beans. This sun-dried red cherry is made by placing the coffee cherries with the whole coffee pulp and peel intact in an elevated shed for sun-drying treatment, isolating contact with the ground and preventing the earthy smell caused by direct exposure. After more than two weeks of sun-drying, the dark brown coffee is The coffee cherries are stored and wait for the entire flavor to mature. Before shipment, the processing plant takes the coffee beans out of the coffee cherries. This sun-drying method makes the beans less acidic, sweeter, and full-bodied, but the cleanliness is not as high as the washed process.
Flavor: It has obvious sweet and sour taste, with lemon, berry and fermented wine aroma, and the lemon acidity aftertaste is long-lasting and has a clear sweet aftertaste.
FrontStreet Coffee Kenya Azalea hanging ear coffee
Kenyan coffee is mostly grown at an altitude of 1,500-2,100 meters and is harvested twice a year. Kenyan coffee is grown by smallholder farmers. Kenyan coffee is produced near Mount Kenya in central Kenya, and the coffee beans grown are high-quality Arabica species.
Kenyan coffee beans are graded based on particle size and cupping results. According to the size, shape and hardness of the coffee beans, from high to low are AA or AA+, AB, PB, C, E, TT, T. For the two grades of green coffee beans, AA grade and AB grade, special grading of cupping results (officially recognized by non-Kenyan countries and formulated by exporters) has been added, and the order from high to low is TOP, PLUS (+), and FAQ.
The unique acidity of Kenyan coffee has a lot to do with its excellent processing methods. The general washing method involves selecting coffee fruits with high maturity, removing the peel and pulp, and then soaking in a water tank to ferment to remove pectin. This process rarely exceeds 36 hours, but the fermentation time in Kenya is as long as 72 hours. Then take it to dry until the moisture content reaches 12%.
Flavor: Cherry tomatoes and ebony sour, with prominent sweetness in the middle, and a finish of berry fruit, brown sugar sweetness, and green tea aroma.
FrontStreet Coffee Panama Butterfly Hanging Ear Coffee
Panama is a Central American country bordering Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east. Panamanian coffee is famous in the coffee world for Emerald Estate’s Geisha coffee. The whole of Panama is also filled with a strong flavor of Gesha. Geisha coffee beans are planted in many manors. However, because Gesha coffee is difficult to grow, the quantity is small, and the flavor is good, the price is not low. However, this flower butterfly has 70% of the high-quality Geisha blood, as well as Kaduai and Kaduara. It is planted in the Baru volcano area of Poquet and grows in the volcanic area at an altitude of 1,600 meters. The special local microclimate results in abundant rainfall in the area and a large temperature difference between day and night. As well as careful harvesting and fine processing, this coffee performs very well in terms of thickness, acidity, and floral aroma.
What's even more surprising is that with such excellent quality and conditions, the price is very affordable, allowing people to experience the flavor of Gesha at a very cost-effective price.
The washing method uses a machine to remove the peel and pulp first, leaving only the coffee beans wrapped in the endocarp. Moreover, there is a layer of mucous membrane on the outside of the beans at this time, and the process of washing is to clean this mucous membrane. However, the adhesion of the mucous membrane is very strong and is not easy to remove, so it must be placed in the tank for about 18-36 hours to ferment and decompose the mucous membrane.
Flavor: citrus, floral, tea, honey, high sweetness.
FrontStreet Coffee Indonesia Lindong Mandheling Hanging ear coffee
Indonesia first began to grow coffee under the colonial rule of the Netherlands, and then gradually developed a unique and special coffee flavor. The most famous one is Sumatra's Mandheling coffee. Mandheling was originally a tribal name. When the Japanese spread it, they mistakenly thought it was the name of coffee, so they accidentally spread it by this name.
Since the local weather is often rainy and there are constant typhoons, it is impossible to achieve the good weather required for sun exposure. Moreover, the local economy is not good, and it is also impossible to use the more expensive method of washing. For various reasons, the wet planing method with local characteristics was derived (the wet planing method is to take the parchment paper and dry it in the sun for 2-3 days during the ordinary washing process, until the moisture content is 20-24%, and then plan out the parchment paper).
Flavor: Herbal, nutty, cocoa, rich
FrontStreet Coffee Honduras Shirley hanging ear coffee
The geographical conditions of Honduras are no less than those of neighboring coffee-producing countries such as Guatemala and Nicaragua. There are 280,000 hectares of coffee gardens in Honduras, mainly small coffee gardens. Most of the coffee gardens are less than 3.5 hectares. These coffee plantations account for 60% of the entire coffee production in Honduras. Sherry coffee beans come from Masaguara, a city in the Intibuca Province in southwestern Honduras. There is a Moka Manor in it, which is where this wine-flavored coffee bean is produced.
Flavor: Vanilla, cream, sherry aroma
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
