For more knowledge sharing about specialty coffee, please follow the WeChat public account: FrontStreet Coffee
The new era is developing rapidly and people are busy and busy. Many coffee lovers like to drink high-quality Pour over(V60) coffee, but they also feel that Pour over(V60) coffee requires a lot of equipment, which requires skills and a lot of equipment to operate. So I packed it with me wherever I go.
Ear Coffee has become a good companion for working people or traveling.
Friends who work are tight on time, but if they want a cup of coffee, it may be a waste of time to grind it freshly and then brew it. Friends who go out are not convenient to grind coffee due to external reasons, so they have hanging ear coffee. Front Street has also prepared some coffees, such as the seasonal fruity coffee: Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee, with the taste of jasmine, berries, lemon and citrus; the seasonal nut coffee: Brazilian coffee, with the taste of nuts, chocolate, cream, peanuts and caramel; and other coffees, such as red cherry coffee, sherry coffee, butterfly coffee, Oiran coffee, Mandheling coffee, etc., which are very popular among coffee friends.
What is ear-hanging coffee?
The hanging coffee that we commonly buy is a coffee bag shaped like a filter bag. Take the hanging ear of FrontStreet Coffee as an example. The coffee beans are ground and sealed into a special filter bag, and finally sealed. The name of the ear-hanging coffee also comes from the two support legs after the filter bag is opened, just like the two ears hanging on the coffee cup.
Hanging ear coffee is a kind of portable coffee in which coffee beans are ground and sealed in a filter bag. When drinking, you only need to tear open the package and brew with hot water. The hot water passes through the coffee powder, the soluble coffee substances flow out, and the coffee grounds are filtered. The principle is the same as freshly ground Pour over(V60) coffee, which can be understood as portable Pour over(V60) coffee. As long as you have hot water and a cup around you, you can enjoy it conveniently. Especially suitable for home, office and travel use.
The characteristic of hanging ear coffee is that it is faster and more convenient than Pour over(V60) coffee. The equipment required to make Pour over(V60) coffee includes a kettle, a thermometer, a filter cup, filter paper, a grinder, etc. The ear-mounted coffee does not need a grinder because it has already been ground, and the design of the filter bag also eliminates the need for a filter cup and filter paper, because the unique filter bag already has the functions of a filter cup and filter paper.
Because it is more convenient than brewing coffee by hand, ear-mounted coffee is often used in business trips and other scenarios. So how to brew Pour over(V60) coffee?
How to make ear-mounted coffee?
Brewing ear-mounted coffee is very simple. You don’t need to prepare too many things like Pour over(V60) coffee. You only need a pack of ear-mounted coffee, hot water and a cup.
First, tear open the outer packaging of the ear-hanging bag and take out the coffee filter bag inside.
Then tear open the coffee filter bag along the tip and open the ear-hanging coffee. Then support the two "ears" of the hanging ear coffee on the cup or the spout of the pot.
Each FrontStreet Coffee bag contains 10 grams of coffee, and the recommended brewing ratio is 1:15. First, inject a small amount of hot water into the first section to ensure that all the coffee powder is moistened. Steam for 10 to 20 seconds. In the second section, inject water until it is almost full to allow the coffee liquid to drop. Finally, inject another section of water until it is full. There are three sections in total. Wait for the remaining coffee liquid to filter and enjoy.
How many times can you brew coffee with hanging ear cups?
FrontStreet Coffee believes that hanging coffee is similar to a simplified version of Pour over(V60) coffee. Like Pour over(V60) coffee, hanging coffee can only be brewed once, and the proportion must be controlled. If the proportion is too high (too much water is injected), the coffee will taste weak. Why? Because the substances that can be extracted from coffee beans only account for about 30% of the weight of the coffee beans, no matter how much water is injected, it will not make the coffee taste better.
At the same time, pay attention to the proportion. Like Pour over(V60) coffee, the recommended ratio is between 1:14 and 1:18. The proportion of hanging ear coffee is exactly the amount of water injected into one section of steaming water and two sections of water, that is, three sections of water are injected. Another method is to find a cup with a capacity of 200 milliliters and fill it to 80%.
How to choose ear-hanging coffee
1. Production date: Generally, freshly ground coffee powder is the freshest. The production method of hanging ears is to seal and bag it immediately after careful roasting and careful grinding. You should try to buy coffee that is as close to the roasting date as the taste will deteriorate after more than 2 months.
2. Completeness of information: Coffee bean information includes variety, grinding degree, origin, roaster, etc.
Advantages of hanging ear coffee
Compared with instant coffee, hanging ear coffee has a richer flavor. Hanging ear coffee has more choices. You can experience coffee from different origins, different processing methods and different roasting degrees, and you can drink more specialty coffee with unique flavors.
2. Hanging ear coffee does not contain flavoring, creamer and other additives and is healthier.
3. Affordable, fast and convenient to brew, easy to carry, no need to prepare brewing utensils.
Hanging ear coffee is a kind of coffee that is close to instant coffee in terms of convenience and close to the flavor and taste of freshly ground Pour over(V60) coffee!
Anytime, anywhere, with just one cup, one pot, one tear and one hang, you can have a great coffee flavor journey!
Precautions for hanging ear coffee
1. Cannot be brewed repeatedly
Repeated brewing will only result in coffee that tastes bad and is harmful to your health.
2. Don’t let the coffee powder continue to soak in the cup after brewing.
Many people think that the longer the coffee is steeped, the stronger the coffee will be. In fact, this is true. However, during steeping, more caffeine will be released, and it will cause the problem of over-quenching. Over-quenching will release the bitterness, astringency, and odor in the coffee.
This is also when the coffee beans are processed in Front Street, coffee of different thicknesses is ground, because coffee with coarser particles has a smaller surface area and can withstand long-term brewing.
3. Put the ear-hanging bag directly into the cup
As mentioned above, it is wrong to use ear-hanging bags as tea bags. Although it is very convenient, the temperature has dropped a lot before the hot water hits the coffee powder, which will lead to insufficient coffee extraction, thus affecting the flavor of the coffee.
Okay, that’s the introduction to Front Street’s hanging ear coffee. I also have a brief introduction to our store’s hanging ear. Friends are welcome to come and taste it.
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
