Since coffee entered everyone's work and daily life, many people have chosen drip bag coffee for greater convenience. Instant coffee might have been everyone's first choice before, but now, drip bag coffee may be preferred by even more people.Why is that?Front Street believes: instant coffee is processed, so its flavor naturally cannot fully display coffee's original flavor; whereas drip bag coffee is coffee beans ground into powder and packed into bags, with the same original flavor as coffee beans, purely natural, with no additives. Any coffee lover would naturally choose drip bag coffee—this is the true taste of coffee!
Front Street believes it is precisely because coffee has deeply entered everyone's work and life, and the pursuit of coffee is no longer limited to cafés—more people enjoy the pleasure of grinding and brewing fresh coffee at home. However, if you are traveling for work or out on a trip, then grinding and brewing fresh coffee becomes somewhat unrealistic, or rather troublesome, yet you still want to taste the original coffee flavor—what to do? Then drip bag coffee is the first choice. Front Street Coffee's seasonal drip bags (the fruity-acidic Front Street Yirgacheffe drip bag coffee, the nutty Front Street Brazil drip bag coffee, and the rich Front Street Mandheling drip bag coffee) are very popular!
Friends who are used to drinking pour-over coffee may feel that drip bag coffee tastes a bit lighter than pour-over. Why? This is because drip bag coffee is ground and packed into bags in advance, and has been in contact with air for a longer time, so the coffee's flavor disperses, and the brewed coffee's flavor will certainly be relatively lighter. Front Street's drip bag coffee is made by freshly grinding and portioning freshly roasted specialty coffee beans.
What is drip bag coffee
Having said so much, what exactly is drip bag coffee? Front Street will explain it to everyone: drip bag coffee is a portable coffee made by grinding coffee beans and sealing them in filter bags. Drip bag coffee is a freshly ground coffee that can be brewed and enjoyed immediately. The brewing is completed by drip filtration, perfectly presenting the coffee's acidity, sweetness, bitterness, body, and aroma. As long as you have a source of hot water and a cup nearby, you can enjoy it conveniently. The coffee grounds can be thrown away directly, and sugar and milk need to be added by yourself. This coffee is purely natural, with no additives. It is especially suitable for home, office, and travel use.
Who exactly invented drip bag coffee? In 1990, Japan's Yamanaka Sangyo Co., Ltd., inspired by hanging-string tea bags, invented drip filter coffee and applied for a patent, but the earliest version of the drip bag could not bear the weight of brewing coffee, and it easily lost balance during brewing, causing uneven coffee extraction, so it was not successfully commercialized. In 2001, Japan's UCC Ueshima Coffee extended the drip bag's hanging part outward and registered a patent, which led to today's drip bag coffee, and then it was introduced to the market. The emergence of every convenience product comes through repeated failures and repeated experiments before achieving the best result. The appearance of drip bag coffee allows everyone to conveniently drink high-quality single-origin coffee at the same time, rather than remaining stuck with low-quality and unhealthy instant coffee powder.
Why can't drip bag coffee be soaked?
Some friends who buy drip bag coffee may directly put it in a cup to soak, just like brewing a tea bag. Is brewing it this way correct? Can it be drunk? Front Street tells everyone: actually, it can be drunk this way too, only the taste will be very, very light—after all, it is not a tea bag, but drip bag coffee. If you directly soak it in a cup, the coffee's flavor cannot be fully displayed. You need to use the correct brewing method to taste the coffee's flavor. Of course, you also cannot repeatedly brew it, because after the drip bag finishes brewing, 30% of the coffee beans' flavor substances will be released, and the remaining 70% is the coffee beans' woody fiber. If after brewingis completed you do not remove the drip bag in time, then the taste of the woody fiber will be released into the already extracted coffee, causing the coffee to become bitter, astringent, and woody intaste. Front Street Coffee's drip bags are excellent value for money and come in many choices.
How to brew drip bag coffee?
Although pour-over coffee has a very good flavor, the preparation work required is also relatively greater. To brew a drip bag coffee packet, we only need three things: drip bag coffee, a cup, and hot water, which is obviously much simpler than pour-over coffee. Therefore, drip bag coffee is the first choice for friends going out!
Let's first look at the grounds of drip bag coffee. The coffee powder in the coffee packet itself is somewhat finer in grind size compared with pour-over coffee. As the coffee particles become smaller, the flavor is released faster, so you can brew a delicious single-origin coffee without being too particular.
Step one: Place the drip bag properly
First tear open the outer packaging of the drip bag and take out the coffee filter bag inside. Then tear it open along the dotted line printed with "OPEN" on the coffee filter bag, then open up the drip bag, and afterward unfold the two paper "ears" of the drip bag and hang them on the rim of the cup or pot.
The net content of Front Street Coffee's drip bag coffee powder is 10g, and Front Street recommends a brewing ratio of 1:15. Coffee brewed at this ratio has the most balanced and stable flavor. Open the drip bag packaging, tear the filter paper bag along the dotted line, and hang the drip bag flat on the rim of the cup. Let freshly boiled water sit for one to two minutes. (The water temperature is roughly 90°C.) Of course, if you want a stronger or lighter taste, you can adjust the powder-to-water ratio yourself.
Step two: Pour water
In the first stage, pour in a small amount of hot water, slowly pouring the water into the coffee grounds, with the amount of water based on just wetting the coffee. Make sure all the coffee grounds are moistened, and let it bloom for 10 to 20 seconds, allowing the carbon dioxide in the coffee grounds to be released and ensuring the stability of the subsequent coffee extraction. In the second stage, pour water until it nearly reaches the edge of the filter bag, then stop pouring, let the coffee liquid drop by half, then pour water again until it nearly reaches the edge of the filter bag, for a total of three pours. Wait for the remaining coffee liquid to drip through the coffee grounds into the cup, then remove the drip bag and enjoy.
A delicious cup of coffee is ready. If you want to add sugar or milk, add it according to personal preference.
Front Street's coffee brewing suggestions:
Regarding coffee brewing, Front Street has always believed that the freshness of coffee beans is a very important part; the freshness of coffee beans allows you to experience coffee's rich flavor to the greatest extent. The coffee beans shipped by Front Street Coffee are all within 5 days of the roasting time, because Front Street deeply understands that the freshness of coffee beans has a great impact on flavor. Front Street's roasting philosophy is "freshly roasted good coffee," so that every customer who places an order receives the freshest coffee when they get it. Coffee's resting period is about 4-7 days, so when customers receive it, it is exactly at its best flavor.
Front Street's drip bag coffee is also made by freshly grinding and then portioning freshly roasted coffee beans. In addition to the three especially representative seasonal drip bag coffees, for any coffee beans—Front Street has more than fifty single-origin coffee beans from different regions—as long as you want them ground into powder or made into drip bags, Front Street will help. However, it is recommended that coffee ground into powder must be finished promptly; otherwise, after coffee powder contacts air, it oxidizes relatively quickly, which means the coffee's flavor disperses relatively quickly, and the coffee's flavor will not be as good. Therefore, Front Street recommends buying whole beans and grinding and brewing fresh, so that you can better taste the coffee's flavor.
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The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
