What Is Yirgacheffe Coffee and How Is It Brewed Cold?

Drip bag coffee makes two cold drinks simple: iced pour-over and cold brew. Choose medium or medium-light roasts, since dark roasts turn noticeably bitter over ice. Yirgacheffe, a washed Ethiopian coffee, shows jasmine, citrus and lemon notes with a light body, low bitterness and a green tea-like finish when brewed cold.

For fruitier cups, sun dried coffee beans from Hambela, sold as Huakui, bring mango, guava and strawberry aromas that suit drinkers who avoid bitterness. A five-origin set covering Ethiopia, Kenya, Honduras, Panama and Indonesia lets you compare origins, and none of the bags contain additives, so each origin's aroma stays clear over ice.

For busy office workers, drip bag coffee is an ideal choice that balances convenience and quality. This article will guide you step by step on using drip bags to make two refreshing summer drinks—iced pour-over coffee and cold brew coffee. From bean selection advice to brewing steps, Front Street Coffee provides detailed guidance: if you like floral notes, try Yirgacheffe; if you prefer fruity flavors, choose Huakui; and if you want to experience flavors from multiple countries at once, there's the classic five-origin combination. With just simple equipment and a few steps, you can easily enjoy a cup of icy, rich coffee at the office or at home.

Coffee has gradually become part of many people's daily lives, especially for office workers who always hope to enjoy a good cup of coffee to refresh themselves during busy breaks, making drip bag coffee an ideal choice. Next, Front Street will demonstrate the brewing process for iced drip bag coffee and share how to make cold brew coffee using drip bags.

Usually, when we drink hot coffee, we value the layering and volatile aromas brought by temperature changes, while iced coffee focuses more on the refreshing taste experience. If the coffee beans are roasted too dark, they tend to produce noticeable bitterness, so when selecting beans, it is recommended to prioritize medium or medium-light roast varieties.

If you prefer floral notes, the Front Street Yirgacheffe seasonal drip bag is recommended. These beans are washed, and when made into iced coffee, they carry flavors of jasmine, citrus, and lemon, with a light body, low bitterness, and a lingering green tea-like sweet aftertaste.

If you love fruity flavors, you might choose the barista-selected Front Street Huakui drip bag coffee. It comes from high-quality sun-dried beans in the Hambela region, containing rich tropical fruit aromas reminiscent of mango, guava, and strawberry. It has a sweet and refreshing taste, very suitable for those who cannot accept bitter coffee.

If you want to experience coffee flavors from multiple countries at once, you can purchase the Front Street classic five-origin combination drip bag coffee. This set includes high-quality specialty coffees from Ethiopia, Kenya, Honduras, Panama, and Indonesia, and can be brewed hot or cold. Since no additives are added, you can clearly feel the most original aromas of the beans from each origin.

Iced Drip Bag Pour-Over Coffee

Prepare a pack of drip bag coffee, an appropriate amount of ice cubes, and a cup of about 200 milliliters, and you can start making iced drip bag coffee.

Step 1: Tear open the outer packaging of the drip bag and hang the drip bag on the rim of the cup.

Step 2: First pour in a small amount of hot water, just enough to wet the coffee grounds. (Front Street's testing shows that the amount of water just covering the coffee grounds is about 25 grams. The hot water from an office water dispenser is usually around 90 degrees and can be used directly; if it is freshly boiled water, let it sit for one minute before use.)

Step 3: After the coffee liquid has finished dripping, pour in hot water again until it is close to the top of the drip bag. (Front Street's testing shows that after this pouring is completed, the total amount of water added is 110 grams, that is, a water-to-coffee ratio of 1:11.)

Step 4: Wait until all the coffee liquid has dripped through, then remove the drip bag.

Step 5: Pour the coffee liquid into a cup containing an appropriate amount of ice cubes and shake gently so that the coffee liquid fully contacts the ice cubes and cools down quickly.

In this way, a convenient and quick iced drip bag coffee is ready!

How to make cold brew coffee with drip bags?

You only need to prepare a cup with a lid of about 200 milliliters, a refrigerator, and one pack of drip bag coffee.

Step 1: Tear open the drip bag packaging.

Step 2: Pour the coffee grounds into the cup. (Be sure to keep the drip bag!)

Step 3: Pour in 100 grams of room-temperature water. (If you do not have an electronic scale, just add water to a 200-milliliter cup until it is a little more than half full.)

Step 4: Cover with the lid to seal it (if the lid is not tight enough, you can use plastic wrap or a folded plastic bag to cover it), then place it in the refrigerator's cold storage compartment.

Step 5: Let it sit overnight (about 8 hours), take out the previously kept drip bag, hang it on the rim of another cup, pour out the cold brew coffee liquid, and filter out the coffee grounds.

The final cup of convenient and delicious cold brew coffee is complete!

You can drink it directly to experience the mellow and rich taste of cold brew coffee; you can also add a small amount of ice cubes to slightly dilute the concentration, further enhancing the palate's perception of the flavor while keeping the coffee at a low temperature.

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.