Faced with the taste of Sumatra coffee, people will be divided into two extremes. Some people like it very much, and some people hate it. Coffee lovers who like acidity will probably not look at the coffee beans from this production area, while coffee lovers who hate acidity will like this production area very much. edifyMandheling coffeeThe main factor of the unique flavor is related to the local post-processing method of green coffee beans.
Due to the frequent rains in Sumatra and the limited local economic conditions, Sumatra's coffee generally adopts a unique semi-washed processing method. "Giling Basah" in the local language is used to describe this semi-washed processing method - wet planing method. The wet planing process gives Sumatra Mandheling coffee a thicker and thicker taste and unique flavor.MandhelingCaffeine is famous for its unique flavor, and wet-planing method is also famous for Mandheling coffee, so Mandheling coffee and wet-planing method have a complementary relationship.
After the coffee cherries are picked, coffee farmers will use machines to remove the peel and pulp of the coffee cherries that day, then place the shelled beans full of mucilage in a pool to ferment overnight. The next day, clean water will be introduced for stirring, and the outer pectin layer will be cleaned as much as possible. Remove the shelled beans and spread them evenly to dry. In a semi-wet and semi-dry state, the shelled beans are bagged and sold to a nearby green coffee bean processing station.
After the green coffee bean processing station acquires these shelled beans, in order to make the drying step faster, the parchment layer will be removed by machine to completely expose the green coffee beans, and then sent for drying. When the moisture content of the green coffee beans drops to about 13%, they can be collected for storage.
The difference between the wet planing method and many post-processing methods of green coffee beans is that the wet planing method will remove the parchment layer before the final drying step. Shelling the shelled beans while they are still semi-dry and semi-wet has great risks. For example, the green coffee beans will be damaged as a result, and the green beans will be exposed to humid air, thus affecting drying.
But precisely because of this processing method, the coffee accidentally takes on the jungle flavor of herbs, spices, and wood, creating an impressive flavor.Mandheling flavor. If you haven’t tried it yet, you must buy Front Street Indonesian Mandheling. The medium-dark roast not only retains the mysterious flavor, but also highlights the flavors of dark chocolate, spices, toast, and nuts in a series of caramelization reactions. It is very suitable for novices who don’t like sourness.
But if you are already an advanced player and want to taste a higher level of premium Mandheling, you must buy Front Street.PWN Gold Mandheling Coffee. You can place an order at the Front Street Tmall flagship store. Different from other conventional Mandhelings, PWN's Golden Mandhelings are machine-screened to select the highest grade G1 coffee beans with beautiful appearance, large particles, and high density. They are then subjected to three manual hand selections and one machine screening to ensure that defective beans are completely eliminated, thereby greatly improving the cleanliness and sweetness of Mandheling coffee.
Front Street.PWN Gold Mandheling
Production area: GAYO Mountain, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
Altitude: 1100 meters - 1600 meters
Variety: Ateng
Grade: G1, 3 hand selections
Processing method: wet planing
Because of the extremely clean flavor of Golden Mandheling, many coffee gourmets cannot put it down. Many coffee novices who have only heard of its name but haven’t tasted it also want to have a look at it. It should be noted that PWN Company has registered "Golden Mandheling" as a trademark, so only the Golden Mandheling produced by PWN Company can be regarded as golden Mandheling in the true sense.
If you want to know whether the golden Mandheling you bought is from PWN, you can ask the merchant to provide the golden Mandheling green bean sack with the PWN mark and the certificate issued by PWN for verification. The store on Qian Street hangs these two certificates.
To present the classic Mandheling taste, first of all, there should be no obvious acidity, and secondly, the taste must be mellow, so the roasting must be medium roast or above. Front Street Indonesian Mandheling and Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling both use medium-dark roasting, with more caramelization aroma. In addition to being used as a Pour over(V60) single-origin black coffee drink, it can also be used to make Moka pot coffee and SOE coffee.
Making a delicious cup of moka pot coffee with Front Street Golden Mandheling is easy, just follow these steps:
First weigh 30g of coffee beans and grind them into powder. You can refer to the picture for the thickness (thicker than espresso powder, but much finer than the sugar particles used for Pour over(V60) coffee.
Fill the lower pot with cold water (hot water is scalding), then place the powder bowl in the lower pot, wrap the bowl with your hands to form a circle, fill the powder bowl with flour until a small hill forms in the middle, and after the surrounding powder fills the gaps in the bowl, directly press the upper pot and tighten it.
Then heat it on an electric ceramic stove (a gas stove will also work). When you hear "Woo-Woo", it means that the coffee liquid starts to spurt out. At this time, just turn off the heat and wait for the coffee liquid to spray up.
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
