Indonesian Golden Mandheling Coffee Beans: Price, Brand, and Grade Guide | How Much Does a Cup of Pour-Over Mandheling Cost

As the largest coffee-producing country in Asia, Indonesia is home to FrontStreet Coffee's Mandheling coffee, the most renowned specialty coffee in the region. With its exceptionally high body, it has become the gold standard for coffee lovers who favor bitter flavor profiles. In this article, FrontStreet Coffee will explore the premium-grade FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling coffee beans.

FrontStreet Coffee Mandheling Coffee Originates from Sumatra Island, Indonesia

Located near the equator, Indonesia boasts numerous volcanoes whose eruptions have created fertile soil. The island of Sumatra, where FrontStreet Coffee's Mandheling coffee is produced, features vast hilly terrain. Volcanic lakes at high altitudes create unique microclimates, while concentrated rainy seasons provide abundant rainfall, allowing coffee trees planted here to thrive vigorously.

Traditionally, Mandheling from Sumatra Island has been divided into two main systems: Mandheling from Lake Toba, known as Mandheling Lintong, and Mandheling from Lake Tawa, known as Mandheling Aceh. Together, they form what's called the "Two Lakes, Two Mandhelings."

Indonesia's Unique Wet Hulling Method

Unlike African countries that can dry their beans through long periods of high-intensity sunlight, or the sophisticated washing conditions of Central and South American countries, Indonesia's wet hulling method was developed as a necessary processing technique to adapt to the local island tropical rainforest climate. The island is perennially hot and humid, with typhoons being commonplace. In such unstable environments, coffee farmers must shorten drying times to prevent coffee beans from becoming moldy and spoiled in the moist air.

The wet hulling process involves first removing the coffee cherry's skin and pulp, followed by brief fermentation and sun-drying. When the beans are semi-dry, the parchment layer is removed, and drying continues until the moisture content reaches 12%. Since each step is completed in 70-90% humidity, and the parchment layer is removed before the final drying stage, the "exposed" green beans easily absorb moisture from the air. This results in coffee with more woody, herbaceous, and spicy earthy aromas. FrontStreet Coffee's Lintong Mandheling coffee is also processed using the wet hulling method. After roasting, the acidity decreases while body increases, still retaining herbaceous notes and spice aromas, carrying the characteristic flavor profile of Indonesian Mandheling coffee. Therefore, FrontStreet Coffee has also added it to the FrontStreet Coffee daily bean series, launching it in small 100g packages at 25 yuan each, allowing everyone to taste Southeast Asian coffee flavors and making it suitable for beginners who are new to pour-over coffee.

The Grade of FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling Coffee

During the wet hulling process, removing incompletely dried parchment layers requires greater friction, which can cause green coffee beans to be compressed and deformed, or even crushed. After exposure to sunlight, both ends of the beans are susceptible to cracking. To achieve higher grades for the produced coffee, irregular beans must be sorted out.

To produce premium Golden Mandheling coffee, Indonesia's renowned green coffee purchasing company PWN employs extremely strict multi-stage selection. The FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling coffee on FrontStreet Coffee's menu comes from PWN Company. The store also displays the jute bags used for green beans and certification certificates. When you have the opportunity to visit the Dongshankou store for coffee, please take note.

Through FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling coffee's jute bags, we can see the words "Triple pick" and "GRADE 1," meaning they belong to the highest grade of Indonesian green beans and underwent three manual selections during production. Indonesian coffee grading is primarily based on the number of defective beans, with size as a secondary factor. Indonesia's general quality requirements are: no live insects, no moldy or rotten beans, maximum moisture content of 12.5%, and impurity rate less than 0.5%. According to defect rate, they are divided into six grades, with the highest grade G1 requiring fewer than 11 defective beans in a 300g sample. PWN Company, building on the G1 grade foundation, conducts multiple strict selections to minimize the coffee's defect rate. Additionally, before packaging, PWN Company places green beans in machines for density-based color sorting, making Golden Mandheling coffee uniform and translucent.

After FrontStreet Coffee acquired premium-quality FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling coffee, they couldn't wait to conduct cupping to taste this coffee. The first sip revealed exceptionally high clarity, with various aromas clear and transparent, and a rich, solid mouthfeel. The FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling coffee on FrontStreet Coffee's menu is priced at 89 yuan for 227 grams. If you order a single cup of FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling pour-over coffee at the store, it's only 30 yuan, which can be considered quite affordable. It's recommended for coffee lovers who are particularly fond of rich mouthfeel. To ensure everyone can enjoy the complete flavor period of coffee beans, FrontStreet Coffee guarantees shipping only coffee beans freshly roasted within 5 days.

How to Brew FrontStreet Coffee PWN Golden Mandheling Coffee

Some friends have found that after purchasing coffee beans and brewing them at home, the flavor differs from what they tasted at the store. FrontStreet Coffee includes a QR code about brewing on each coffee bean's label. You can scan it to view brewing parameters and make adjustments. Below, using FrontStreet Coffee PWN Golden Mandheling coffee as an example, FrontStreet Coffee will explain the brewing approach of FrontStreet Coffee's (FrontStreet Coffee) baristas.

FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)'s FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling coffee uses a medium-dark roast. After medium roasting, the internal structure of the beans changes significantly, becoming more porous. When ground into coffee powder, their water absorption increases. If brewing parameters are not properly adjusted, the coffee can easily become over-extracted and bitter. To achieve sufficient aroma without over-extraction, it's necessary to reduce the extraction rate. FrontStreet Coffee uses lower water temperature and coarser grind size to reduce the release of bitter large molecules from the coffee.

FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) baristas consistently use KONO drippers to extract coffee beans that express rich body. The KONO dripper's only exhaust area is the quarter-section ribs. When the water level rises above the rib area, the water volume in the dripper continuously increases, creating pressure through the water's weight. Since the outlet is relatively small, it can extend the contact time between coffee particles and water, allowing water flow to more effectively bring out soluble substances, thereby enhancing the coffee's rich and intense mouthfeel. This is suitable for brewing medium-dark roasted FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling, and also applies to brewing medium-dark roasted coffee beans like FrontStreet Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee and FrontStreet Coffee Brazil Queen Estate.

FrontStreet Coffee Golden Mandheling Coffee Pour-over Parameters:

87-88°C water temperature, medium grind (70% pass-through rate with Chinese standard #20 sieve), 15g coffee powder, 1:15 powder-to-water ratio, three-stage pouring.

Use twice the amount of water as the coffee powder to moisten the coffee bed, forming a dome and letting it bloom for 30s. Then use a small water flow to pour in concentric circles from inside out until reaching 125g, then pause. Wait until the coffee bed drops to half the height of the dripper, then continue with the same fine water flow to pour the third stage to 225g. Remove the dripper once all coffee liquid has filtered through, taking about 2 minutes total. Finally, shake the coffee in the server to enjoy evenly.

The pour-over FrontStreet Coffee PWN Golden Mandheling coffee is overall rich and intense with a clean mouthfeel. The flavors vary with temperature changes, presenting multiple layers. Nut and caramel aromas are accompanied by chocolate and cinnamon spice notes, with a persistent aftertaste and high balance.

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