How to Brew Perfect Drip Coffee Bag? Pour-Over Drip Coffee Parameters and Techniques Tutorial

The Ultimate Guide to Drip Bag Coffee: Brewing Perfect Coffee with Ease

Among all drip coffee methods, drip bags are the simplest. All you need is a drip bag, a cup, and hot water to brew a delicious single-origin black coffee. There are no complex techniques or parameters to worry about, and you don't need to consider cleanup issues afterward—it couldn't be more convenient.

However, although drip bag coffee is easy to prepare, FrontStreet Coffee believes that if you want to achieve 70% of the quality of pour-over coffee, you should pay attention to some details.

1. Understanding the Basics of Drip Bag Coffee

First, there's essentially no difference between drip bag coffee and pour-over coffee in terms of brewing principles. Therefore, the parameter considerations for pour-over coffee can still be applied to drip bag coffee.

In terms of grind size, you don't need to worry about this as the coffee in drip bags is pre-ground. The coffee is already ground and placed in the filter bag before packaging. Generally, coffee factories or coffee shops have better grinding equipment, so you don't need to worry about the particle size at all.

In terms of water temperature, FrontStreet Coffee suggests using the same temperature as for pour-over coffee: 90-93°C for light to medium roasts, and 86-89°C for medium to dark roasts. Many people, for convenience, directly use water from water dispensers. Water from dispensers is typically heated to around 80°C, which can result in coffee that tastes weak and overly acidic. However, if you use boiling water directly, it's easy to extract bitter and burnt flavors. Therefore, if we don't have a temperature measuring device, FrontStreet Coffee recommends letting boiled water sit uncovered at room temperature for 1-2 minutes to allow the temperature to drop to around 90°C before brewing drip bag coffee.

In terms of ratio, many people will fill the cup directly, but this usually results in coffee that tastes bitter and thin. A drip bag contains about 10 grams of coffee grounds. Following a ratio of 1:15 to 1:18, about 150 to 180 milliliters of water is reasonable. If you don't have a scale nearby, you can find a cup with measurement markings.

2. Choosing the Right Cup

Second, it's best to use a tall cup with a capacity of 250 milliliters or more. This can prevent water from soaking the drip bag. If it soaks for too long, bitter flavors can easily emerge.

3. Specific Brewing Method

Third, the specific brewing method.

1. Prepare a cup, drip bag coffee, and hot water.
2. Tear open the drip bag packaging, take out the inner bag, tear it along the "open" line, unfold the "ears" of the drip bag, and hang it on the cup.
3. Pour hot water into the drip bag. For the first pour, fill to 1/2 of the filter bag and wait for 10-15 seconds.

4. Multi-Pour Technique

Fourth, for the second pour, fill to 9/10 full of the drip bag. Then wait until all the coffee liquid has dripped through before continuing to pour hot water to 9/10 full again. After the coffee liquid has completely dripped through, pour to 9/10 full one more time. Once all the coffee liquid has filtered through, you can remove the drip bag filter.

Note: There are a total of 4 pours. The first pour is to 1/2 full, and the remaining three pours are all to 9/10 full after waiting for all the coffee liquid to flow through. After numerous tests, FrontStreet Coffee has found that with this pouring method, the total amount of water poured is typically around 150ml. If you have an electronic scale or a cup with measurement markings, you can also rely on these auxiliary tools to brew with the appropriate coffee-to-water ratio.

5. Choosing Your Preferred Flavor

Fifth, choose your preferred flavor.

FrontStreet Coffee's bean menu features over 50 different single-origin coffee beans from various regions, all of which can be made into drip bag coffee. However, as the saying goes, good coffee beans taste good no matter how you brew them. Therefore, FrontStreet Coffee believes that if you want to easily brew a delicious cup of black coffee, you should first choose a drip bag that suits your taste preferences. This way, you'll achieve twice the result with half the effort in brewing.

The seasonal drip bags are the main seven major coffee regions available at FrontStreet Coffee, including FrontStreet Coffee Ethiopia · Washed Yirgacheffe (jasmine floral, citrus fruit notes), FrontStreet Coffee Indonesia · Lindong Mandheling (herbal caramel, rich nuts), FrontStreet Coffee Brazil · Cerrado (nutty richness), FrontStreet Coffee Colombia · Huilan (peanut, cream), FrontStreet Coffee Costa Rica · Tarrazú (nuts, toffee), FrontStreet Coffee Yunnan small beans (fruity, tea-like), and FrontStreet Coffee Guatemala · Huehuetenango (citrus, smoky).

To put it simply, if you like floral aromas, you can choose FrontStreet Coffee Ethiopia Yirgacheffe drip bags. If you prefer refreshing fruit acidity, you can buy FrontStreet Coffee Costa Rica drip bags. If you like rich flavors, you can select American FrontStreet Coffee Brazil or FrontStreet Coffee Colombia, or Asian FrontStreet Coffee Indonesia Mandheling. And if you're seeking a balanced taste, FrontStreet Coffee would recommend choosing FrontStreet Coffee Guatemala or FrontStreet Coffee Yunnan small beans.

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