The biggest difference between hanging ear coffee and Pour over(V60) freshly ground coffee is that hanging ear coffee is pre-ground coffee. Is the effect of pre-ground coffee and freshly ground coffee very different? There will be a little bit of it~
After the coffee beans are roasted, a large amount of carbon dioxide will be stored in the body, which helps to preserve the flavor and aroma of the coffee. When coffee beans are ground into particles, the increase in cut surface speeds up the release of flavor and aroma. The production of hanging ear coffee needs to be ground into suitable particles in advance, then put into a special filter bag and sealed independently.
Although it is in a sealed state, the flavor and aroma of the coffee will dissipate faster than in the original bean state, so the best tasting period of hanging ear coffee is about 20-25 days.
Freshly ground coffee means that the coffee beans are ground into particles when the coffee is brewed. The coffee beans are completed before this, so the aromatic substances in them can be better and more effectively retained. Therefore, the best tasting period of freshly roasted and sealed coffee beans is about 30-45 days.
All products sold by FrontStreet Coffee, whether hanging ear coffee or whole coffee beans, are freshly roasted! All are sent out within 5 days after baking is completed. Because only freshly roasted coffee beans will have better coffee aroma and flavor.
In order to allow the hanging coffee to retain more flavor and aroma, FrontStreet Coffee will grind the coffee beans properly immediately after the coffee beans are roasted and cooled, and then package them into individually sealed hanging coffee as quickly as possible, with each bag of 10g.
Hanging coffee is different from instant coffee. The particles in hanging coffee are coffee beans, which are mostly composed of wood fibers, so they cannot be directly dissolved in water. Instant coffee is made by grinding roasted coffee beans under a certain temperature and pressure, extracting the active ingredients in the coffee into water, and then drying them. This is why instant coffee can be directly dissolved in water.
Hanging ear coffee and instant coffee each have their own tastes. The coffee brewed from hanging ear coffee has a more aromatic aroma and a more mellow and rich taste. It is a black coffee without milk and sugar. You can add extra if necessary. Instant coffee is convenient, fast and cheap, but it contains a lot of butter and sugar, so Front Street does not recommend that you drink it for a long time!
The brewing method of hanging ear coffee is as follows:
1. Prepare a straight cup, then pour hot water into the warm cup, then pour it out and set aside.
2. Open the package and take out the ear-mounted bag. And tear along the upper dotted line, then pull out the small ears and hang them on the cup wall.
3. Use 92-degree hot water (just boil water without a thermometer)
4. Wet the coffee powder with a thin stream of water, add about 20ml of hot water, and steam for 30 seconds.
5. Inject 130ml of hot water (without scale, it is the amount of water that fills the ear-hanging bags twice)
If you have a thin-spout hand-washing kettle, use a kettle. If not, use a kettle. Pay attention to controlling the water flow, and pour water steadily and slowly in a circle from the inside out!
Specialty coffee hanging ear recommendations
Many office workers ask Front Street to recommend some coffee beans suitable for making ear-hanging coffee bags. The bean list of Front Street has more than 50 single-origin coffee beans from different production areas, all of which can be made into ear-hanging coffee bags. Below Front Street recommends several hanging ear coffee bars with more classic flavors.
1. Front Street Washed Yirgacheffe Fruit and Tintin Cooperative Hanging Ears
The coffee beans from Front Street Guodingding Cooperative are produced in the famous Yirgacheffe production area in Ethiopia. The coffee beans are washed after being picked. Traditionally, Yirgacheffe coffee uses the oldest method of sun-drying. However, because most of the sun-dried coffee beans in the early days were dried on the flat ground, they were inevitably contaminated with earthy dust and other foreign smells. Coupled with the lack of reasonable screening, the quality of sun-dried beans was average. In 1972, Ethiopia introduced washing technology from Central and South America in order to improve the quality of its coffee, making Yirgacheffe coffee's jasmine aroma and bright acidity of citrus and lemon clearer and translucent, making it one of the representatives of fine coffee in the world.
Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Cooperative Coffee
Production area: Yirgacheffe Gedeo Zone
Producer: Guodingding Cooperative
Altitude: 1900-2300m
Variety: Local native species (Heirloom)
Treatment method: washing treatment
Grade: G1
Flavor: citrus berry lemon sucrose green tea
2. Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor hanging earrings
Queen's Manor is located in the Morgiana production area in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is different from many large-scale production areas in Brazil that rely on quantity. The terrain here is higher, forming a relatively unique micro-climate. In addition, the manor manually picks coffee fruits with suitable maturity. Each batch is processed with a small amount of exquisite techniques, and the quality of the coffee beans produced are mostly high-quality. Queen's Manor is most proud of the yellow bourbon variety, which has won multiple awards in the Brazilian COE competition with its exquisite and delicate flavor. The Queen's Manor coffee beans from Front Street are roasted in a medium-dark color, which highlights the classic mellow aroma of Brazilian coffee, and at the same time shows the sweetness of bourbon itself. Not only can we drink the rich coffee aroma, but also the taste has a clear aftertaste.
Front Street Brazil Queens Estate Coffee Beans
Production area: Brazil Morgiana production area
Manor: Queen's Manor
Altitude: 1400～1950m
Variety: Yellow Bourbon
Treatment method: Sun treatment
Flavor: dark chocolate, cream, peanut, sugar cane, nuts
3. Front street sun-drenched oiran hanging ears
Front Street Coffee This Oiran coffee bean introduced by Coffee was the champion of the sun-dried category of the Ethiopian TOH Coffee Competition in 2017. It appeared in front of everyone with its unique strawberry cream flavor and became a blockbuster. Therefore, this batch of green beans was introduced to the country by Hongshun, a green bean trader in Beijing. In the same year, Li Jianfei used this bean to win the runner-up in the 2017 World Brewing Competition in China. This Ethiopian bean was particularly outstanding among the many Gesha participating beans, so it was named Oiran.
FrontStreet Coffee: Ethiopian Sundried Oiran Coffee
Country: Ethiopia
Origin: Sidamo
Altitude: 2250-2350m
Variety: Local native species
Treatment method: Sun treatment
Flavor: berry, scented tea, honey, lemon, black tea
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
