There are many kinds of coffee, including light roast and dark roast. In addition to different coffee beans, there are also different coffee machines, so there are many things to pay attention to. So today Front Street will tell you how to brew Golden Mandheling coffee by hand. Golden Mandheling coffee is a very popular specialty coffee bean in Front Street!
When introducing how to brew Golden Mandheling coffee, let’s first learn about Golden Mandheling coffee.
There are three major factors that determine the flavor of coffee beans, namely coffee bean production area, variety and processing method. Next, Front Street Coffee will focus on these three points to talk about Golden Mandheling Coffee.
Golden Mandheling Coffee
Mandheling coffee is a typical representative of Indonesian coffee, and golden Mandheling coffee is the preferred boutique among Mandheling coffee. Sumatra is the main producing area of fine Arabica coffee beans in Indonesia. The Mandheling coffee we usually refer to refers to the area near Tobahu in the north-central part of Sumatra Island, with an altitude of 900-1200m, and the area near Aceh in the northernmost part of Sumatra, with an altitude of 900-1600m. Arabica coffee beans. The suitable altitude and tropical rainforest climate keep the average temperature on the island between 25-28°C, the seasons are evenly distributed, and there is no drought period, creating a very good growing environment for coffee trees.
So what is golden Mandheling coffee? Judging from the name, is it a higher-grade coffee than Mandheling coffee?
Golden Mandheling does not represent grade, but is 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".
Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee beans are the signature authentic product from PWN Company. The reason why Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling coffee beans dare to be named "gold" is that it undergoes at least three manual selections and one machine screening based on Indonesia's highest green bean grade G1 to ensure that the specifications of the coffee beans are above 18 mesh and there are less than 3 defective beans (300g green bean sample). The green beans are uniformly dark green in color and neatly flat in shape. The quality is also much higher than the G1 grade of Indonesian green beans.
Sumatra Gold Mandheling Coffee Bean Processing
The unique flavor of Golden Mandheling coffee is closely related to its processing method. Front Street has also said that the processing method of coffee beans is related to the local climate environment. The local weather is often rainy, with constant typhoons, humid and rainy all year round, and the weather conditions required for sunlight cannot be met. Therefore, coffee farmers use the wet soaking method to process coffee beans, and the wet planing method uses water washing. Fermentation is carried out in a semi-humid state, and then when it is in a semi-humid state, the parchment paper is removed by a machine and then dried. The coffee beans will slip into a storage environment with high humidity, thus deriving a unique flavor of herbs, wood, and medicinal materials, giving Golden Mandheling coffee a unique flavor.
Why does Mandheling need a darker roast? What’s so good about dark roasted Mandheling?
In a time when sour coffee had not yet appeared, coffee beans in the world were all dark roasted, which not only conformed to people's impression of coffee flavor, but also highlighted the strong aroma of coffee. It could also present a thicker taste and mellowness, making people drink more "vigorously", and Mandheling was born under this background.
In order to present the best flavor profile of Front Street Golden Mandheling, we use dark roasting to further enhance the richness and caramelized aroma of the coffee, while reducing the acidity, so that the brewed coffee has unique aromas of spices, pine wood and caramel.
Compared with light roasted beans, the difference in flavor changes of dark roasted beans is not big. In other words, its taste levels are relatively less rich, but in exchange it has the advantages of high body and rich flavor.
After roasting, the coffee beans have larger particles and are dark black in color, with a special aroma like cloves, herbs, and sandalwood. They are low in acidity and have a mellow taste.Full-bodied and clean, rich nutty and caramel aroma, with chocolate flavor, long-lasting finish and high balance, it can be drunk as a Pour over(V60) single product, or used to make SOE espresso, or extracted in a Moka pot. Front Street Golden Mandheling will show different taste charms depending on the extraction method.
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
