What is the difference between hanging-ear coffee and hand-brewed coffee?

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Generally speaking, hand coffee will need to use bean grinder, hand pot, filter cup, filter paper, coffee pot and so on. For those who like to drink and study coffee, these utensils are necessary and it is easy to tell which product belongs to what type of equipment, but it is a great knowledge for a novice who wants to get in touch with it. The flow rate of the hand pot can stumble a novice.

On the other hand, hanging-ear coffee solves part of the problem.

In fact, hanging-ear coffee is also a kind of hand-brewed coffee, which means Drip Bag Coffee coffee bag. Hanging-ear coffee brewing method is similar to hand-brewed coffee, and the ear-hanging filter bag is filter paper, and the store usually fills the coffee bean powder first and then seals the film, which saves the existence of a bean grinder and does not have to use a hand-brewing pot in the brewing process. However, if you want to ask how the coffee tastes better than the traditional hand-brewed coffee, the answer is probably the traditional hand-brewed coffee. After all, you can make brewing adjustments according to the characteristics of each kind of beans. By simplifying these adjustments, you can still make a good grade of coffee, and it is even recommended to test / try the taste and quality of coffee beans in a coffee shop.

The importance of grinding beans: grinding is the freshest

The first thing to say is the contact area, which is a great factor. Because the contact area of powdered coffee is much larger than that of beans, it is a very important action to grind beans into powder during brewing and extraction. Different bean grinders can handle different thicknesses, and the finer the machine is, the more expensive the machine is. In general, the thickness of hand-brewed coffee can be handled by using a bean grinder of about 3000. It is necessary to concentrate Espresso to very fine particles.

So is this kind of packing suitable for hanging ears? The answer is to look at the treatment method and treatment time, the longer you come into contact with the air after grinding, the easier it is to lose the aromatic molecules, that is, the so-called lack of freshness. The way to judge the freshness of coffee beans by hand is to see whether fresh carbon dioxide bubbles will appear during steaming, which is also used on ear coffee, so you should pay attention to the date of grinding and baking beans when buying. If the coffee powder is placed for too long, it will cause insufficient flavor of the extract and make a bad cup of coffee.

Therefore, some people recommend buying bean grinders and 'hanging ear bags', making their own hanging ear coffee, choosing coffee beans when buying, starting to grind beans before brewing, putting them into ear hanging bags and brewing, so that they can also enjoy the taste of hand-brewed coffee.