Recently, many people have come to the front of Front Street Coffee asking if there is drip bag coffee for sale. Front Street usually replies, "The store doesn't have drip bag coffee in stock. If you need it, it has to be made on the spot!"Many customers are puzzled: why doesn't a coffee shop even prepare something as simple as drip bag coffee in advance, and instead needs to make it on the spot? It would be more convenient to just buy it from a supermarket shelf.

Therefore, when Front Street makes drip bags on site, it tries to increase speed as much as possible to reduce flavor loss. Users should also drink it as soon as possible.

Recommended coffee beans suitable for making drip bags

Many office workers have asked Front Street to recommend coffee beans suitable for making drip bags. All of the more than fifty single-origin coffee beans from different regions on Front Street's bean list can be made into drip bag coffee. Below, Front Street recommends a few drip bag coffees with relatively classic flavors.

1. Front Street Coffee — Washed Yirgacheffe Gotiti Cooperative Drip Bag Coffee

This Gotiti Cooperative coffee bean from Front Street comes from Ethiopia's famous Yirgacheffe region, and the harvested coffee beans are washed. Traditionally, Yirgacheffe coffee used the oldest natural sun-drying method, but because early sun-dried coffee beans were mostly spread on the ground to dry, they inevitably picked up earthy, dusty, and other off-flavors, and combined with a lack of proper sorting, the quality of natural beans was generally average. In 1972, in order to improve coffee quality, Ethiopia introduced washed processing technology from Central and South America, which made the jasmine floral aroma and bright citrus-lemon acidity of Yirgacheffe coffee clearer and more transparent, and it quickly became one of the representatives of the world's specialty coffee.

Front Street Coffee: Yirgacheffe Gotiti Cooperative Coffee
Region: Yirgacheffe Gedeo Zone
Producer: Gotiti Cooperative
Altitude: 1900-2300m
Variety: Local Heirloom
Processing Method: Washed

Grade: G1

Flavor: Citrus, berry, lemon, cane sugar, green tea

2. Front Street Coffee — Brazil Queen Estate Drip Bag Coffee
Queen Estate is located in the Mogiana region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Unlike many large-scale regions in Brazil that win by volume, this area has a higher elevation, forming a relatively unique microclimate. In addition, the estate hand-picks coffee cherries at the appropriate ripeness, and each lot is processed with small-batch, refined methods, so the coffee beans produced are mostly of specialty quality. Queen Estate is most proud of the Yellow Bourbon variety, which, with its refined and delicate flavor, has won awards in multiple editions of Brazil's COE competition. This Queen Estate coffee bean from Front Street is medium-dark roasted, highlighting the classic rich aroma of Brazilian coffee while also showing Bourbon's own sweetness. We can not only taste a deep coffee fragrance, but also enjoy a clear sweet aftertaste on the palate.

Front Street Coffee: Brazil Queen Estate Coffee Beans

Region: Mogiana Region, Brazil

Estate: Queen Estate

Altitude: 1400–1950m

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Processing Method: Natural

Flavor: Dark chocolate, cream, peanut, sugarcane, nuts

3. Front Street Coffee — Sidamo Huakui Drip Bag Coffee

The Huakui coffee bean introduced by Front Street Coffee is the champion of the natural group in Ethiopia's 2017 TOH coffee competition. It appeared before everyone with a unique strawberry-cream flavor and made a stunning debut. So that year, this lot of green beans was imported into China by the Beijing green bean trader Hongshun. In the same year, Li Jianfei used this bean to win second place in the China region of the 2017 World Brewers Cup. This Ethiopian bean stood out especially among many Geisha competition beans, and was therefore given the name Huakui.

Front Street Coffee: Sidamo Huakui 8.0 Coffee

Country: Ethiopia

Region: Sidamo

Altitude: 2250-2350m

Variety: Local Heirloom

Processing Method: Natural

Flavor: Berry, floral tea, honey, lemon, black tea

Teach you to easily brew a delicious cup of Yirgacheffe coffee with drip bags

Below, Front Street uses Yirgacheffe Gotiti Drip Bag Coffee as an example to demonstrate how to brew drip bag coffee and what details need attention.

First, we need to prepare a cup for the coffee (any clean container, including a sharing pitcher or drinking cup), a kettle for pouring water, and sufficiently hot water.

Tear open the sealed packaging, take out the drip bag, and tear open the non-woven pouch along the dotted line. Pull open the two tabs, open the entire drip bag, and hang them on the edge of the cup or sharing pitcher.

First, use a small amount of hot water in the first stage to moisten all the coffee grounds, and let it bloom for about 10 seconds. In the second stage, pour in a steady small stream until the liquid level is nearly full, then wait for the coffee liquid to drop. Once the coffee liquid has drained and the grounds at the bottom are exposed, begin pouring the final stage of water, again bringing the hot water level even with the filter bag. Wait for all the coffee liquid to drip into the cup, then gently swirl to even it out, and it is ready to enjoy.

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