Coffee in bags for brewing in a cup. What is the best ground coffee for brewing in a cup? How it works

The rhythm of modern life often does not allow us to spend time on the comfort and small pleasures that we love so much. On weekdays, and sometimes even on weekends, many of us simply do not have time to brew coffee according to all the rules: grind the beans, tinker with the Turk, monitor when the drink is ready.

At the same time, not everyone is satisfied with the taste and quality of regular instant coffee, especially in the packaged, portioned version. Don’t you want the drink to be natural, strong and aromatic, so that it really invigorates and energizes you for many hours to come?

DRIP packages were created specifically for these purposes. This unique product is developed on the basis of the latest packaging technologies and gives all natural coffee connoisseurs the opportunity to enjoy the taste and aroma of a pure product anywhere and at any time. Essentially, this is a cup of “live” coffee in a convenient package for making it yourself. And at the same time, no fuss with grains and Turk: the brewing process takes literally a few minutes. Drip packs save your time in the morning, during breaks at work, and in the evening after dinner.

History of the creation of drip packages

Coffee in brewing drip bags is confidently winning the title of the most fashionable and popular modern drink. Its main advantage is that this technology completely preserves the taste and energy characteristics of natural coffee, and at the same time you can prepare the drink in a couple of minutes.

The name of the package Drip translated from English means “drop” or “drip”. The technology allows you to brew natural coffee as quickly as all known tea bags. The taste of this drink is incomparable to its instant counterparts - it is much richer and extremely natural.

Drip packaging first appeared in the late 90s in Japan. In this country, drip technology has gained popularity in a matter of years. The Japanese turned the process of brewing coffee bags into a traditional ceremony, but in Europe they were able to truly appreciate all the advantages of drip bags only a few years ago.

Today, the number of drip sachets produced worldwide is in the billions. More and more people are recognizing the convenience, quality and other advantages of this brewing method.

Pros of drip packages

1. The product is a portion of natural coffee, packaged in a special filter bag. When brewing, water gradually, drop by drop, flows from the coffee bag into the cup, as, in fact, it happens in a regular coffee maker.

2. Despite its availability, the technology has a whole list of advantages:

no special devices or equipment are required for brewing coffee;

individual packaging is sealed and completely preserves the properties of the drink;

Only natural ground coffee with the appropriate taste and aroma characteristics is used for brewing;

speed and accessibility of the brewing process;

The bags are easy and simple to take with you to work, on a trip, or on a hike;

convenient control of the number of cups drunk.

To enjoy real coffee, you no longer need Turks, coffee grinders and fire - just a cup and boiled water is enough.

I came across this coffee in a supermarket and was very intrigued by the shape of the “bags”. I thought about it for a long time, but I read the reviews and finally decided to try it. I took one packet to try.

Inside the bag is an interesting filter cup. I still don’t understand what kind of coffee is inside the cup.

Making coffee is very simple:

Open the individual packaging of the coffee bag;

Remove the top of the cup along the tear line;

Straighten the filter cup;

We place the resulting bug on a cup or glass;

Carefully pour boiling water over.

There is no need to rush to prepare coffee; you need to take into account that the water needs to pass through the ground coffee and the strainer.

I brewed myself 2/3 cup.

And right away I have a question: how do you drink it?

There were so many flattering reviews about this coffee, but in fact it turned out to be practically odorless, its taste is very harsh, but at the same time there is no richness, like strong brewed coffee. It looks like some kind of coffee extract diluted with water.

My impressions are disappointment. I couldn’t even finish what I brewed.

Bottom line for me: if the ground coffee is either brewed or steamed. For coffee in bags, there is instant coffee from Neskafe and Petrovskaya Sloboda. At the moment, the desire to experiment with coffee has disappeared.

We see that tea shop buyers, even regular customers, are slowly starting to move to supermarkets. What can we say about those who come to us simply from traffic. People are starting to save.

Are you already seeing this trend in yourself?

How many tea shops in your city have closed over the past year?

So what should we, dummies, do in this situation?

Reduce prices? No, not an option. Anyway, we won’t be able to win at the price of Pyaterochka or Magnit.

Therefore, Tea Artel recommends work with assortment tea shop, and first of all, look for products that will help attract new buyers, at the same time they will provide the opportunity to maintain their trading margins at the usual level.

What should you pay attention to first of all? Tea, coffee, dishes, companion?

As practice shows, the most “underdeveloped” assortment group in a tea store is coffee. In addition, coffee is much less susceptible to seasonal fluctuations in demand than tea.

So what is it about coffee that interests us most?

We have grain – both plantation and aromatics. There is also ground coffee. Add more? Will this add to the turnover?

And we already have instant coffee too. Should I add a couple more brands? Again, how much will such an increase in the range of “solvents” help? Wouldn't it just be "stacking money on shelves"?

