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With the rapid development of the new era and people's tense and busy pace of life, many coffee lovers enjoy drinking specialty pour-over coffee, but they also feel that pour-over coffee requires many tools to operate, as well as skill and a lot of equipment. So portable drip bag
coffee has become a great partner for office workers or travelers.
 
Office workers are relatively pressed for time, but still want a cup of coffee. Grinding fresh and then brewing may waste time; and those who are out and about are also inconveniently unable to grind coffee fresh for external reasons, so drip bag coffee came into being. Front Street has also prepared some drip bag coffees, such as the seasonal fruity-acid drip bag: Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee, with notes of jasmine, berries, lemon and citrus; the seasonal nutty drip bag: Brazilian coffee, with notes of nuts, chocolate, cream, peanut and caramel; and some other drip bags, such as Red Cherry drip bag coffee, Sherry drip bag coffee, Butterfly drip bag coffee, Huakui drip bag coffee, Mandheling drip bag coffee, etc., which are very popular among coffee friends.

  
So what is drip bag coffee?
 
The drip bag coffee we commonly buy is a kind of coffee packet shaped like a filter bag. Taking Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)'s drip bag as an example, the coffee beans are ground and then sealed into a special filter bag, and finally sealed for storage. The name "drip bag coffee" also comes from the two supporting tabs that appear after the filter bag is opened, just like two ears hanging on a coffee cup.

 
Drip bag coffee is a portable coffee made by grinding coffee beans, putting them into a filter bag, and sealing it. When drinking, you only need to tear open the package and brew with hot water. The hot water passes through the coffee grounds, the soluble coffee substances flow down, and the coffee grounds are filtered out. The principle is the same as freshly ground pour-over coffee, and it can be understood as portable pour-over coffee. As long as you have hot water and a cup nearby, you can enjoy it conveniently. It is especially suitable for home, office and travel use.
 
The characteristic of drip bag coffee is that, compared with pour-over coffee, it is quicker and more convenient. The utensils needed to make pour-over coffee include a pouring kettle, thermometer, dripper, filter paper, grinder, etc., while drip bag coffee, because it has already been ground, requires no grinder, and the design of the filter bag also saves us the need for a dripper and filter paper, because the unique filter bag already combines the functions of both the dripper and the filter paper.

  
Because it is more convenient than pour-over coffee, drip bag coffee is also often used for business trips, travel and other occasions. So how should pour-over coffee be brewed?
 
How do you brew drip bag coffee?
 
Brewing drip bag coffee is very simple. You do not need to prepare as many things as for pour-over coffee; you only need one pack of drip bag coffee, hot water and a cup.
 
First, tear open the outer packaging of the drip bag and take out the coffee filter bag inside.

 

 
Then tear it open along the indication on the coffee filter bag and open up the drip bag coffee. After that, hang the two “ears” of the drip bag coffee on the rim of the cup or pot.
 
Each drip bag from Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) contains 10 grams of coffee, and the recommended brewing ratio is 1:15. First, pour in a small amount of hot water for the first stage to make sure all the coffee grounds are moistened, and let it bloom for 10 to 20 seconds. For the second stage, pour in water until nearly full and let the coffee liquid drop. Finally, pour in another stage of water until full, for a total of three pours. Wait for the remaining coffee liquid to filter through and it is ready to enjoy.

  
How many times can drip bag coffee be brewed?
 
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) believes that drip bag coffee is similar to a simplified version of pour-over coffee. Like pour-over coffee, drip bag coffee can only be brewed once, and the ratio must also be controlled. If the ratio is too high (too much water is poured in), the coffee will taste weak. Why? Because the extractable substances in coffee beans account for only about 30% of the beans' weight, so even if you pour in more water, it will not make the coffee taste better.
 
At the same time, pay attention to the ratio. As with pour-over coffee, the recommended ratio is between 1:14 and 1:18, and the ratio for drip bag coffee is exactly one stage of water for blooming plus two stages of water filled to the top, that is, three stages of water in total. Another method is to find a cup with a capacity of 200 milliliters and fill it to 80% full.

 

How to choose drip bag coffee

1. Production date: Generally, freshly ground coffee powder is the freshest. The production method of drip bags is to carefully roast and carefully grind the coffee, then immediately seal it into bags. You should try to buy ones with a roasting date as recent as possible; after more than 2 months, the taste will deteriorate.
2. Completeness of information: Coffee bean information includes variety, grind size, origin, roaster, etc.

The advantages of drip bag coffee
 
Compared with instant coffee, drip bag coffee has a richer flavor. Drip bag coffee offers more choices, allowing you to experience coffees from different origins, with different processing methods and different roast levels, and you can drink more specialty coffees with unique flavors.
2. Drip bag coffee contains no additives such as flavorings or creamer, so it is healthier.
3. It is affordable, quick and convenient to brew, easy to carry, and requires no brewing utensils.
Drip bag coffee is a kind of coffee whose convenience is close to instant coffee, while its flavor and mouthfeel are close to freshly ground pour-over!
Anytime, anywhere, all you need is a cup and a kettle, a tear and a hang, and it can bring you a wonderful journey of coffee flavor!

  
Precautions for drip bag coffee
 
1. It cannot be brewed repeatedly

Repeated brewing will only give you coffee that tastes bad and harms your health.
 
2. After brewing, do not let the coffee grounds continue to soak in the cup

Many people think that the longer it soaks, the stronger the coffee will be. In fact, that is true, but at the same time as soaking, more caffeine will also be released, and the problem of over-extraction will occur. Over-extraction will release the bitterness, astringency and unpleasant odors in the coffee.

 
This is also why, when Front Street handles coffee beans, it grinds coffee to different degrees of coarseness, because the coarser the particles, the smaller the surface area, and only then can they withstand long soaking.
 
3. Directly throwing the drip bag into the cup
 
Using the drip bag like a tea bag, as mentioned above by Front Street, is wrong. Although it is very convenient, before the hot water touches the coffee grounds, the temperature has already dropped a lot, which instead causes insufficient extraction and thereby affects the coffee's flavor.

 
Alright, the above is Front Street's introduction to drip bag coffee, along with a brief introduction to our store's drip bags. Friends are welcome to come and taste them.

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