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FrontStreet Coffee’s bean menu has always retained its classic coffee beans.MandhelingCoffee is one of them. Coffee beans, which are famous for their wet brewing method, appearMandhelingGreen coffee beans are a beautiful dark green color. The roasted coffee beans have a mellow and rich flavor, bitter and strong aroma, and are the single-origin drinking coffee for most coffee lovers.
In fact, every time FrontStreet Coffee mentionsMandheling coffee beans, everyone will talk about its interesting story about the name of coffee beans. Some people may think that Mandheling is the variety of coffee. In fact, this is not the case. The word Mandheling is, simply speaking, the transliteration of a famous ethnic group in Indonesia.
And putMandhelingThe origin of coffee is Japanese, which is related to the story of the origin of the name. According to relevant information, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) learned that the cause of the matter was this. During World War II, Japan occupied Indonesia. One of the Japanese soldiers drank extremely delicious coffee in a local coffee shop. He immediately asked the shop owner the name of the cup of coffee. However, due to the language barrier, the shop owner mistakenly thought that he was asking: "Where are you from?", so he answered: "Mandheling".
After the end of World War II, the Japanese soldier recalled the "Mandheling" he drank in Indonesia and asked an Indonesian broker to transport fifteen tons of it for him.Mandheling coffee beansAfter arriving in Japan, it was very popular in the Japanese coffee market, so the name Mandheling has been passed down to this day.
Speaking ofMandhelingThe origin of the name of coffee must be mentioned from the ration beans of FrontStreet Coffee. Among the seven kinds of ration beans, there are yega from Ethiopia, vivitonan from Guatemala, cymbidium from Brazil, Colombia, tara beads from Costa Rica, Xiaoli from Yunnan, and finally Mandheling from Indonesia. FrontStreet Coffee's ration beans are the first choice for entry-level coffee lovers. They are affordable and have obvious flavor characteristics from major production areas, helping drinkers to quickly select coffee that suits their taste.Mandheling coffee characteristicsThe flavor is very rich, fragrant, bitter, and mellow, with a little sweetness and a little sourness. If you like such strong and mellow coffee, Front Street is your first choice.Mandheling。
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. The main producing areas of Indonesian coffee are Java Island, Sulawesi Island and Sumatra Island, 90% of which are Robusta species. However, today, the representative of Indonesian coffee is produced in Sumatra.Mandheling, this is actually an unsurprising result, because most of the Javanese coffee sold to Europe at the beginning came from Sumatra, and Front Street Mandheling came from Sumatra. Therefore, Sumatra can be said to be an important coffee producing area in Indonesia.
Mandheling coffee beans: The particles are larger and the beans are harder. Defects are prone to occur during the planting process. They usually undergo strict manual selection after harvesting. If the control process is not strict enough, it is easy to cause uneven quality. In addition, different roasting levels will also directly affect the taste, so it has become a controversial item.MandhelingThe taste is strong, with rich body and fragrant and lively dynamics. It is neither astringent nor sour, and the body and bitterness can be fully revealed.Mandheling coffee beansThe appearance of Sumatran coffee beans can be said to be the ugliest, but coffee fans say that the uglier the Sumatran coffee beans, the better, mellower, and smoother the taste.
To say something good-lookingMandhelingCoffee, FrontStreet Coffee contains Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee beans. Its beans are thick, full and well-proportioned, with almost no defects. Why is it different from ordinary beans?MandhelingIts beans are so good, let’s talk about PWN. PWN is actually the abbreviation of a company, Pwani Coffee Company. This company is a very famous local coffee purchasing company in Indonesia. It mainly purchasesMandhelingFor coffee, almost all the best producing areas in Indonesia have been acquired by it, so most of the beans produced by PWN are also unique and high-quality. And Qian StreetGolden MandhelingThis is the product produced by this company. After the raw beans are purchased, they go through multiple manual selections to select plump and flawless beans. Only these beans that have been screened like a draft can be classified as golden Mandheling.
Currently Front StreetGolden MandhelingThe place of origin is Mount Gayoo in Aceh. Basically, the current high-quality Mandheling comes from this production area. And for Front StreetGolden Mandheling, the biggest features are large particles, few defects, and good appearance. To achieve this, Pawani adopts one machine selection and three manual selections, which greatly ensures the front street quality.Golden MandhelingThe quality, of course, is higher than other Mandhelings.
FrontStreet Coffee brews Front StreetGolden MandhelingThe parameters are basically the brewing parameters of medium-dark roasted coffee beans: Kono filter cup, 1:15 powder to water ratio, 15 grams of powder, 88°C water temperature, grinding degree (No. 20 standard screen pass rate 70-75%)
The front street adopts segmented extraction. Use 30 grams of water to steam for 30 seconds. When the water level reaches 125 grams, continue to pour water until the powder bed is exposed. When the water level drops, continue to pour water to 225 grams. Stop pouring water when the water level drops. Remove the filter cup when the powder bed is exposed. (Start timing when steaming) The extraction time of the V60 filter cup is 2'00', and the extraction time of the Kono filter cup is slightly longer, 2'10'.
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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
