Among the many single-origin beans, Indonesian Mandheling has won the hearts of many coffee connoisseurs with its rich coffee flavor. Many people think that a rich coffee must be very bitter, but this is not the case. When coffee reaches a certain level of richness, it will have a sweet aftertaste, and the mouth will experience a sweetness like sucrose or brown sugar. For example, Front Street Golden Mandheling on the FrontStreet Coffee bean list is one of many hot-selling single origins, priced at 30 yuan per cup. This coffee has rich layers of flavor and has refreshed many coffee novices' understanding of richness. This article will talk aboutFront Street PWN Golden Mandhelingcoffee.

Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee Bean Producing Area

The Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling purchased by FrontStreet Coffee is produced in Mount Gayo, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Aceh Gayo Mountain Producing Area: The Gayo Mountain region is located in Aceh Province in northern Sumatra. Coffee in the Gayo Mountain region is grown on hillsides around the town of Takegon and Lake Tawar. The planting altitude in the production area averages between 1110 and 1600 meters. The coffee is grown by smallholders under shade trees and uses the wet-hulling process to express a unique flavor with low-toned and lively full-bodied flavor. Aceh, in the northernmost corner of Sumatra, is a fascinating and complex place. Due to long-term political instability, Aceh is not an area that ordinary people would visit.
 

Golden Mandheling PWN Company
Golden Mandheling coffee comes from the famous Indonesian coffee company Pawani Coffee Company, abbreviated as PWN, which is also the company that registered the Golden Mandheling trademark. PWN's Golden Mandheling is made by purchasing nearby Mandheling coffee beans and conducting three rounds of manual sorting and one round of machine sorting. The Golden Mandheling beans selected in this way are overall very beautiful, and on the other hand, very uniform, so the coffee roasted this way appears cleaner.

In fact, many coffee traders sell large-sized Indonesian beans under the name Golden Mandheling, which is also why, even though the yield is clearly very small, these beans can still be easily bought.

Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee BeansQuality
FrontStreet CoffeeGolden Mandheling Whether outside or inside the burlap sack, there will be the PWN logo and certificate. The specification of Front Street Golden Mandheling is 18 mesh or above. The color is darker green, and the shape is neat flat beans. Through cupping, FrontStreet Coffee found that after strict screening, Front Street Golden Mandheling not only no longer has the earthy miscellaneous flavors unique to ordinary Mandheling, but also tastes cleaner and more transparent, with a stronger sweetness and aroma.
 

Golden Mandheling Registered Trademark
PWN Company registered Golden Mandheling as a trademark, which means that only Golden Mandheling produced by PWN Company can be considered真正的 "Golden Mandheling." The Golden Mandheling coffee of FrontStreet Coffee comes from PWN Company. Front Street Golden Mandheling comes from Mandheling. Front Street Golden Mandheling can be understood as selected Mandheling, which is also the reason FrontStreet Coffee chose to put it on the menu. FrontStreet Coffee cups 300-500 groups of beans every year, from which it selects one-fifth of the beans with the most regionally representative flavors, and Front Street Golden Mandheling is a representative work under this selection. Front Street believes that this coffee bean very well represents the style of Sumatran coffee.

Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee Variety
Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffeeuses Ateng variety coffee beans. Ateng is a hybrid variety between Arabica and Robusta, with several subtypes, widely planted in Sumatra and other small Indonesian islands. To put it plainly, it is a branch of Catimor, and Ateng is the local name.
 

Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee Bean Processing Method
Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee beans use wet-hulling processing. Moreover, the local economy is not good, and it is likewise impossible to use a relatively expensive method like washed processing. For various reasons, the highly local wet-hulling method was derived (wet-hulling is the process of drying parchment-covered beans in the sun for 2-3 days during ordinary washed processing until the moisture content is 20-24%, then removing the parchment).

The extremely fast speed of wet-hulling processing also causesMandheling coffee beansto have a relatively high defect rate, but the selected Front Street Golden Mandheling does a good job of avoiding this shortcoming. The specification of Front Street Golden Mandheling is 19 mesh or above, with fewer than 3 defective beans (300g green bean sample), belonging to the highest grade G1. The color is darker green, and the shape is neat flat beans.

FrontStreet Coffee Suggestions for Roasting Front Street Golden Mandheling Coffee Beans
Charge at 200°C, set airflow to 3, adjust heat to 160°C after 1 minute, keep airflow unchanged, roast until 5 minutes 40 seconds, temperature 148°C, bean surface turns yellow, grassy smell completely disappears, dehydration is complete, adjust heat to 140°C, change airflow to 4; at 9 minutes 40 seconds, the bean surface shows ugly wrinkles and dark streaks, and the toast smell clearly turns into coffee aroma, which can be defined as the prelude to first crack. At this time, listen clearly for the sound of the first crack point. First crack begins at 9 minutes 54 seconds. Reduce heat to 60°C, open airflow fully (adjust heat very carefully, not so low that there is no cracking sound), and discharge at 204.5°C.
 

FrontStreet Coffee BrewingFront Street Golden Mandheling CoffeeBean Notes

Brewing parameters: Use Kono dripper
Water temperature: 88°C
Coffee dose: 15 grams
Coffee-to-water ratio: 1:15
Grind size: medium-fine grind (70-75% passing through China standard No. 20 sieve)

For coffee beans with a darker roast level, in order to highlight the coffee's richness, Front Street will choose the Kono dripper for brewing. The characteristic of the Kono dripper is that it has an immersion function, which can be used to extract more coffee substances and enhance the rich mouthfeel. Because its ribs are few and located at the lower end, it can make the filter paper fit tightly against the dripper to achieve the effect of limiting airflow, thereby slowing the flow rate and increasing the contact time between water and coffee grounds. Therefore, this dripper is suitable for brewing medium-dark roasted beans such as Front Street Golden Mandheling and Front Street Jamaica Blue Mountain.
    

FrontStreet Coffee uses staged extraction, also called three-stage brewing: use 30 grams of water for a 30-second bloom, pour in a small stream in circles until 125 grams for the stage, and when the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed, continue pouring until 225 grams and stop pouring. When the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed, remove the dripper. (Start timing from the beginning of the bloom.) The extraction time is 2'05"-2'15".

The brewing flavor of Front Street Golden Mandheling: spices, herbs, varied layers, rich and clean, high balance, intense nut and brown sugar aroma, with a chocolate note, and a lasting finish.

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