What's the difference between hanging-ear coffee and instant coffee? the correct brewing method of high-quality black coffee beans.

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With the development of the boutique coffee market, many coffee fans have begun to learn how to make coffee by hand at home, while office workers will choose hanging-ear coffee to drink. However, the front street coffee learned that many coffee fans who have just come into contact with hanging-ear coffee will confuse the brewing method of hanging-ear coffee with instant coffee, thus making a very bad cup of hanging-ear coffee, resulting in waste. Next, Qianjie Coffee will come to popularize science and find out the difference between these two forms of coffee.

What is hanging-ear coffee?

Hanging-ear coffee is to grind the individual coffee beans into powder and put them in a sealed filter bag. In the brewing process, the small pieces of paper on both sides of the filter bag need to be raised and hung on the cup wall for brewing and extraction, so it is named hanging ear coffee.

It is understood that the Japanese Yamanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. first applied the concept of tea bag to coffee, invented filter-hanging coffee and applied for a patent. However, the earbag designed by Yamanaka Industry can not bear the weight of brewing coffee, and it is easy to lose balance in the brewing process, so it has not been commercialized successfully. It was not until 1998 that Daji improved the original invention and extended the ear-hanging part to the outside that today's hanging-ear coffee came into being.

But in fact, hanging-ear coffee can also be regarded as a kind of hand-brewed coffee, because the brewing method of hanging-ear coffee is similar to hand-brewed coffee, the filter bag of hanging ear bag is equivalent to the filter paper in hand-brewed coffee, and the coffee powder in the filter bag saves the process of grinding hand-brewed coffee, and it doesn't have to be washed back by hand in the coffee pot, so it not only saves a lot of time, but also provides convenience for coffee fans. So now more and more coffee fans come to Qianjie coffee shop to taste individual coffee, but also ask about the relevant knowledge of hanging-ear coffee, which is enough to witness the increasing demand for hanging-ear coffee.

What is instant coffee?

Instant coffee is a dry coffee extract obtained by evaporating the water in the coffee extract. Therefore, instant coffee can quickly dissolve in hot water, and in the process of storage and transportation, it takes up less space and volume, and is more resistant to storage.

And most of the beans used in instant coffee are Robusta varieties. Coffee fans who know about coffee all know that individual coffee beans generally refer to Arabica coffee beans, while Robusta is not up to the standard of single coffee, so Robusta can only be used in instant coffee or Italian blend coffee.

This is because the caffeine content of Robusta Robusta is 2.7% Mur4%, more than double that of Arabica, and the content of amino acid and chlorogenic acid is higher than that of Arabica. Chlorogenic acid is the source of bitter taste, so the flavor of instant coffee will be bitter, the flavor is not good, and instant coffee may lose the essence of coffee in the production process. Regular drinking also has a certain harm to health.

The difference between hanging-ear coffee and instant coffee

From the description of Qianjie Coffee above, we can see that there are the following differences between hanging-ear coffee and instant coffee:

1. The variety of coffee used in hanging-ear coffee is Arabica, and instant coffee is the Robusta variety of coffee beans used.

two。 Instant coffee tastes worse than hanging-ear coffee.

3. The brewing method of hanging-ear coffee is similar to that of hand-brewed coffee, while instant coffee can be dissolved by adding water directly.

4. Long-term drinking instant coffee has a certain harm to the health, hanging-ear coffee is relatively nutritious and refreshing.

Matters needing attention in brewing hanging-ear coffee

As described above in Qianjie Coffee, we can see that there is a big difference between instant coffee and hanging-ear coffee, so hanging-ear coffee cannot be drunk directly like instant coffee, or soaked in water like a tea bag. Next, Qianjie Coffee will list several wrong brewing methods of using hanging-ear coffee for the first time.

1. Pay attention to the capacity of brewing water

First of all, Qianjie believes that some coffee fans who come into contact with hanging-ear coffee for the first time will throw the hanging-ear coffee directly into the cup and soak it in hot water. In fact, this is not impossible, but the taste of coffee will be neutralized by water, making the coffee taste lighter. Unless it is a person who likes to drink American-style light coffee, Qianjie suggests that 10g hanging ear bags only need to be filled with 150cc-180cc water, otherwise the amount will exceed this amount, except that the flavor of coffee will be diluted. It is also easy to extract bad taste. For coffee fans who want to drink less flavor, Qianjie suggests that after brewing to 150cc, take out the hanging-ear coffee bag and inject it with hot water.

two。 Be careful not to soak in the water all the time.

Although the ear bag is inspired by the tea bag, it does not mean that it is the same as the tea bag, although the longer it is soaked, the stronger the flavor, but during the long-term soaking, caffeine will continue to be released, resulting in the problem of extraction. This makes the bad substances in the coffee come out, that is, bitterness and bad smell. Therefore, Qianjie suggests that earbags should be discarded or used as flower fertilizer after 4 minutes of brewing.

3. Pay attention to the brewing temperature when hanging ear coffee

The article in Qianjie also said that hanging-ear coffee is actually ground coffee, so its temperature is the same as that of hand-brewed coffee, so you can't use too low temperature to brew it, otherwise it will cause coffee extraction to be insufficient, so it is necessary to control the water temperature. Qianjie suggests that you can use freshly boiled water for 1-2 minutes to brew hanging-ear coffee.

4. Be careful not to repeatedly brew hanging-ear coffee

Just as it is written in the second point of Qianjie Street, the hanging-ear coffee can't be soaked for a long time, which of course means that it can't be brewed repeatedly, or you will get a cup of bad and harmful coffee.

The above are the matters that need to be paid attention to in making hanging-ear coffee, and then come to the front street to popularize the correct brewing method of hanging-ear coffee.

