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How to Brew Drip Bag Coffee - Drip Coffee Brewing Process - How Many Times Can You Use a Drip Bag

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee
Last Updated: 2026/01/27, For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). If you've never tried single-origin coffee before, you might be afraid that the coffee is too bitter or astringent. If that's the case, why not try drip bag coffee? Drip bag coffee is convenient to brew and mostly has balanced flavors. If you want to try black coffee, this is also a great option.

For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style)

People who have never tried single-origin coffee might be afraid that coffee is too bitter and astringent. If that's the case, then you might want to try drip bag coffee. Drip bag coffee is convenient to brew, and most have balanced flavors. If you want to try black coffee, this is also a good option.

What is Drip Bag Coffee?

Drip bag coffee, also known as hang ear coffee, was actually first invented in Japan, Taiwan's neighboring country. When mentioning Japan, people first think of the prosperity of pour-over coffee, but Japanese office workers with their fast-paced lifestyles don't have that much time to wait for a cup of pour-over coffee.

How Did Drip Bag Coffee Emerge?

In 1990, Japan's Yamanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. first applied the tea bag concept to coffee, inventing drip bag coffee and applying for a patent. However, because the ear-shaped handles would lose balance during the coffee brewing process, it wasn't mass-produced. It wasn't until 8 years later when Daki Trading improved the original invention that we have today's hang ear coffee.

How Does Drip Bag Coffee Work?

Drip bag coffee is made by grinding coffee beans into powder, then filling them into coffee filter paper. The ear-shaped handles on both sides of the filter paper are designed to hang easily on the edge of a mug. As long as you have a heat-resistant cup and hot water, even non-coffee experts can easily get started.

Drip Bag Coffee Brewing Steps:

1. Take the drip bag out of the packaging bag, hold the upper edge of the drip bag, and shake gently to concentrate the coffee powder at the bottom.

2. Tear along the dotted line and pull open the ear-shaped handles on both sides, hanging them on the edge of the coffee cup.

3. First inject 30ml of hot water and let it sit for 30 seconds to bloom and release the coffee aroma.

4. Then continue injecting 120-150cc of hot water and wait for 1 minute and 30 seconds.

5. The brewing is complete when the coffee liquid filtered through the filter paper flows into the coffee cup.

Important Details to Pay Attention to When Brewing Drip Bag Coffee:

▲ The hot water temperature for brewing coffee should be about 90-95 degrees.

▲ One drip bag can brew about 150cc-180cc of coffee, approximately half a mug.

▲ When injecting hot water, do it in small amounts multiple times to avoid overflow, which would cause coffee powder to fall into the cup.

▲ It's not true that longer brewing makes the flavor stronger, but brewing for too long can easily extract too many unpleasant flavors and will also rinse out impurities from the coffee beans. It's recommended to stop adding water when the desired amount is reached and let the coffee powder steep for about 30 seconds!

Of course, like pour-over coffee, drip bag coffee is only recommended for brewing once. If you want to reuse it, that's not really possible because basically all the extractable substances have already been extracted.

FrontStreet Coffee's Drip Bag Coffee Brewing Recommendations:

Choose a shallow coffee cup that allows the drip bag to soak in the cup. Use 90℃ water for brewing, with a coffee-to-water ratio of 1:15, and a brewing time of about 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Important Notice :

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