Santun and a half is a domestic coffee brand that has emerged in recent years, mainly producing and selling hanging ear coffee, instant coffee and peripheral products, etc., which is very popular with young people. Some time ago, his family also launched a new generation of hanging ear coffee grand slam set, including three products: hanging ear coffee, mug and hand pour-over pot. So, how about three meals of half-ear coffee? How to bubble? What are the best flavors? Is the three-and-a-half-ear coffee slam set worth buying? Next, take a look at the unboxing review of this product.
I'm an old fan of three and a half meals, and I bought his first Grand Slam suit in 2016, and now it's out, so I naturally started it as soon as possible. The old set products are still there, and by the way, I would like to share with you the difference between the old and new generations of sets.
The black packaging above is the first Grand Slam set launched by Santonanda and a half, and the orange below is the most ** for new purchases. The set not only contains hanging ear coffee, but also a mug and hanging ear pour-over pot, which can be filled with hot water and drunk directly.
The original Grand Slam set, which was supposed to be launched in 2015, was purchased in 2016 and cost 119 yuan. The mug in the set is available in a variety of patterns, the astronaut pattern I chose. The appearance design of the black packaging box is very **, even now I still like it, it is very good-looking and high-end.
In the past, three and a half tons seemed to pay attention to this little bird logo, but the new packaging box removed the bird element and directly printed the words "three and a half tons".
When you open the outer box, there are three small boxes inside, each with a delicate waist seal. The waist seal is also printed with a pattern and an English logo, which shows that the design is "sincere".
Inside the three small boxes, there are hanging ear coffee, mug and hanging ear pour-over pot.
There are a total of 8 bags of hanging ear coffee in the set, although I bought this box in 2016, but at that time I bought it mainly for the sake of appearance. Of course, there is also a certain collection significance, when I was not in contact with specialty coffee. So to this day, there are still unopened hanging ear coffee in the set, and there are some sugar packets next to it.
The roast date is April 5, 2016.
The astronaut motif printed on the mug is very interesting. This cup has been with me in the unit for many years, the body is particularly heavy, the heat retention performance is also very good, usually drink water, coffee use it.
The pour-over pot was very small, which was a rarity at the time. The 320ml capacity is just right for the hanging ears, and the 4mm spout can flow out a fine stream of water, making it easy for even novices to get started. However, similar products can be seen everywhere now, and they are also very cheap, ranging from more than ten yuan to more than twenty yuan, which is naturally not unusual.
The bottom of the pot is the earliest three-and-a-half logo.
After talking about the original Grand Slam, let's take a look at the difference between the new Grand Slam set and the previous one. First of all, it is much more expensive than the first generation on **, which cost 219 yuan. The kit comes in bright orange packaging, and as you can tell from the outer box, it contains hanging ear coffee, pour-over pot and ceramic mug, which is considered standard.
When you open the box, you will first see an envelope, which contains an introduction to hanging ear coffee. There are a total of six types of hanging ear coffees this time, including three blended coffees and three single-origin coffees. The blend series are Black Bear (Mandheling + Guatemala), Scoreboard (Brazil + African Beans), BNB (three different Ethiopian beans), and the single product series are Asian (Mandheling), North America (Costa Rica), and Africa (Ethiopia).
When you open the lid, you can see the neatly arranged hanging ear coffee, pot and mug inside, lacking the exquisite ritual sense of individual packaging.
There are six kinds of hanging ear coffee, three packs each, a total of 18 packs, specifically the ones printed in the previous envelope. On the outer bag of hanging ear coffee, information such as the origin, roasting degree, and flavor description of the coffee is also printed.
This time I bought this set, mainly for the pour-over pot in the set. Compared with the first generation of small pots, the ** hand-poured pot has added a lid, the appearance is more handsome, the capacity has increased to 400ml capacity, and it is still a 4mm water outlet, which is quite friendly to white users.
This shape looks a bit like a hand-poured pot at first glance.
The mug has also been reshaped, with a capacity of 270ml.
Put the old and new generations together for a group photo.
Now that it's open, let's try it in a pack. I chose the one with the lightest roast of the Ethiopian hanging ears.
Needless to say, the brewing method of hanging ear coffee is to open the cardboard on both sides and hang it on the edge of the mug like the picture above.
This grind looks good, the grains are relatively uniform, and it smells like the natural citrus flavor of Ethiopian beans.
Then it's hot water, and I'm used to using 92-93 degrees Celsius water. The water flow from the 4mm caliber pour-over pot is fine and steady, and I recall that when I used to use a paper cup to flush the hanging ears on the high-speed train, the water flow would fluctuate with the movement of the train, and the taste of the brewed coffee was also very unstable.
It's okay to drink, but I bought it mainly for collection, after all, I have a bunch of good beans waiting to drink at home. If it is the first time to try hanging ear coffee, there is no pour-over pot at home, you can also start this set, which is fully equipped and has many varieties of coffee, you can try them one by one.