There are many kinds of coffee, with light roasts and dark roasts. Besides the differences in coffee beans, the coffee machines also differ, so there are many things to pay attention to. Today, Front Street Coffee will explain how to hand-brew Golden Mandheling coffee. Golden Mandheling coffee is a very popular specialty coffee bean at Front Street Coffee!
Before introducing how to brew Golden Mandheling coffee, let's first get to know Golden Mandheling coffee.
Three major factors determine the flavor of coffee beans: the coffee bean's region, variety, and processing method. Next, Front Street Coffee will discuss Golden Mandheling coffee around these three points.
Golden Mandheling Coffee
Mandheling coffee is a typical representative of Indonesian coffee, and Golden Mandheling coffee is a premium selection among Mandheling coffees. Sumatra is the main producing area of Indonesian specialty Arabica coffee beans. What we commonly refer to as Mandheling coffee is Arabica coffee beans from the area near Lake Toba in north-central Sumatra, at an altitude of 900–1200m, and the area near Aceh at the northernmost tip of Sumatra, at an altitude of 900–1600m. The suitable altitude and tropical rainforest climate keep the island's average temperature between 25–28°C, with even seasonal distribution and no dry season, creating a very good growing environment for coffee trees.
So what exactly is Golden Mandheling coffee? Judging from the name, is it a higher-grade coffee than Mandheling coffee?
Golden Mandheling does not represent a grade, but is a trademark registered by the Indonesian company N.V. Pawani Medan (PWN). Founded in 1957, it is engaged in the export of Indonesian products such as coffee, rubber, cinnamon, cloves, and patchouli oil. It was 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 exporting premium coffee beans: Sumatra Arabica coffee Mandheling Grade 1 and Robusta coffee AP-I Grade 2. Its main export destinations are Japan, Taiwan, China, and the United States, with Japan and Taiwan, China accounting for more than 95% of exports. In Japan and Taiwan, China, "PWN" has become synonymous with "quality assurance."
Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee beans come from PWN's signature genuine product. The reason Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling coffee beans dare to be crowned "Golden" is that, on the basis of Indonesia's highest green bean grade G1, they undergo at least three rounds of pure hand sorting and one round of machine screening, ensuring that the coffee beans reach a screen size of 18 or above, with fewer than 3 defective beans (in a 300g green bean sample), giving the green beans an even, darker green color and a uniform flat bean shape, with quality far above Indonesia's G1 grade of green beans.
Processing Method of Sumatra Golden Mandheling Coffee Beans
The unique flavor of Golden Mandheling coffee is closely related to its processing method. Front Street Coffee has also said that the processing method of coffee beans is related to the local climate and environment. The local weather is often dominated by rainy days, with continuous typhoons and humidity and rain throughout the year, unable to meet the weather conditions required for sun-drying. Therefore, coffee farmers used the wet-hulling method to process the coffee beans. The wet-hulling method uses a washed process for fermentation, and then, while the beans are in a semi-moist state, the parchment is removed by machine before drying. The coffee beans then enter a high-humidity storage environment completely bare, thus developing unique notes of herbs, wood, and medicinal materials, giving Golden Mandheling coffee its one-of-a-kind flavor.
Why is Mandheling dark-roasted? What makes dark-roasted Mandheling so good?
At a time when sour coffee had not yet appeared, coffee beans around the world without exception were dark-roasted. This not only matched people's impression of coffee flavor, but also highlighted coffee's intense aroma and could present a heavier mouthfeel and body, making it feel more "powerful" to drink. Mandheling was born against this background.
In order to present the best flavor profile of Front Street Golden Mandheling, we use a dark roast to further enhance the coffee's body and caramelized aroma while reducing acidity, so that the brewed coffee has a distinctive aroma of spices, pine wood, and caramel.
Compared with light-roasted beans, dark-roasted beans do not differ much in flavor variation. In other words, their mouthfeel layers are relatively less rich, but in exchange they offer the advantages of high body and rich aroma.
After roasting, the coffee beans are relatively large and deep black in color, with a special fragrance reminiscent of cloves, herbs, and sandalwood. They are low in acidity and steady, with a mellow aroma and taste,full-bodied and clean, with rich nutty and caramel aromas, notes of chocolate, a lasting finish, and high balance. They can be enjoyed as a hand-brewed single-origin coffee, used to make SOE espresso, or extracted with a moka pot. Front Street. Golden Mandheling will present different charms in mouthfeel depending on the extraction method.
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
