If you're looking for a pour-over bean with a full body and a distinctive flavor, Front Street Indonesia Mandheling is worth checking out. Mandheling is known as "the world's most full-bodied coffee," with a smooth entry, clear body and bitterness, low acidity yet with a lively hint of tartness, and a blend of rich aroma and a faint earthy fragrance. What makes it special is Indonesia's unique wet-hulling process, which is completely different from washed processing—from depulping, short soaking, first drying, collection, second drying, wet hulling, to final drying and storage—creating a distinctly bold character. This article will also introduce the standout among Mandheling coffees—Front Street Golden Mandheling, sourced from Indonesia's PWN green bean company, with even greater depth of flavor and cleanliness.

Today I'd like to share a pour-over bean well worth trying—Front Street Indonesia Mandheling coffee beans. Mandheling is often praised as one of the fullest-bodied coffees in the world. When drinking Front Street Mandheling, the tip of your tongue feels a smooth texture, with a prominent richness, and an aroma that is full yet lively; it is almost never astringent, and the acidity isn't high either, but the body and bitterness come through clearly. That acidity doesn't disappear—it appears as a light, brisk tartness, interwoven with the intense aroma, making it easy to catch a touch of liveliness within the gentle richness. In addition, you can also detect a faint earthy note.

The reason Front Street Indonesia Mandheling is so unique is that it uses a globally rare processing method—Indonesia's distinctive wet-hulling process.

Wet hulling is used to process green coffee beans and is a traditional Indonesian processing method. Judging by the name alone, wet hulling seems similar to washed (wet) processing, but the cup flavors of the two differ greatly: coffee produced by wet hulling tends to be full-bodied and powerful, with extremely high distinctiveness. Its steps include:

Depulping / pulping

As with washed processing, the harvested coffee cherries must be processed as soon as possible. In Indonesia, coffee cherries are usually depulped and pulped by smallholders at home; this step removes the skin and part of the pulp.

Washing

The depulped beans are placed in water to soak for one to two hours, and some of the pectin is removed through friction between the beans.

Drying

After soaking, the coffee beans undergo their first drying at the farmer's home. At this point, the moisture content of the beans drops to between 20% and 35%.

Collection

After the first drying is complete, the coffee beans are taken to market for sale. At this stage, the pectin layer has not yet solidified, and the beans are in a sticky state. These beans are purchased and gathered together, then sent to a processing plant for further handling.

Second drying

The coffee beans that have been purchased and sent to the processing plant first undergo a second drying, which brings the moisture content down to about 18%.

Hulling / wet hulling

After the second drying, the beans are sent to a hulling machine for wet hulling, removing the pectin and parchment layer. What sets this apart from other processing methods is that wet hulling removes the parchment layer before the coffee beans' final drying; whereas processing methods such as washed processing keep the parchment layer on during continued drying, and only remove it before export shipping.

Drying & storage

Finally, the coffee beans are once again sent to a drying yard for final drying, bringing the moisture content down to 11%. Once dried, the beans are bagged and stored in a warehouse, awaiting shipping for export.

Next, let me recommend the standout among Mandheling coffees—Front Street Golden Mandheling.

Authentic Front Street Golden Mandheling comes from Indonesia's PWN green bean company!

PWN is the abbreviation of Pwani Coffee Company, a well-known Indonesian green bean trader. "Golden Mandheling" has long been registered as a trademark by PWN, so these words have become PWN's exclusive mark. Many products on the market that do not bear the Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling label merely borrow the screening standards PWN uses for Golden Mandheling, but they do not screen the coffee beans layer by layer as meticulously as PWN does.

These Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee beans surpass other Mandheling varieties in both depth of flavor and cleanliness, making them truly the king of Mandheling.

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.