Among the many single-origin beans, Indonesian Mandheling has won the favor of many coffee gourmets with its mellow coffee flavor. Many people think that mellow coffee must be very bitter. In fact, it is not true. When coffee reaches a certain level of mellowness, it will have a sweet feeling, and the mouth will have a sweetness like sucrose or brown sugar. For example, the Front Street Golden Mandheling on the bean list of FrontStreet Coffee is one of many best-selling items. It costs 30 yuan/cup. This coffee has a rich taste and refreshes many coffee novices’ understanding of mellowness. This article will talk aboutFront Street PWN Gold Mandhelingcoffee.
Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee Bean Producing Area
The Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling purchased by FrontStreet Coffee is produced in Mount Gayoo in Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Aceh Gayo Mountain Production Area: The Gayo Mountains (Gayo) region is located in Aceh Province in the north of Sumatra. Coffee in the Gayo Mountains (Gayo) region is grown on the hillside surrounding the town of Takegon and Tawar Lake. The average planting height in the production area is between 1,110 and 1,600 meters. The coffee is grown by small tenant farmers under shade trees and uses wet peeling processing methods to show a unique flavor and low and lively concentrated flavor. Aceh, in the northernmost tip of Sumatra, is a fascinating and complex place. Due to long-term political instability, Aceh is not a place that ordinary people visit.
Golden Mandheling PWN Company
Golden Mandheling coffee comes from the famous Pawani Coffee Company (Pawani Coffee Company) in the Indonesian coffee industry, referred to as PWN, which is the trademark registration company of Golden Mandheling. PWN Company's Golden Mandheling is purchased from nearby Mandheling coffee beans and subjected to three manual screenings and one machine selection. The golden Mandheling beans selected in this way are very beautiful as a whole. On the other hand, they are also very uniform, so the coffee roasted in this way will appear cleaner.
In fact, many coffee merchants sell large Indonesian beans under the name Golden Mandheling. This is why although the production is very small, this bean can be easily purchased.
Front Street Gold Mandheling Coffee BeansQuality
FrontStreet CoffeeGolden Mandheling Whether it is outside or inside the sack, there will be PWN's logo and certificate. The specifications of Front Street Gold Mandheling are above 18 mesh. The color is dark green and they are flat beans with a neat shape. FrontStreet Coffee discovered through cup testing that the strictly screened Front Street Golden Mandheling not only lacks the earthy smell unique to ordinary Mandheling, but also tastes cleaner and more translucent, with a stronger sweetness.
Golden Mandheling registered trademark
PWN Company has registered the trademark Golden Mandheling, which means that only the Golden Mandheling produced by PWN Company can be regarded as the real "Golden Mandheling". FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling coffee comes from PWN. Front Street Golden Mandheling comes from Mandheling. Front Street Golden Mandheling can be understood as selected Mandheling. This is why FrontStreet Coffee chose to put it on its shelves. FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet) Coffee) cups 300-500 groups of beans every year and selects one-fifth of the beans with the most representative regional flavor. Front Street Golden Mandheling is the representative product of this selection. Front Street believes that this coffee bean well represents the style of Sumatran coffee.
Front Street Gold Mandheling Coffee Varieties
Front Street Golden Mandheling CoffeeThe coffee beans used are Ateng variety. Ateng is a cross between Arabica and Robusta, with several subtypes, widely grown in Sumatra and other small Indonesian islands. To put it bluntly, it is a branch of Catimor, and Ateng is the local name.
Front Street Gold Mandheling Coffee Bean Process
Front Street Gold Mandheling coffee beans are wet planed. Moreover, the local economy is not good, and it is also impossible to use the more expensive method of washing. For various reasons, the wet planing method with local characteristics was derived (the wet planing method is to take the parchment paper and dry it in the sun for 2-3 days during the ordinary washing process, until the moisture content is 20-24%, and then plan out the parchment paper).
The ultra-fast speed of wet planing also results inMandheling coffee beansThere will be a higher defect rate, but the selected Front Street Gold Mandheling avoids this shortcoming very well. The specification of Front Street Golden Mandheling is more than 19 mesh, with less than 3 defective beans (300g raw bean sample). It belongs to the highest grade G1 grade. The color is dark green and it is a neatly shaped flat bean.
FrontStreet Coffee Roasts Front Street Gold Mandheling Coffee Bean Recommendations
Warm it to 200 degrees Celsius and put it into the pot. Turn the damper to 3. After 1 minute, adjust the heat to 160 degrees. Leave the damper unchanged. Bake until 5 minutes and 40 seconds. The temperature is 148 degrees. The surface of the beans turns yellow and the grassy smell completely disappears. Dehydration is complete. Adjust the heat to 140 degrees and adjust the damper to 4. At 9 minutes and 40 seconds, ugly wrinkles appear on the surface of the beans. The creases and black markings, the smell of toast obviously changes to the aroma of coffee, which can be defined as the prelude to the first crack. At this time, you should listen clearly to the sound of the first crack. The first crack will start at 9 minutes and 54 seconds. Turn down the heat to 60 degrees, fully open the damper (be very careful when adjusting the heat, not so low that there is no popping sound), and cook at 204.5 degrees.
Brewed by FrontStreet CoffeeFront Street Golden Mandheling CoffeeBean experience
Brewing parameters: using Kono filter cup
Water temperature: 88℃
Amount of powder: 15g
Powder to water ratio: 1:15 powder to water ratio
Grinding degree: medium to fine grinding (Chinese standard No. 20 screen pass rate 70-75%)
The coffee beans are roasted darker to highlight the richness of the coffee. Front Street will choose Kono filter cups for brewing. The characteristic of the Kono filter cup is that it has a soaking function, which can be used to extract more coffee substances and enhance the mellow taste. Because there are not many ribs and they are located at the low end, the filter paper can be tightly attached to the filter cup to achieve the effect of restricting the air flow, thereby slowing down the water flow speed and increasing the water-powder contact time. Therefore, this filter cup is suitable for brewing medium-dark roasted beans such as Front Street Golden Mandheling and Front Street Jamaica Blue Mountain.
Front Street Coffee Coffee) adopts segmented extraction, also called three-stage brewing: use 30 grams of water to steam for 30 seconds, add water in a small circle to 125 grams, then segment. When the water level drops and the powder bed is exposed, continue to pour water to 225 grams and stop pouring water. When the water level drops and the powder bed is exposed, remove the filter cup. (Steaming starts timing) The extraction time is 2'05"-2'15".
The brewing flavor of Front Street Golden Mandheling: spices, herbs, varied layers, mellow and clean, high balance, rich nutty and brown sugar aroma, with a hint of chocolate, and a long-lasting finish.
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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
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Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
