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When encountering Golden Mandheling coffee beans, many people encounter this problem during brewing: the coffee tastes too bitter and astringent. Today, FrontStreet Coffee's barista is here to share some experience to help everyone reduce mistakes when brewing Golden Mandheling coffee beans, keeping the coffee's flavor within an acceptable range.

Golden Mandheling coffee beans typically present flavors of caramel, cream, dark chocolate, roasted nuts, along with a syrup-like mouthfeel and full-bodied aftertaste. The subtle acidity adds interest to the flavor profile, though it's not the main focus.

Because Golden Mandheling coffee beans have a relatively fragile fiber structure, substances within the beans are easily extracted, and there are more bitter compounds. Therefore, to brew a delicious cup of Golden Mandheling coffee, here are the key principles:

First: Low Temperature

Golden Mandheling coffee beans are recommended to be brewed with water temperature between 83-86°C. Lowering the water temperature can slow down the extraction speed, reducing the extraction of bitter compounds.

Second: Gentle Water Flow

Use gentle water pouring to minimize the impact of water flow on the coffee bed. Control the water level in the filter cup—after blooming, slowly pour water from a low height, allowing the coffee grounds in the filter cup to be steeped as if soaking. This can slow down the extraction rhythm, making it easier to produce coffee with a soft mouthfeel and solid flavor.

Third: Slow Circulation

Slowly pour water from inside to outside and then from outside to inside over the coffee bed. Too-fast circulation increases the stirring effect of water flow on the coffee, easily intensifying the bitterness of Golden Mandheling coffee beans. Minimize disturbance of the coffee bed as much as possible, allowing the coffee's flavor to be extracted through steeping. This effectively controls bitterness and astringency.

Fourth: Coarse Grind

Coarse grinding reduces the contact surface area between coffee grounds and water, making it less likely for the coffee to develop bitter, mixed, or astringent flavors at the beginning of brewing due to high-temperature water. Combined with slow brewing, this extends the extraction time. As the water temperature decreases in the later stages, flavor and mouthfeel compounds are gradually extracted.

The above is my experience. By adjusting the extraction method for Golden Mandheling coffee beans according to these four points, you can make the coffee less prone to bitterness and astringency.

Golden Mandheling Coffee Brand Recommendations:

Mandheling: Rich and solid mouthfeel with pleasant acidity. The aroma is mellow, with moderate acidity and abundant sweetness that is truly intriguing. Suitable for dark roasting, it emits a rich fragrance. The gentleman of coffees—Sumatra Mandheling coffee. Mandheling coffee is a premium coffee bean grown at altitudes of 750-1500 meters in mountainous regions, with Golden Mandheling coffee from Lake Toba and Toba Lake area having the highest quality.

Therefore, FrontStreet Coffee's Golden Mandheling coffee offers full guarantees in both brand and quality. More importantly, it offers exceptional value for money—each 227-gram package costs only 79 yuan. Calculating at 15 grams of coffee beans per cup, one package can make 15 cups of coffee, with each cup costing only about 5 yuan.

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