The correct brewing method of hanging-ear coffee

1. Warm cup

When you are ready to brew the cup of hanging-ear coffee, first pour in some warm cups of hot water. The effect is that the brewed coffee will not cool down too fast, because as the temperature drops, the coffee will produce a different flavor, that is, a hierarchical sense of flavor, so if you cool down too fast, you will miss many different tastes.

two。 Water temperature

The temperature of the brewed water is very important. It is recommended that the temperature be between 85 and 90 degrees. If the brewed coffee is too bitter, try to lower the water temperature. On the contrary, if it is too light or too astringent, it can increase the water temperature, but the range should still be between 85 and 90 degrees.

3. Hang up the back edge

First shake the earbag slightly to let the coffee powder fall to avoid the coffee powder being scattered when it is torn open, then pour out the hot water from the cup, tear open the seal on the earbag, extend the paper ears on both sides, and shake so that the coffee powder is smooth, and finally hang to the edge of the cup.

4. Pre-wet hanging ear coffee bag

The first time you inject water, you should inject just the right amount of soaked coffee powder, too much or too little will affect the flavor, and then wait 20 seconds for the coffee powder to fully absorb water. The thickness of the coffee can be adjusted by pre-wetting time, which can be extended to 40 seconds to get stronger coffee.

5. Water injection

The second injection of water can be poured to the filter paper eight full, it is best to use a slender flow, wait until the flow down to the pre-wet height, you can continue to fill water to the full, until quenching out of 150 to 180cc so far, once quenching is finished, do not need to wait for all the water in the filter paper to flow out, just throw it away.

Qianjie hanging ear Coffee recommendation

As mentioned above in Qianjie Coffee, hanging-ear coffee means that the ground coffee beans are put into a filter bag and sealed, eliminating the need to grind coffee beans and filter paper filter cups, thus providing convenience; then how to choose hanging-ear coffee? In fact, as emphasized above in Qianjie Coffee, hanging-ear coffee itself is individual coffee, so coffee fans can choose according to their favorite coffee beans, such as Indonesia Mantenin in Qianjie coffee shop. Honduran Shirley coffee beans can help coffee fans make hanging-ear coffee bags.

Coffee fans who really don't know how to choose the flavor of hanging-ear coffee don't have to worry. Next, Qianjie will recommend some of the most popular hanging-ear coffee in Qianjie coffee shop.

The following are the representative coffee beans from Asia, Africa and Latin America, the three largest coffee producing regions in the world.

1. Qianjie coffee Ethiopian sun red cherry coffee beans

Producing area: Yega Xuefei

Altitude: 2000-2200m

Variety: original species

Treatment: sun treatment

Flavor: tropical fruit strawberry cream

This red cherry coffee bean in Qianjie Coffee comes from Yegashafi, a famous producing area in Ethiopia. The name of the red cherry is related to a local project called the Red Cherry Project. The project is a coffee quality improvement plan put forward by a raw bean company in the Netherlands.

The company, called Trabocca, started the project because the quality of Ethiopian coffee was mixed, so there was little room for price improvement and the income of coffee farmers was very low. In order to actually help them, the Red Cherry Project was launched in cooperation with local coffee farmers to solve the quality problem at the source. By manual selection, only fully ripe coffee cherries are picked and purchased at a higher price, which can improve the quality requirements of coffee farmers and grow better quality coffee.

two。 Front street coffee Honduras Shirley coffee beans

Producing area: Masaguara

Manor: Moca Manor

Altitude: 500-1700 m

Variety: Kaddura, Kaduai, Pacas

Treatment: fine washing + whisky sherry barrel fermentation

Flavor: vanilla cream, fermented wine, dark chocolate nuts, sweet maple syrup

This Honduran sherry coffee bean is very popular with coffee fans because it has the smell of whisky, but it tastes like vanilla cream and is very charming. so coffee fans strongly hope that Qianjie Coffee will launch this hanging-ear coffee bean of Shirley coffee beans. This Honduran sherry coffee bean is also one of the beans used to produce espresso in the front street coffee shop, which is enough to witness its popularity.

3. Qianjie Coffee Indonesia Gold Manning Coffee beans

Producing area: Mount Azigayo, North Sumatra

Company: PWN

Altitude: 1100-1600 m

Variety: Ateng

Treatment method: wet planing method

Flavor: herbs, caramel, dark chocolate, mellow and clean, high sense of balance, long-lasting finish

Qianjie Coffee this Indonesian gold Mantenin coffee bean specification standard is more than 18 items, less than 3 defective beans (300g raw bean samples), belongs to the highest grade G1, dark green color, neat shape of flat beans. And qualified gold Mantenin coffee beans have to go through three manual screening and one machine screening; and the front street of this treated Mantenin coffee not only does not have the unique soil flavor of ordinary Mantenin, but also tastes cleaner and brighter.

4. Front Street Coffee Brazilian Red Bourbon Coffee beans

Producing area: South Minas

Altitude: 1000 m

Variety: red bourbon

Treatment: half-sun

Flavor: nuts, chocolate, cream, peanuts, caramel

Brazil currently ranks first in coffee production in the world, so its coffee is indispensable in the classic coffee flavor. And bourbon coffee beans are also found in Brazil, so the flavor of Brazilian red bourbon coffee beans must also be very good, and according to Qianjie coffee, bourbon grown at high altitude usually has better aroma and bright acidity, and tastes like red wine.

The above is the relevant content about the difference between hanging-ear coffee and instant coffee in Qianjie, hoping to help coffee fans understand more about it, so as to better drink their favorite boutique coffee beans.

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