Speaking of Asian coffee beans, there is nothing better than the familiar Indonesian Mandheling coffee from Front Street. It is the most representative Asian bean and was once known as the richest coffee in the world. For those who don’t like sour coffee, you can try this Front Street Mandheling coffee. Mandheling coffee has a strong taste, mostly with herbal and dark chocolate flavors. Front Street believes that people who like this Front Street Mandheling coffee will love it and will order it every time. People who don't like it will sneer and call it water. Many friends who are new to specialty coffee will be confused by the strong flavor of Mandheling coffee and mistakenly think it is Robusta coffee.
Sumatra Mandheling coffee beans
Sumatra Mandheling coffee is a famous specialty coffee in Indonesia and one of the best-selling Indonesian coffee beans in Front Street ration beans. Indonesia is located in southeastern Asia. Its coffee history can be traced back to 1696. Dutch coffee farmers tried to find a wider coffee planting land. After many explorations, they finally determined the Java Island in Indonesia. After 30 years, Indonesia has laid a sufficient foundation in the coffee market. However, today, the representative of Indonesian coffee is Mandheling produced in Sumatra. This is actually not an unexpected result, because most of the Javanese coffee sold to Europe at the beginning came from Sumatra, and Mandheling came from Sumatra. Therefore, Sumatra can be said to be an important coffee producing area in Indonesia.
So what is Golden Mandheling Coffee?
Front Street Mandheling Coffee is Indonesia’s specialty coffee, and Front Street Golden Mandheling is the best among Indonesia’s specialty coffees. Is that more advanced than Mandheling? Front Street tells you: Golden Mandheling is not a grade, but a registered trademark of the Indonesian Pawani Coffee Company (N.V. Pawani Medan, referred to as PWN). It was founded in 1957 and is engaged in the export business of Indonesian products such as coffee, rubber, cinnamon, cloves and patchouli oil. It is the first company in Indonesia to export coffee from North Sumatra, and the first company to make "Mandheling coffee" famous in Japan.
Since 1977, the company has focused on the export of high-quality coffee beans, Sumatran Arabica Coffee Mandheling Level 1 and Robusta Coffee AP-I Level 2. The main export destinations are Japan, Taiwan, China and the United States, of which exports to Japan and Taiwan account for more than 95%. In Japan and Taiwan, China, "PWN" has become synonymous with "quality assurance". Prestige Coffee publicly owned the "Golden Mandheling" trademark, and the Japanese company had to register another "Gold Top Mandheling" trademark.
PWN Golden MandhelingSince it is a high-quality coffee, the price will naturally be more expensive than ordinary Mandheling. In order to sell their Mandheling coffee beans at a good price, some merchants label them "Golden Mandheling"It is sold without indicating whether it is from PWN Company. The Front Street Gold Mandheling coffee beans currently sold by FrontStreet Coffee are golden Mandheling coffee beans from PWN Company. PWN Golden Mandheling coffee beans are hand-selected at least three times after harvesting and drying to ensure that the coffee beans are above 18 in size and have less than 3 defective beans (300g green bean sample), belonging to the highest grade G1. Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling coffee beans are dark green in color and are flat beans with a neat shape.
Golden MandhelingCoffee varieties
FrontStreet Coffee's new season golden mandheling is produced in GAYO Mountain in Aceh, North Sumatra. The variety is Ateng, which is a cross between Arabica and Robusta and is widely grown in Sumatra and other small Indonesian islands. Ateng is actually the local name for Catimor coffee. In 1959, the Portuguese moved the Brazilian Bourbon mutant Catura to East Timor and mixed it with Tim with Robusta ancestry. It has super high disease resistance and is three times the production capacity of Typica. During the leaf rust crisis, the Indonesian government not only introduced Robusta (its flavor is far different from Arabica), but also introduced Tim to East Timor, intending to replace Typica. After subsequent investigations by experts, it was discovered that a batch of Tim seeds introduced by the Indonesian government in 1980 were mixed with some Katim seeds. These seeds were planted in Aceh in northern Sumatra, and the first area where Katim was discovered in Indonesia was central Aceh, so the locals also called Katim Ateng, which is taken from Aceh. Tengah (Central Aceh).
Mount Acehgayo is at the northernmost tip of Sumatra. The coffee cultivation in Mount Gayoo is mainly around the town of Takegon and the hillside land next to Lake Tawa. The average height in the production area is between 1100 and 1600 meters. The quality of its coffee has always been excellent. However, due to the previous political instability, the coffee in this area was difficult to export. In recent years, the situation has been peaceful, and coffee planting in Aceh has also been developed, and the quality is better than that in Lindong.