For us at Tea Artel, the answer is obvious: portioned coffee.

For comparison: according to statistics, the share of sales of bagged tea in kilograms is 54%, and in money – 69%.

Why don't we take figures for coffee sales, but look at tea? Yes, because, whatever one may say, more tea is sold, and the offer for portioned tea is incomparably higher than the offer for portioned coffee. And we are sure that if a proportional number of types of single-serve coffee were offered on the market, the picture would be the same.

The next question is what exactly should you trade?

The first thing that comes to mind is pods and capsules. But here, alas, there are no prospects. To prepare this coffee, you first need to buy the appropriate coffee machine, and in most cases they also buy coffee to go with it. Well, or in online stores. We do not know of a single tea store that successfully sells this product.

Next thought: instant single-serve coffee. For example, Nescafe, Carte Noir, Jacobs, or in general - 3 in 1 McCoffee. But that's all - the assortment of supermarkets. And if you’re going to sell this, you simply won’t be able to make a markup of more than 30-35%.

Just try find the same product, but little-known manufacturers will not be able to make more money.

So we need to find something unique, fundamentally new!

And before we answer what it could be, let us remind you of an important fact:

No matter what, the share of natural coffee in sales on the Russian market - both ground and beans - is constantly growing, displacing instant, and, first of all, powdered coffee.

It remains to summarize what was said earlier.

So we are looking for:

coffee (largest unused reserve),
natural (its sales are growing),
portioned (general trend for hot drinks),
not pods or cassulas (we do not sell equipment for making such coffee),
not from the supermarket range (there is no possibility for the usual markup).

Conclusion: we need coffee in drip bags.

What is coffee in a drip pack?

This is a cup of natural coffee in individual packaging for quickly preparing a quality drink.

Today, about 2 billion servings of coffee in drip bags are sold in the world.

This is a gigantic figure, especially when you consider that, although drip brewing has been known for more than 100 years, the first individual drip bag of coffee was produced in Japan using FUSO equipment in the late 80s, and the product went outside the country only in 2005.

For example, in England, coffee in drip bags first appeared only in 2010, and in the first year more than 2 million servings were sold.

Nowadays, the drip pack has become the “gold standard” of individually prepared packaged coffee.

By the way, another significant fact is that the first pyramid of tea was also produced using FUSO equipment, and today the pyramid confidently displaces all other types of bagged tea.

Machine for packing coffee into drip bags FUSO FPG-T1 (Japan).

So what coffee in drip bags is most suitable for us “dummies” from a commercial point of view?

Of course, we need maximum quality at the lowest price. There's nothing new here.

It would be logical to assume that since the Japanese came up with this technology, then the Japanese product is the best. Moreover, the Japanese are now the most advanced coffee gourmets in the world: it’s not for nothing that 90% of the Jamaica Blue Mountain harvest goes to Japan.

Nevertheless, Tea Artel made its choice in favor of the Russian manufacturer, and here's why:

Coffee roasted and ground two weeks ago is certainly better than coffee produced six months ago. After all, from the moment the coffee drip pack was produced in Japan to the moment it appears on our shelf, exactly that much time will pass, if not more.

The cheapest method of transportation is sea. But it is also the longest.

The cost of Russian-made coffee is significantly lower (there is not only a difference in staff salaries, but also the cost of transportation, and protective customs duties on finished products). This means that we, “dummies,” can earn more on Russian products.

The cost of one serving of coffee in a drip package in the online store on Aliexpress.

And most importantly. The production of coffee in drip bags is a 100% automated process. And who is the operator of the FUSO machine - Yamamoto-san or Ivan Ivanovich - is no longer important. In addition, we have our own samurai.

Tea Artel buys coffee in drip bags from (available in ours): experienced roasters (tested over the years from our own experience), FUSO equipment and impeccable service from managers - these are the arguments in their favor.

And finally, a few words on sales of coffee in drip bags in our stores.

We displayed coffee in two versions - on a shelf with packaging in packs of 10 pieces. (3 types, 298 rubles per pack), and individually in the checkout area (goods “for change” - offered to all customers without exception, 2 types, 35 rubles per pack). We sell 10-12 packs a month from the shelves, 3-4 bags a day leave the checkout area. In total, coffee in drip bags gives us about 7,000 rubles a month. revenue, or almost 4,000 rubles. clean.

Yes, and one more important point. Our customers really enjoy shopping in an advanced tea store, where they are always offered something new, interesting and unusual.

Better to see once than hear a hundred times.

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There are many ways to brew ground coffee. Some of them are complex procedures, with strict adherence to certain rules, while others are quite simple and quick. The latter options include the rather popular method of brewing coffee in a cup.

Interestingly, brewing ground coffee in a cup has many variations. But before considering them, it is worth knowing the general rules for this method.

