From the same bean, there will be a certain difference in flavor between freshly roasted coffee and hanging coffee, because after the coffee is ground into powder, the natural aroma will disappear quickly. Of course, there are many old customers in Front Street who ask for the powder to be ground and shipped. Generally, Front Street recommends drinking it as soon as possible. Of course, hanging ear coffee is very convenient compared to hand brewing. If you don’t have much time to brew, hanging ear coffee is also a good choice.
The Front Street Coffee series has the flavor of multiple production areas. Take the representatives of the most prominent production areas as examples, such as Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee, Front Street Brazilian Cerado coffee, Front Street Kenya small tomato coffee, Front Street flower butterfly coffee, Front Street Mandheling coffee, Front Street Honduras Sherry coffee coffee and so on. Of course, there are other types of coffee beans. If customers want to make coffee beans, Front Street will also make them according to their needs. For example, a few days ago, a customer drank a golden Mandheling in the store and found the taste satisfactory, but was too lazy to go home and grind it into powder, so we made coffee beans on site for the customers.
The invention of hanging ear coffee
When it comes to coffee in Japan, most people think of Pour over(V60) coffee. Indeed, Pour over(V60) coffee is also very popular in Japan, but young Japanese office workers who live a fast pace do not have time to wait for a cup of Pour over(V60) coffee, so hanging ear coffee was born.
In 1990, Japan's Yamanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. applied the concept of tea bags to coffee, invented filter-hung coffee and applied for a patent. However, the ear-hanging bag designed by Yamanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. could not bear the weight of brewing coffee, and it was easy to lose balance during the brewing process, so it was not successfully commercialized. It was not until 1998 that Daji Shoji improved the original invention and extended the ear-hanging part outwards, and today's ear-hanging coffee was born. How to use ear-hanging coffee? Front Street is here to introduce you to the hanging ear coffee! Let us first get familiar with the brewing method of ear-hanging coffee, which is just a little more troublesome than instant brewing.
What are the characteristics of hanging ear coffee?
The biggest feature of hanging ear coffee is that it is convenient and fast. Why do you say that? Hanging ear coffee can be said to be a simpler Pour over(V60) coffee, but unlike our common Pour over(V60) coffee, the making of Pour over(V60) coffee requires a lot of equipment. The first is a grinder to grind coffee beans, a coffee pot to fill with water, a thermometer to measure the temperature, and an electronic scale to measure the amount of coffee powder and water...
So you need to prepare a lot of things to brew a cup of Pour over(V60) coffee. This also limits the use scenarios of Pour over(V60) coffee. Generally, you will drink Pour over(V60) coffee at home or in a cafe. However, if you have a cup of Pour over(V60) coffee while traveling or at work, this is obviously unrealistic. Of course, as long as you love it enough, it can still be achieved, but for many novices who are just getting started and guests who want more convenience, ear-mounted coffee can be said to be a good solution to the convenience problem.
Hanging ear coffee is different from Pour over(V60) coffee. Hanging ear coffee does not require a grinder, electronic scale, filter cup, filter paper, etc. Because hanging ear coffee requires many preparations to be prepared in advance. The hanging ear coffee we can buy is actually a kind of ground coffee powder, and the unique filter bag design replaces the filter cup and filter paper in Pour over(V60) coffee. Consumers only need to do one thing, pour water and filter to get a cup of drip coffee.
The correct way to brew ear-mounted coffee
1. The reminder mark is also easy to tear. The mouth of the cup should not be too large, otherwise it may not be able to hold it.
2. Pour in 90℃ hot water to cover the coffee powder and simmer for 20 to 45 seconds.
3. After a short period of steaming, the coffee powder has released a very rich aroma. The amount of Front Street ear hanging powder is 10g, the powder to water ratio is 1:15, and about 150ml of hot water is injected. 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.
When it comes to brewing ear-mounted coffee, many customers on the street ask whether it is necessary to divide it into sections. In fact, it is enough to pour water directly to 150ml with a small flow of water in a circle. The ear-mounted coffee is to be simple and convenient, without too many requirements.
4. Take out the ear-mounted bag and throw it into the trash can. Add sugar and milk according to your preference. If you like to add milk, the brewing ratio of hanging ear coffee can be increased (simply put, it is brewed stronger). Then the ratio of coffee to milk is 1:8, you can also use a milk frother to froth the milk, and it will become a simple latte!
How to make iced coffee?
