Is hanging-ear coffee worth buying after all?

Hang ear bag, temporarily put him in the range of hand rush. Recently, on "I am a singer," Li Jian showed us the practice of ear-hanging coffee, which also played a great role in the promotion of fine coffee (that is, you don't see how many fans Brother Jian has, I am actually also, those who pay attention to him will definitely want to try by his intoxicated expression.)

Some people have said that instant coffee is no longer coffee in the traditional coffee world, which is a widely accepted view in the traditional coffee world. Instant coffee is an industrialized synthetic product that is a good substitute for coffee in certain circumstances, such as on trains and planes during long trips, rather than coffee in the original sense. Because traditional coffee is enjoyed, from the grinding, brewing, filtering of coffee beans, as well as the selection of appliances and different blending techniques, are very particular. The instant coffee in the synthesis process of coffee original nutrition and health components are destroyed and disappear, drinking, although there is coffee taste, but has lost the rich nutrition and health effects of coffee also lost the thick cultural taste and atmosphere.

The coffee is good or bad, we divide it into two points to discuss and clarify.

I. Ease of use and portability (out of 40)

We note that li jian arrived with kalita's court pot, carefully wrapped in a cloth bag. The color of the pot is bright, that is, new,(also have to say that kalita this brand is really trustworthy). Does such a thin, long, and carefully protected hand-brewed pot conflict with the idea of drinking ear-hanging coffee? The author thinks so. The design of ear-hanging coffee has covered the functions of beans, bean grinder, electronic scale, filter cup and filter paper. As long as it is hung on the cup, the above things are not needed. So the point is, what about the hand-washing pot?

It is estimated that there will be a lot of friends who do not understand that hand-washing pot is actually a redundant. This includes my mother, how to say it, perhaps instant gives everyone the feeling that boiling water can be flushed high on the coffee powder, leading to the wrong understanding. Because of me, my mother also likes to drink coffee at home, so I taught her to make it by hand, told her to pour boiling water into the hand pot, determine the temperature before brewing, she did not refute me (estimated to be lazy), but I often found that she was directly flushed with the electric kettle. (Friends who play hand rush are estimated to have a feeling of covering their faces with their hands.)

So how much does a hand brew affect a cup of coffee? My answer is, big or small. Like some current induction cookers, the pot body itself has no hole-shaped net to block, and the spout is also slender, and the control of water flow is acceptable. However, there are many hot water kettles that do not have the two conditions of fine and stable water, which is almost difficult to achieve. So let's answer, what is the role of hand washing pot?

The first one, I think, is to control the flow rate and speed of water. It takes 20 seconds to steam a cup of coffee, allowing the coffee powder to absorb water to form hamburger bubbles. The next step is extraction. If your water flows directly to the filter paper, then this part of the water will go directly to the bottom of the pot without participating in the extraction process. This is the same as diluting with water, which greatly affects the body of a cup of coffee. More importantly, extraction takes time, and controlling the size of the water flow is controlling the time. Therefore, without controllable and stable water flow, there is no extraction, and without extraction, there is no cup of coffee.

The second point is the heat preservation of water. Generally, it takes one and a half minutes to two minutes to make 15g beans by hand. If you make sure that the water temperature is 88 degrees, but you are facing the rapid drop of water temperature, it will drop to 80 degrees in one minute, so it will greatly change the production of a coffee. It was like a silver jug, thirty or forty yuan each. It looked good, and the spout was slender and controllable, but the water temperature lost quite quickly. Most of the Japanese brands of pot body materials are very good for temperature control, and the price gap is obvious.

There is a lot of talk about the importance of hand-brewed pots, but our theme today is "Is it worth buying coffee?"

It hasn't even started yet, it's already started, but I'm just discussing the importance of the hand-brewed pot and the remaining value of the coffee without the hand-brewed pot.

Well, these days they're square. In other words, his extraction and hand flushing were different, and even more similar to the method of pressing. In my opinion, it is to use the hand to make the coffee with the extraction rate, so the importance of the hand pot is relatively improved. Bring a hand flush,(the author recommends the same as Li Jian's kalita court pot, small size, easy to carry), a small hand flush pot, this is also a lot more convenient than a bunch of things. For ease of use, I think I can give him 80(32) points.

II. Good or bad (out of 60 points)

If ear-hanging coffee is terrible, it's not as sweet as instant coffee. So let's put aside his applicability for a moment and compare his production with v60.

Before writing this article, I did an experiment. I rarely drink ear-hanging coffee before, so I can't wait to design an experiment to compare them at the same time. Let's see how this experiment is done.

1. I used the same bean, Guatemala.

2. Same batch of beans baked on the same day (March 14) One made into ear bags, one sealed in kraft paper bags.

3. The water temperature used is the same: 88 degrees, the amount is the same: 16 grams, and the concentration is 1:16.

4. The extraction time is also approximately the same, including stewing time.

5. Kalita's crane-billed pot is used uniformly.

Because it is a hand punch, so the author used V60 No. 1.

The two cups of coffee made in this way are compared and commented on by the author from several places.

a. In terms of dry fragrance, the score obtained after taking a deep breath is. Hanger 30, freshly ground 85.

b. Acidity, since beans are medium to dark baked, it is reasonable to use a water temperature of 88 degrees. The acidity score of hanging ears is 5 points, and fresh grinding is 70 points. Even hanging ears some can not feel, this point I invited a few people around, came to the same answer.

c. wet fragrance, ear hanging 40, fresh grinding 75.

d.Body texture, ear hanging 30, freshly ground 70.

e. Ending rhyme, hanging ear will appear obvious sweetness, but not long time; fresh grinding play stable, sweet back OK.

For the time being, score five points. Taken together, I personally give a score of 50(30 points), and now grind 80.

That adds up to 62 points. So, he's qualified. From the above two points of view, I personally support the promotion of ear-hanging coffee.

The most important indicators are the quality and freshness of the beans.

Like the ear hanging produced by Longlong's empty coffee, it uses the beans freshly baked by Brother Chao. At the same time, it is made into ear hanging bag on the day after ordering. It is hand-made with a steady and serious attitude. When you get the ear hanging bag, it is made of a very fresh and high-level baked fine bean.

There are friends around me who drink ear-hanging coffee and often take it to me to taste. The reputation is very loud. It is also imported and a big brand, but often I can't swallow a mouthful. So, when you buy coffee with ears, the direction you choose is freshness, bean source and roaster. (Even the attitude of the producer)

Hang-ear coffee allows more people to find a balance between busy life and fine coffee. This is very important, like the author wrote another article,"Your small improvement to the French press pot, a big step to drive the innovation of the single product," all want to let more people understand and enjoy the single product coffee in a better way. A single item, it shows your attitude towards life. A person who loves coffee, especially a person who is obsessed with a single item, must be everyone in life, with dreams and directions.

I have been accompanying the crane mouth pot for a long time (to a selfie!)

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