What Grind Setting Should Be Used for Pour-Over Coffee Beans? How Many Grams in a Drip Coffee Bag?

As more people join the coffee-drinking community, FrontStreet Coffee has seen an increasing number of white-collar workers and university students, even high school students starting to enjoy pour-over coffee. Compared to single-flavored instant coffee, today's young people clearly prefer freshly ground specialty coffee. Some enjoy fast-paced Americano, others love iced cold brew, while some prefer pour-over, finding that this black coffee not only has excellent taste but also offers a wide variety of choices. However, with their busy daily schedules, it's difficult for them to have a cup every day. This is when drip coffee bags become everyone's recognized best choice.

Regarding drip coffee bags, everyone can purchase ready-made products directly from the market according to their taste preferences. For example, the drip coffee varieties provided by FrontStreet Coffee include multiple classic origins from the bean list, such as the rich, caramel-scented Mandheling, Brazil with balanced nutty aroma, refreshing fruity Yirgacheffe, and elegant floral Geisha, among others.

The Importance of Fresh Coffee

Those who often brew coffee should know that freshly roasted coffee beans have a flavor period of thirty to forty days. However, once ground into powder, aromatic compounds will accelerate their loss, and the flavor period will also be diminished.

Therefore, compared to buying ready-made products, those who know that freshly ground coffee is more fragrant will choose to buy beans directly and then grind them at home to make their own drip coffee bags. This not only preserves more aroma but also eliminates concerns about spoilage due to storage issues. Moreover, the tools needed for making homemade drip coffee bags are very simple – you only need to prepare a grinder, drip filter bags, a digital scale, a sealer, and a small spoon for holding the powder.

Step-by-Step Guide to Making Drip Coffee Bags

Step 1: Grinding the Coffee

First, choose a bag of coffee beans you like, then adjust the grinder to the setting corresponding to pour-over extraction, and pour the coffee beans in to grind them into powder. It's important to know that the grind size directly determines the flow rate during brewing and affects the strength of the coffee flavor, making this step particularly crucial.

Generally speaking, when we use light to medium roast coffee beans, the flavor descriptions are mostly floral, fruity, honey, tea-like, etc. At this time, they should be ground into fine sugar particles, with a sieve rate of 80% using China's No. 20 standard sieve, corresponding to setting 10 on the electric grinder EK43s, or setting 20 on the hand grinder C40.

When you purchase medium-dark roast coffee beans, the flavor descriptions usually include nuts, caramel, dark chocolate, cocoa, wine notes, etc. In this case, you need medium-coarse grind, with a sieve rate of 75% using China's No. 20 standard sieve, corresponding to setting 10.5 on the EK43s, or setting 24 on the hand grinder C40.

However, if you're using espresso blend beans, or you can see that the coffee beans are obviously oily when opening the package, this indicates a deep roast with a predominantly bitter taste. In this case, we need to use a coarser grind to prevent over-extraction, with a sieve rate of 70% using China's No. 20 standard sieve, corresponding to setting 11 on the EK43s, or setting 28 on the hand grinder C40.

FrontStreet Coffee has chosen the Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Red Cherry coffee beans, which are popular among many customers. The exquisite natural processing allows Yirgacheffe Red Cherry to show rich berry sweetness and acidity. When tasted at different temperatures, it reveals soft berry sweetness and acidity, mature fruit fermentation sensation, obvious honey sweetness, and black tea aftertaste, with a smooth mouthfeel. FrontStreet Coffee typically uses a fine sugar particle grind for brewing, corresponding to setting 10 on the EK.

Step 2: Filling the Filter Bags

Place the ground coffee powder on the prepared digital scale, then take out a drip bag and open it into a square shape. Using 10g of powder per bag, carefully scoop the coffee in with a spoon.

Step 3: Sealing the Bags

Plug in the sealer, clamp the heater onto the horizontal sealing line, and ensure the opening is completely sealed. The homemade drip coffee bag is now complete (be careful not to set the temperature too high when sealing, as it can burn through the non-woven fabric).

Storage Recommendations

To prevent moisture absorption, FrontStreet Coffee suggests that you can place the finished drip coffee bags in airtight bags that can isolate air and store them in a cool, dark place to avoid the loss of aromatic compounds.

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