Front Street PWN Gold MandhelingThe requirements for quality are even stricter. First, the size of the coffee beans must be 19 mesh, and the particles must be full and even. Next, they have to go through one machine selection and three manual hand selections to ensure the defect rate of the green beans. There is no doubt that this is a sign of trust in the quality of the coffee produced in the Aceh Gayyu Mountain region.
Golden Mandheling coffee processing method:
Front Street Mandheling CoffeeThe unique flavor is fundamentally related to the processing method. Due to Indonesia's sultry climate and lack of water sources all year round, Indonesian coffee farmers developed a method to better dry coffee beans while saving water - the wet planing method, also known as the wet hulling method. This is also the standard processing method for Mandheling coffee beans. The wet planing method is characterized by staged and rapid drying and the removal of parchment paper for drying. Teacher Han Huaizong described it as "this is also a rare processing method in the world. It was created by accident."Mandheling Special Low Acid, thick and sultry flavor. AndFront Street PWN Golden Mandheling CoffeeIt is also a wet soaking method.
Front Street ThinksFront Street PWN Gold MandhelingAs a unique specialty coffee in Indonesia, each bean of the carefully selected Front Street Golden Mandheling is full-bodied and has a strong aroma. The taste is richer, rounder and mellower than ordinary Mandheling. It will have a slightly sweet taste at the end after drinking!Front Street Golden MandhelingIt can be said that it has an unbeatable title in direct coffee.
So how do you hand brew the Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee beans?
There are light roasted and dark roasted coffee beans, and the notes on hand brewing are also different.Front Street Gold Mandheling Coffee BeansFor dark roasted beans, the water temperature should not be too high, so use a Kono cup. The water temperature is low because we don’t want to extract too many impurities. When FrontStreet Coffee chooses dark roasting, too many aromatic substances have been released. If you continue to use light roasting water temperature for extraction, it will lead to over-extraction. The reason why FrontStreet Coffee chose the Kono filter cup is because the flow rate of the V60 filter cup is too fast and under low water temperature conditions, it is easy to under-extract. The Kono filter cup has few ribs and is located at the low end. The filter paper is close to the filter cup, which can limit the air flow, increase the contact time between water and coffee powder, allow the coffee powder to be fully extracted, and enhance the mellow taste.
Parameters of Front Street Brewing Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling Coffee:
Water temperature: 88°C, powder amount: 15 grams, powder to water ratio: 1:15, grinding degree: medium to fine grinding (pass rate of No. 20 sieve 70%).
Using segmented extraction, use 2 times the amount of coffee powder for steaming, that is, 30 grams of water is steamed for 30 seconds. The reason why the steaming process is required is to allow the coffee powder to discharge the internal carbon dioxide gas, thereby making the subsequent extraction more stable. Use a small flow of water in a circle to inject water in stages until 125 grams is reached. Continue to inject water until 225 grams and stop. When the water in the filter cup has finished dripping, remove the filter cup. Start timing from the water injection. The extraction time is 2'00'. Next, pick up the entire cup of coffee, shake it evenly, and then pour it into the cup to taste.
【Front StreetPWN Gold Mandheling Coffee Bean Flavor】: The overall level of coffee is varied, mellow and clean, with rich nutty and caramel aromas, with a hint of chocolate, a long-lasting aftertaste, and a high sense of balance.
FrontStreet Coffee Brewing Suggestions
For coffee brewing, Front Street recommends using freshly roasted coffee beans to maximize the rich flavor of the coffee. The coffee beans shipped by FrontStreet Coffee are all roasted within 5 days, because FrontStreet knows that the freshness of coffee beans has a great impact on the flavor. The purpose of Front Street Roasting is "freshly roasted and good coffee", so that every customer who orders receives the freshest coffee. The bean-growing period of coffee is about 4-7 days, so the flavor is at its best when customers get it.
Of course, there are also some customers who need Front Street’s help in grinding the powder, which is okay, but Front Street needs to remind you: if the coffee beans are ground in advance, there is no need to raise the beans, because during the transportation process, the pressure generated by the carbon dioxide in the packaging can also make the coffee flavor mellower, so you can make a cup of coffee immediately after receiving the coffee powder. But the coffee powder needs to be brewed in time, because the coffee powder oxidizes quickly when exposed to air, which means that the flavor of the coffee will dissipate relatively quickly, and the flavor of the coffee will not be so good. Therefore, Front Street recommends buying whole beans and grinding them freshly, so that you can better taste the flavor of the coffee.
The Front Street PWN Gold Mandheling in the Front Street store has always been the most popular! The Front Street Indonesian Lindong Mandheling coffee in the Front Street Ration Beans series is also an affordable and best-selling item! In addition to Indonesian coffee beans, there are also dozens of single-origin beans from different producing areas in South America and Africa. Welcome to come and experience it!
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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
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