The specifications of the ear-mounted coffee bags are 10 grams per small bag, and the grinding level is also preset by the store. Therefore, if you brew the earloaf according to the normal process and add ice cubes, the taste will be as thin as water. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the brewing method. In order to implement the simple characteristics of hanging ear coffee, Front Street will try to be as simple as possible in the method and auxiliary tools.
The materials to prepare are also very simple, just ice cubes, short cups, hot water and ear-hanging coffee bags. If possible, you can also prepare an extra electronic scale.
①Open the outer packaging bag of the coffee with hanging ears, tear off the seal along the "open" line, open the hanging ears, and hang it on a short cup.
② Prepare hot water, the water temperature is about 93°C. If you don’t have a thermometer, you can open the lid and let it sit for 2 minutes after the water boils, so that the temperature will be about 90-94°C.
③Pour 100 ml of hot water into the coffee filter bag to ensure that the coffee powder is soaked in the water and soak for 3 minutes. Then take the ear-hanging bag out of the cup and discard it.
④The last step is to add ice cubes to cool down. You can put large hard ice cubes directly into the cup, or you can prepare a separate cup with ice cubes and pour the hot coffee liquid into it. Front Street prefers the latter. Such ice cubes will be more durable and make the ice coffee taste better.
Recommended hanging ear coffee brand - Front Street hanging ear coffee
1. FrontStreet Coffee Shirley hanging coffee beans
Shirley coffee beans are a very popular coffee bean this year. FrontStreet Coffee not only offers bagged coffee beans, but also has a new type of ear-hanging coffee. Many customers have asked Shirley to make ear-hung coffee, which shows its popularity.
Honduras is located in Central America, bordering Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. These countries are also rich in coffee beans. The flavors of coffee beans between them will be similar because the geographical location and altitude are relatively close. They all have prominent spices and tropical fruit flavors. The flavors are complex and rich. Front Street Coffee Coffee) has recently purchased a new batch of coffee beans from Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. They have to go through roasting adjustments, cupping and hand brewing before deciding whether to put them on the shelves. FrontStreet Coffee’s original intention is to present a diversified coffee flavor experience to everyone, so coffee beans with less outstanding flavor will not appear on FrontStreet Coffee’s bean list.
Back to Honduras, this sherry coffee bean is from Masaguara, a city in the southwest Intibuce province. FrontStreet Coffee also has another wine barrel coffee bean from Moka Manor on the bean list - Lychee Orchid. The flavor of sherry coffee beans is closer to the taste of whiskey sherry, with rich vanilla cream and a long-lasting nutty chocolate flavor in the back, while lychee orchid is closer to the taste of brandy, with a slightly weaker flavor level than sherry. It also has a long-lasting nutty chocolate flavor in the back. Judging from the sales list of FrontStreet Coffee, it is true that sherry is more popular than lychee orchid.
[Exquisite washed whiskey fermented in sherry barrels]
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.
Sherry barrels are barrels used by sherry distilleries in the whiskey industry for aging. The Sherry brewing process goes through the Solera System, a maturation process. This process refers to the process of mixing and aging sherry from different years after the sherry has been fortified, which is also what creates the unique flavor of sherry.
2. Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee beans
Mandheling has also received attention in the past two years. FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) used to sell mostly Mandheling in the Shanghai area. The taste preferences of Shanghai and Taiwan are quite similar. They both like rich and full-bodied. FrontStreet Coffee met a Shanghai customer who always emphasized that Mandheling should be roasted deeper than our usual deep roast.
Now, slowly, more and more people are recognizing Mandheling’s unique flavor, and more and more customers of FrontStreet Coffee are ordering Mandheling, many of whom are Guangzhou residents.
In terms of quality, Front Street Golden Mandheling is 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 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 uniform in size and can be evenly colored when roasted. Therefore, its taste is clean and mellow. The flavor is very similar to Guangdong herbal tea. It is not surprising that Guangzhou neighbors accept this flavor. FrontStreet Coffee specially made gold Mandheling earrings this time, and found that people are increasingly accepting them.
[Wet planing method]
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).
FrontStreet Coffee feels that the coffee industry in Indonesia is developing very fast now. The reason why the wet planing method is still retained is not only because of economic and climate issues, but also because the wet planing method has become synonymous with Indonesia and the image of a local product. However, there are also sun-cured Mandhelings now. FrontStreet Coffee has added this coffee bean, which is a relatively unpopular series. It is not as hot as wet-planed Mandheling, but you can change the flavor occasionally.
3. FrontStreet Coffee Panama Flower Butterfly Hanging Coffee Beans
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.
[Water washing treatment method]
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.
4. FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe red cherry hanging coffee beans
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.
【Sun treatment method】
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.
