Mandheling coffeeWith its unique aroma of herbs and spices, mellow taste and warm and sweet aftertaste, it has become a representative of many strong and bitter single-origin coffees, which is thought-provoking. Many friends who have never tasted it will be curious about how this unique coffee tastes.
If you have not tasted the taste of Mandheling, it is recommended to start with the entry-level Front Street Indonesian Mandheling G1. It uses a unique wet planing method and deep roasting, with aromas of herbs, wood and pine. It allows you to quickly understand the so-called "classic Mandheling flavor", and also helps us find our favorite coffee taste, and becomes a cost-effective daily ration coffee.
Front Street Indonesian Mandheling Coffee Beans
Origin: Indonesia Sumatra
Treatment method: wet planing
Altitude: 1100~1600m
Variety: Teng TimTim
Flavor: spice, herb, chocolate, caramel, nut
What is Mandheling coffee?
Mandheling coffee is produced on the mysterious island of Sumatra, located in Indonesia, the largest coffee-producing country in Asia. Unlike most coffees, the name of Mandheling coffee is related to a long-standing story, mainly derived from the mispronunciation of a local ethnic group in Indonesia.
During World War II, when a Japanese soldier was drinking coffee in a shop in central Indonesia, he asked the boss what kind of coffee he was drinking. The boss thought he was asking where he was from, so he answered "Mandailing". After returning to Japan after the war, the Japanese soldier remembered that the special-tasting coffee of that time was called "Mandheling". In 1968, Nomura Trading Company in Osaka, Japan visited N.V. Pawani Medan Company in Indonesia and imported 15,000 kilograms of Sumatra.Mandheling coffee, became very popular after being released in the Japanese market. From then on, the reputation of Mandheling Coffee and Pwanee Coffee Company grew.
The entire Sumatra is divided into eight provinces, of which only Aceh and Subei provinces in the north cultivate coffee on a large scale. As the largest and deepest volcanic lake in the world, scenic Lake Toba provides mineral-rich soil for Lindong Mandheling coffee. Most fruit trees grow on slopes at higher altitudes, and several species of ferns cover their surfaces, providing better sun protection for coffee, so growers do not need to use shade.
The reason for the unique flavor of Mandheling
Sumatra is located near the equator and has an island-type tropical rainforest climate. The humidity in the air is as high as 70 to 90%. The hot and humid environment can easily cause green coffee beans to become moldy during the fermentation or drying process. So local coffee farmers summed up a semi-washing processing method based on local conditions-the wet planing method. The so-called wet planing means "forcibly" planing away the parchment covering the green beans before they are completely dry, so the green beans complete the final drying in a "bare" state.
The wet planing method differs from the traditional washing method from the beginning of fermentation. The wet planing method requires less water and a short fermentation time. After this short fermentation, a small amount of pectin will remain on the bean shell. When the green beans are dried for the first time and reach a moisture content of 35/40%, the coffee farmers will sell the coffee beans to the buyers. The purchaser will directly shell the purchased semi-dry shelled beans to remove the pectin and shell to obtain green beans. Although the time of each step is greatly shortened, the "naked beans" still absorb moisture from the hot and humid air, so the Mandheling coffee produced has a dull aroma of wood, herbs, and spices.
Indonesian coffee grade
The grading of Indonesian green beans will be mainly based on the number of defective beans, supplemented by size. In coffee production areas, coffee beans are generally screened using a bean sorting machine to prevent impurities and defective beans from being mixed in. However, the particles of Mandheling coffee beans are relatively large and the beans are hard in texture. Various defects may occur during planting, harvesting, and processing. Therefore, it is difficult to completely remove defects using a bean sorter alone. If you want your coffee to reach a higher level, it must be strictly hand-selected. Local green beans are divided into six grades according to the defect rate. The highest grade, G1, requires that the total number of defective beans in a 300g sample must be less than 11. Lindong Mandheling of Front Street hand-selects the G1 grade.
Speaking of hand selection, we have to mention the high-quality products that have been carefully screened - Front Street PWNGolden Mandheling Coffee。
PWNPwani Coffee Company is the exclusive supplier of golden Mandheling coffee, focusing on purchasing high-quality Mandheling green beans. When producing coffee, PWN Company conducts one machine selection and three manual selections on the purchased Mandheling green beans to ensure that each green bean is complete, uniform, and full, and the size must reach 18 mesh or above, which is the local G1 grade in Indonesia. Unlike other Mandhelings, Front Street has gone through a rigorous selection process.Golden MandhelingThe coffee eliminates the earthy and woody smell of general Mandheling, and the taste is cleaner and the flavor becomes clear.
How to show the unique flavor of Mandheling coffee?
As mentioned above, the environmental soil of Sumatra makes the coffee rich in herbal aromas, with the sweetness of cocoa and fruits. The classic Mandheling flavor is famous for its mellow dark chocolate, which is suitable for medium-dark roasting to present a rich and mellow taste while retaining the aroma of herbs.
If you want to buy fresh and high-quality Mandheling coffee beans, it is very important to choose a quality-guaranteed roasting brand. Front Street Coffee is an old coffee bean roasting brand. The Front Street Coffee Guangzhou offline store specializes in selling coffee beans. The store sells dozens of selected single-origin Pour over(V60) coffee beans and Italian coffee beans from different coffee origins around the world. The Front Street Coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days. The quality of the coffee beans is stable and excellent, the price is very cost-effective, and the products are shipped within 24 hours. Whether you are a newbie, a coffee lover who has reached a professional advanced level, or a user who has opened a coffee shop, Front Street Coffee is a recommended choice by many coffee lovers and platforms.
When the time comes, all that’s left is how to brew it to bring out the unique aroma of Mandheling. There are countless ways to brew coffee, and there is no standard answer. In fact, as long as it can present the flavor that the coffee should have, in layman's terms: it tastes good. like front street pwnGolden MandhelingCoffee can be extracted using a three-stage hand brewing method, hoping to enjoy a more layered Mandheling flavor.
When Front Street brews dark roasted coffee beans, it uses a coarser grinding degree and lower water temperature than light roasted coffee beans. The purpose is to avoid the release of too many bitter macromolecules, causing the coffee to have a burnt and bitter taste. The choice of the Kono filter cup is to enhance the round and mellow taste of the coffee. The upper part of the kono has a smooth curved surface, which allows the filter paper to fit more closely, restricting the upward airflow, and the hot water can only flow downward, creating a siphon extraction effect, allowing the aroma substances of the coffee powder to be released more fully.
Filter cup: KONO filter cup
Water temperature: 87～88℃
Amount of powder: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:15
Grinding degree: medium grinding degree (Chinese standard No. 20 screen passing rate 70%)
Wet the powder bed with twice the amount of coffee powder, form a bulge and steam for 30 seconds. Then inject water in a small circle from the inside to the outside until the powder bed reaches 125g. When the powder bed drops to half of the filter cup, continue to inject the same thin water flow into the third section to 225g until all the coffee liquid has been filtered and take out the filter cup. It takes about 2 minutes.
The Pour over(V60) Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling coffee has a rich aroma of dark chocolate, nuts, caramel, and aftertaste of spices and herbs. The taste is clean and thorough, mellow and solid, with distinct layers.
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