Any method of preparing a coffee drink to make it tasty and aromatic requires that the product must be of high quality. Even the most original method of preparing a drink will not save you if you use low-quality coffee beans. The best storage option for roasted coffee beans should be one to five weeks. After five weeks of storage, the grains lose some of their qualities, which in turn affects the quality of the prepared drink.
To brew in a cup, you need to take coarsely ground coffee powder. It imparts both taste and aroma characteristics into the drink more effectively.
The cup must be warmed up before preparing the drink. Pour hot water into it and hold for 1-2 minutes.
It is better if the beans are ground in a coffee shop, right at the time of purchase. Well, ideally, connoisseurs of a real coffee drink grind the beans in their own coffee grinder.
The water that is poured into a cup with ground grain should be 90-92 C. Boiled water does not give the full flavor and aromatic bouquet.
For brewing, clean filtered water or non-carbonated mineral water is suitable.

Now let’s get acquainted with how coffee is brewed in a cup, according to national traditions.

How to brew coffee in a cup in Brazilian style

When brewing coffee in Brazilian style, there is always a professional approach, even if the drink is prepared at home. To prepare the ground powder, medium-light roasted grains are used, no older than two months in terms of shelf life. The grinding of the beans is medium. The water used to prepare the drink is purified, filtered, and heated to 92 degrees C.

Take 9 g of ground grains per 100 ml of water. The powder from them is placed in a ceramic or glass cup. Water is poured in in a thin stream so that all particles are moistened. The extraction continues for 4 minutes, after which the unsettled grounds are removed from the surface and the drink is ready for use.

Coffee in a cup Warsaw style

The peculiarity of Warsaw-style coffee brewed in a cup is that it is drunk along with the grounds. Not everyone likes this. But lovers of a strong drink will be able to appreciate it, as it turns out invigorating and has a pleasant taste.

To prepare this option, fine grinding of the grains is used, so the sediment does not completely settle.

For 6 g of finely ground coffee beans, take 100 ml of hot water. The extraction takes 2 minutes, since longer infusion times produce a very bitter drink (due to the fine grinding). For better extraction, the cup should be covered with a saucer.

Coffee in a cup Cuban style

There are many options for making Cuban coffee. But all the recipes have in common that the drink turns out to be very strong and sweet. Cubans only drink very hot coffee and add rum to it.

Cuban coffee is different from all varieties obtained outside the island. Coffee trees grown in Cuba produce beans that differ in taste and other characteristics from varieties in other regions of the world. They are very dense, with a high caffeine content. Therefore, the coffee drink made from Cuban beans is very bitter and strong.

For 200 g of water, take 20 g of cane sugar and 13 g of ground coffee. The mixture is poured with hot water, stirred, and a few drops of rum are added. Cuban machos, along with coffee, smoke an indispensable Havana cigar.

Coffee bags for brewing in a cup

The coffee market provides natural ground coffee in individual bags for quick brewing. This innovation has become very popular among office workers. And at home, this method of making coffee has found its fans. Is bagged coffee good, what are the pros and cons of this method of preparing natural coffee?

Fine ground coffee in a portioned bag. It brews quickly, settles and is ready for use. But since the grind is very fine, the drink contains a lot of coffee suspension. It turns out that you have to drink along with the grounds.
Portioned coffee in filter bags is similar to tea, only in larger bags. They are brewed in a cup, left for 2-3 minutes, and then removed.
Coffee in drip bags. In such bags, a portion of ground coffee is brewed in a special drip bag, which is attached to the cup using paper handles. After securing the bag to the cup, hot water is slowly poured into it and left for 1-2 minutes for extraction. The bag is then removed and disposed of. A natural coffee drink without grounds remains in the cup.

Types of coffee bags

Natural ground coffee in bags can be of different varieties, but most often it is a mixture of different varieties of Arabica and Robusta. The more Robusta variety in the mixture, the stronger the coffee drink will be. If the type of coffee is not indicated on the packaging, then this mixture is made from low-grade beans.

Benefits of coffee in bags

Cooking in bags takes minimal time.
They are easy to use.
There is no coffee residue in the cup.
Coffee bags are generally of good quality.
You can take them with you on the road.

The disadvantages of packaged natural coffee are its high cost and small range.

In recent years, the coffee culture in the country has tended to increase the consumption of natural, high-quality drink. And although the share of consumption of granulated and instant coffee is still large, there is still a significant increase in the consumption of natural products. The most popular type of coffee beans is Arabica. In second place are the Robusta varieties. There is another variety - Liberica, but it is less popular due to its less pronounced taste and aroma characteristics. The brewing methods and variety of coffee drinks are amazing. After all, almost every nation has its own ways of brewing coffee. This article looked at ways to brew ground coffee in a cup. Which one is best for you? This can be solved experimentally. Try it!