5. FrontStreet Coffee Brazilian red bourbon hanging coffee beans
Brazilian coffee beans were introduced from French Guiana (a country in northern South America) in 1720. Brazil was a colony of Portugal at the time, and many other South American countries were colonies of Spain. Therefore, most countries in South America speak Spanish, while Brazil speaks Portuguese.
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.
FrontStreet Coffee not only includes Brazil in its hanging ear series, but also in its 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.
【Half Sun Treatment Method】
Before 1990, Brazil almost used crude solarization methods. This is the culprit that makes Brazilian beans susceptible to rustic and rotten wood smells. This is because during the 2-3 weeks of exposure to the sun, coffee berries will become moldy and produce odor when exposed to rain or if the fruit is cracked. This problem has been criticized for a long time and has severely damaged the image of Brazilian coffee.
After 1990, Brazilian research units developed the semi-solar drying method based on the drier climate of Brazil to shorten the processing time. In the semi-sun drying method, after selecting suitable coffee cherries, remove the peel, pulp and part of the pectin, expose them to the sun for 1-3 days with a small amount of pectin, then dry them with a machine until the moisture content is 12%, and then place them in a storage container for maturation. This treatment method can reduce the previous bad smell of Brazilian beans and enhance the fruity aroma and sweetness.
6. FrontStreet Coffee Colombia Huilan hanging ear coffee beans
Today, Colombia is the third largest coffee producer and exporter in the world. The Colombian coffee produced is famous for its soft taste and rich nutty chocolate mellow flavor. The Huilan region of Colombia has a mountainous terrain, and coffee is grown on the slopes of the canyon, so it has high altitude and suitable temperatures for growing high-quality Arabica beans.
The climate on the slopes of the canyon not only prevents cold winds from blowing in, but also allows the mountain winds to cool the place without causing high temperatures. It also has relatively abundant rain. It can be said that it is a unique place for coffee cultivation. Colombian coffee workers go to the mountains to manually pick coffee beans, and most of the coffee beans are washed.
7. FrontStreet Coffee Costa Rica Tara Beads Coffee
Costa Rican coffee has always been famous for its balanced flavor, rich chocolate, and smooth taste. Talaju is located south of the capital, San Jose, and is one of the most valued coffee growing areas in Costa Rica. The particles of Tara Bead coffee beans are full, the coffee is rich, the taste is smooth, the aroma is rich chocolate and nuts, the acidity is moderate, and it has an attractive aroma.
8. FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) Guatemala Vivitnan Fruit Hanging Ear Coffee
Guatemala has a high average altitude, and the coffee belt is located above 1,500 meters, making it easiest to grow extremely hard beans. The coffee produced in Guatemala has a special smoky flavor and rich juice taste. There are eight major producing areas in Guatemala, divided into five volcanic producing areas and three non-volcanic producing areas. The Vivitnan fruit producing area is one of the three non-volcanic producing areas.
The treatment method in Guatemala is mainly water washing and a small amount of sun exposure. FrontStreet Coffee often encounters customers asking this question, what is the difference between washing and sun-drying? You must know that even coffee beans produced in the same production area and the same manor are divided into water-washing and sun-drying.In fact, friends who often buy FrontStreet Coffee beans will find that most FrontStreet Coffee beans are washed, because the washed process can present the basic flavor of a production area and is also the beginning of understanding the flavor of the production area. The natural processing method adds sweet aroma and fermentation to this basic flavor.
9. FrontStreet Coffee Yunnan small grain hanging ear coffee
In the bean list of FrontStreet Coffee, you can find two kinds of Yunnan coffee beans; one is washed Typica and the other is Katim. In FrontStreet Coffee, Yunnan Tiepica is labeled as Yunnan specialty coffee, while Yunnan Katim is labeled as Yunnan arabica coffee according to market habits.
The roasters of FrontStreet Coffee will roast these two beans to medium roasting, because the Yunnan production area is not a sour production area, and their flavors are relatively balanced, with the base notes of nuts and brown sugar. FrontStreet Coffee chooses to use medium roasting to showcase the balance, nuts, brown sugar sweetness, and soft fruit acidity of Yunnan coffee.
When talking about Yunnan coffee beans, there are often two sentences that can end the discussion about the varieties. One is, "Through the efforts of coffee farmers and the improvement of technical level, the current Yunnan coffee beans are not bad." Yunnan coffee was originally named after Typica, because Typica is a small variety of Arabica. However, as time passed, the Typica variety degenerated and had low yields and was replaced by Catim. The name of Arabica coffee was also inherited by Catim.
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
