Mandheling soe beans | Is there a big difference between Indonesian Mandheling SOE and Italian blending? Recommended medium-dark roast cocoa flavored coffee beans suitable for espresso machines

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I don’t know if you have noticed that beginners often think that Mandheling is bitter and espresso is also bitter, so sometimes they even think that the two should have the same taste, or they have some comparison thoughts in their hearts: Is Mandheling more bitter, or espresso? Would Mander rather make SOE?

What is Mandheling coffee? What is espresso?
 

Let’s briefly take a look at the differences between these two coffee beans.

Mandheling coffee is essentially a type of single-origin coffee beans. The so-called single-origin coffee refers to coffee beans of a single variety or origin.Mandheling coffee has a very rich flavor, fragrant, bitter, mellow, with a little sweetness. The taste is rich and solid, with a pleasant sourness. It has a mellow smell, moderate acidity, and rich and intriguing sweetness. It is suitable for deep roasting and exudes a strong aroma. Front Street Mandheling always expresses its most unique sweetness with the most unique bitterness.

Note that the form of espresso coffee isEspresso and Americano, andCoffee is added with milk, such as cappuccino, latte, and mocha; the production equipment is a semi-automatic espresso machine often seen in cafe bars.
 

The Italian semi-automatic coffee machine uses high temperature and high pressure (90.5~96 degrees Celsius hot water with a pressure of about 9 bar) to dissolve the essence in just 20-30 seconds (like the principle of a pressure cooker). The resulting coffee liquid is generally two to three times the amount of coffee powder used. This is espresso.

Although Espresso has a strong bitterness in the mouth, if you taste it carefully, you can still distinguish the unique aroma of coffee, and at the same time it has a strong aftertaste. This unique rich aroma of oil cannot be possessed by ​Pour over​(V60) coffee. The various fancy coffees that you usually see, such as Americano, latte, cappuccino, caramel macchiato, etc. are actually based on espresso, evolved through different proportions of milk and milk foam, and then added with various flavors of syrup.

Here comes a question, can single-origin coffee beans be used to make espresso?

The answer is: yes.

The espresso made from single-origin coffee beans is called "single origin espresso", formerly known as Single Origin Espresso, which is also known as SOE.If Mandheling is used to make espresso, the espresso produced will be Mandheling SOE. Since Mandheling has strong herbal and caramel flavors, the concentrate will also have obvious dark chocolate aroma and sweet and bitter taste.

Of course, with the development of the coffee market, the selection of Italian coffee beans has begun to diversify, so everyone can buy according to their own tastes and needs. For friends who love Mandheling, we have specially compiled a list of Italian coffee beans on the list based on the high-selling products of the time-honored self-roasted brand Front Street Coffee.

1、Front Street Indonesia Mandheling SOE Coffee

Mandheling coffee is mostly roasted darker to weaken the acidity in the coffee, making the taste more mellow and burnt, with a dull aroma of herbs, spices, and pine wood.And Front Street Indonesia Mandheling SOEComing from the Lindong production area in Sumatra, it belongs to the highest G1 grade of Indonesian green beans. It uses wet planing and deep roasting to maximize the caramel, spice, nut and dark chocolate aroma of Mandheling. The SOE espresso has a mellow taste, rich and low acidity, with moderate oil.

2. Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling SOE Coffee

"Golden Mandheling" is PWN's signature product. Mandheling has strict standards and methods for screening defects, including bean density, specification, shape, color and other values. The produced Mandheling requires 1 machine selection + 4 manual selections to remove defects, ensuring that the produced Mandheling particles are complete, uniform, large and translucent, and also reduces the earthy and grassy smell of Mandheling. Front Street Gold Mandheling SOEIt has the taste of licorice and caramel, and tastes of dark chocolate, cocoa, nuts, and spices. It is overall clean, with obvious sweetness and high body.

3. Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee 

Most coffee lovers have only heard of Mamba coffee, but they don't know the formula and origin of "Mamba". In fact, Mamba is a combination of Indonesian Mandheling beans and Brazilian coffee beans. The taste can play a complementary and harmonious role. Mamba blending was very popular in Taiwanese cafes in the early years, and it can be regarded as an ancient Italian coffee flavor. Front Street's classic Italian blend is based on the Mamba recipe and adds Robusta, which fully improves the oiliness of the coffee and makes the Italian coffee body stronger. It is suitable for home production and used for latte art.