Front Street Golden Mandheling tastes of herbs, cinnamon spices, dark chocolate, nuts, and the sweetness of caramel. It is creamy and smooth, with a long-lasting finish and a good sense of balance. From high temperature to low temperature, the overall level is changeable, mellow and rich, and the taste is quite clean.As the largest coffee-producing area in Asia, Indonesia relies on a mellow coffeeMandheling coffeeWell-known throughout the coffee circle. Today, Front Street Coffee takes everyone to learn about this pure and fragrant Indonesian coffee.
Mandhelingorigin of name
Unlike many other coffees,Mandheling coffeeThe name is related to a long-standing story, mainly derived from the mispronunciation of a local ethnic group in Indonesia.
During World War II, when a Japanese soldier was drinking coffee in a shop in central Indonesia, he asked the boss what kind of coffee he was drinking. The boss thought he was asking where he was from, so he answered "Mandailing". After returning home after the war, the Japanese soldier remembered that the special-tasting coffee of that time was called "Mandheling." In 1968, Nomura Trading Company in Osaka, Japan, visited the Indonesian N.V. Pawani Medan Company and imported 15,000 kilograms of Sumatra Mandheling coffee. It became very popular after being put on the Japanese market. From then on,Mandheling coffeeand Pwanee Coffee Company’s reputation grew.
Wet planing createsMandheling coffeeunique flavor
Mandheling coffee comes from Sumatra Island in Indonesia, the largest coffee producing country in Asia. Sumatra Island is located near the equator. It is hot and rainy all year round, and there are frequent typhoons. Therefore, it is impossible to widely use the African sun-drying method and the water-washing method in Central and South America to process green coffee beans. In order to adapt to the hot and humid environment, it is necessary to shorten the fermentation time and drying time of green beans. Producers also hope to reduce various cost inputs, so the locals summed up a "semi-water washing" processing method.
The skin of the coffee cherries is removed, fermented briefly for a few hours, and then dried in the sun. When the moisture content of the shelled beans is 30 to 50%, the shelled beans are still semi-dry at this time. Local people will use a special shelling machine to peel off the still hard parchment skin using friction. Finally, the shelled beans will be dried to reach the moisture content standard, packaged and stored for quality inspection.
Since each step is completed in a humidity environment of 70 to 90%, and the parchment skin has been removed before the final drying step, the "bare" green beans can easily absorb moisture in the air, so the Mandheling coffee produced has a calmer flavor of wood, herbs, and spices. Front Street believes that this is the unique flavor of Sumatra Mandheling coffee, so it has also added Mandheling from the Lindong production area to Front Street’s cost-effective ration bean series, so that everyone can try the stuffy taste of Mandheling.
Top quality Mandheling coffee - pwn golden Mandheling coffee
Speaking of the most famous coffee brand in Indonesia, the first thing that comes to mind in Front Street is the Golden Mandheling coffee produced by Pwani Coffee Company.
Pwani Coffee Company (PWN) is a well-known green bean purchaser in Indonesia. It mainly purchases high-quality Mandheling coffee green beans. Golden Mandheling coffee is their signature product, and they have registered the English trademark of Golden Mandheling coffee and become the exclusive supplier of Huangman. Therefore, PWN is the only company to buy authentic golden Mandheling coffee. When Front Street purchased green Mandheling coffee beans from PWN Company, the sacks in which the green beans were packaged had a clear PWN Company logo and a certification certificate provided by PWN Company. Both of these "logos" are displayed at the Dongshankou store on Qian Street.
PWN Company uses one machine selection + three manual hand selections for the wet-planed Mandheling green beans to ensure that the batches produced reach the highest grade of G1 in Indonesia. The machine selection will use an 18-mesh screen to first screen out the beans with specifications above 18 mesh, and then use multiple hand selections to eliminate irregular and defective beans. The reduction of the defect rate greatly improves the quality of Mandheling coffee. Front Street conducted a cupping comparison between regular Mandheling coffee and golden Mandheling coffee and found that the spices and dark chocolate flavors of golden Mandheling coffee were clearer, reducing many bad flavors, and the overall cleanliness was very high.
Front Street believes that the biggest characteristics of Mandheling coffee are its high body and unique herbal spice aroma, so Front Street uses medium-dark roasting to prevent all the aroma of the coffee from caramelizing. Freshly roasted Mandheling coffee needs 7 to 10 days to exhaust and grow the beans before it enters the best tasting period of the coffee. Front Street hopes that every customer who places an order can drink the full aroma of coffee. We will only ship freshly roasted coffee beans within 5 days, so that everyone can enjoy the full appreciation period of the coffee when they receive it.
How to adjust the parameters of Pour over(V60) Golden Mandheling coffee?
A good cup of Pour over(V60) coffee requires adjusting various brewing parameters to the appropriate range, mainly including powder-to-water ratio, water temperature, grinding thickness, and smooth water injection.
Powder to water ratio: A cup of coffee produced by Front Street usually uses 15 grams of coffee powder. According to the powder to water ratio of 1:15, about 200 grams of coffee liquid is extracted for 1 to 2 people.
Water temperature: The main component of a cup of coffee is water. Using the right water temperature can release the aromatic substances in the coffee, so water is very important. If the water temperature is too hot, the extraction rate will be very high, and the golden Mandheling coffee with a darker roasting degree will easily extract bitter and astringent macromolecules. Front Street will use water temperature of 87 to 88°C for extraction.
Grinding scale: Since medium roasted coffee beans will swell and have a loose texture, the ground powder absorbs more water and accelerates the release of various substances. In order to avoid over-extraction, Front Street will adjust the coffee grinding to a coarser grind to reduce the release of the bitter coffee molecules during extraction. Choose medium thickness here and sieve it with Chinese standard No. 20 sieve. The pass rate is 70%. The EK-43s grinding scale of the Front Street store is 11.
Filter cup: Use different filter cups to extract coffee. The characteristics of the filter cup can make the coffee flavor in the cup present a better taste. The upper part of KONO has a smooth curved surface, which allows the filter paper to fit more closely, limiting the upward airflow. Hot water can only flow downward, forming a siphon extraction effect, allowing the aroma substances of the coffee powder to be released more fully, thus improving the body of the coffee. Front Street will use KONO filter cups to brew Golden Mandheling Coffee, Brazil's Queen's Manor Coffee, Papua Bird of Paradise Coffee, etc.
Three-stage water injection: Wet the filter cup first, which also helps the filter paper and the edge to fit tightly. Use 30g of water to steam for 30 seconds. The first stage is filled with small water flow in a circle until the water is cut off at 125g. When the liquid level drops to about to expose the powder layer, continue the second stage of water injection. The water is injected to 225g to end the extraction. The total extraction time (including steaming) is 2'00.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
