Indonesia PWN Gold Mandheling Coffee Region Introduction & Gold Mandheling Coffee Brewing Guide

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FrontStreet Coffee's Pour-Over Mandheling

15g coffee, medium grind (small Fuji ghost tooth burr grinder #4), V60 dripper, 88-89°C water temperature. First pour 30g water for 27 seconds bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops to half, then continue slow pouring until reaching 225g. Discard the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop | Address: Guangzhou | Manufacturer Contact: 020-38364473 | Shelf Life: 90 days | Net Weight: 227g | Packaging: Bulk coffee beans | Roasting Level: Roasted coffee beans | Sugar Content: Sugar-free | Origin: Indonesia | Roast Degree: Dark roast

FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling

FrontStreet Coffee's Mandheling is a premium coffee among Indonesian coffees, and FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling is an exceptional premium among Mandheling coffees. FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling is carefully hand-selected to obtain full, lustrous FrontStreet Coffee Mandheling coffee beans—truly an outstanding beauty among coffees.

In fact, to improve the high defect rate in Mandheling beans, the Japanese began adopting meticulous quality control long ago, going through four manual selections to eliminate defective beans. Unfortunately, "Golden Mandheling" was trademarked by Indonesia's Pawani Coffee Company, making Golden Mandheling exclusive to PWN. PWN's is truly FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling in the real sense—Golden Mandheling stamped with the PWN mark is also a guarantee of quality. PWN's yellow Mandheling undergoes three manual selections and one machine selection, resulting in beautiful beans. PWN Company trademarked Golden Mandheling, meaning only Golden Mandheling produced by PWN Company can be considered genuine "Golden Mandheling." Many beans on the market not from PWN Company but bearing the Golden Mandheling brand should actually be called Premium Mandheling. "Golden Mandheling" is not aged coffee—it's simply a product name.

The Difference Between FrontStreet Coffee's Mandheling and FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling

Some coffee friends have asked, as coffee beginners, what's the difference between FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling and FrontStreet Coffee's Mandheling G1—I really can't tell the difference. For professional-level coffee connoisseurs and taste-sensitive coffee friends, if these two coffees are tasted side by side, the contrast will be very obvious. The Golden Mandheling's sweetness and cleanliness, along with its rich, wild spice notes, slightly outperform G1, which is one reason why Golden Mandheling is significantly more expensive than G1.

Taste Profile

FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling tastes cleaner than FrontStreet Coffee's Lindong Mandheling. The original herbal, earthy, and woody flavors of Mandheling are almost gone, but the caramel sweetness is more intense, and the fruit acidity is brighter and more elegant. Generally, FrontStreet Coffee's Lindong Mandheling is best roasted until after second crack to effectively reduce off-flavors, but FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling has excellent clarity and sweetness whether roasted before or after second crack, allowing for broader roasting interpretation.

The most famous coffee-producing region in Asia is the various islands of the Malay Archipelago: Sumatra, Java, and Kalimantan. Among these, Sumatran Mandheling coffee from Indonesia's Sumatra island is most renowned.

Both Lake Toba in North Sumatra and Lake Tawar in Aceh produce Mandheling coffee—this is the famous "Two Lakes, Double Mandheling." The common characteristic of "Two Lakes, Double Mandheling" is their thick, mellow body, but the difference lies in Lake Toba's Mandheling being more muted, deep, and even with grass jelly notes, while Lake Tawar Mandheling has brighter fruit acidity and sometimes cedar or woody flavors.

How Are Mandheling Varieties Classified?

FrontStreet Coffee's Mandheling is divided into various regional Mandhelings such as FrontStreet Coffee's Lindong Mandheling and FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling, etc. What exactly are the differences between these Mandhelings?

FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling is actually produced from Mandheling beans sourced locally in Indonesia by Pwani Coffee Company, which then registered the name Golden Mandheling. So in fact, only Mandheling produced by this company is truly FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling. However, as cultivation techniques continue to evolve, many coffee farmers' Mandheling has gradually begun to approach the top-tier quality of FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling, but FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling still has a bit more richness and cleaner taste.

Product Name: FrontStreet Coffee's Indonesian Golden Mandheling

Country: Indonesia

Grade: G1 · 3 Manual Selections

Company: PWN

Region: Sumatra Island

Processing Method: Washed

Altitude: 1100-1600 meters

Flavor Notes: Toasted bread, nuts, pine, caramel, herbs

Additionally, Mandheling's raw beans actually don't look very appealing, but the roasted beans are beautiful and full after roasting. Perhaps this teaches us not to judge by appearance—after some processing, there can be a complete transformation!

During World War II when Japan occupied Indonesia, a Japanese soldier drank exceptionally mellow coffee at a café. He asked the owner the coffee's name, and the owner mistakenly thought he was asking where he was from, so replied: "Mandailing." After the war, the Japanese soldier recalled the "Mandheling" he drank in Indonesia. He commissioned an Indonesian coffee exporter to ship 15 tons to Japan, and it became surprisingly popular. And that's how the name Mandheling spread.

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