Indonesia Mandheling Star - Premium Coffee Beans for Pour-Over Brewing | Coffee Origin Guide

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Indonesia Sumatra Gayo Lake Tawar Classic TP SC19+

Recommended for use by FrontStreet Coffee for pour-over coffee beans

Flavor Description

Cream, light herbs, roasted bread, hazelnut, sweet spices, cocoa, caramel flavors with pure uniqueness, full of rounded rich texture, rich oil content with excellent body (mouthfeel), and deep, long aftertaste.

Origin Information

Country: Indonesia (Indonesia)

Region: Tawar Lake area, Aceh Province

Varieties: Catimor, Caturra, Typica, Sidikalong

Producers: Small coffee farmers near Lake Tawar

Altitude: 1,100 to 1,300 meters

Soil: Highly fertile black volcanic soil

Processing Method: Traditional wet-hulling processing

Grade: Triple hand-sorted G1

Introduction

Indonesian coffee quality is very diverse, with most of it marketed by island source: such as Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, or Timur. The advantage of Indonesian coffee is that most of its characteristics feature rich, reserved flavors and lively moderate acidity. Chinese people have good evaluations of Indonesian Mandheling coffee, making it one of the most accepted coffee products.

Indonesian Mandheling was once acclaimed as the world's finest unique wet-hulled coffee beans. Mandheling is a trademark product. Today, as long as coffee is harvested from red cherry fruits in Indonesia and processed using this unique wet-hulling method, the resulting green coffee beans are sold as Mandheling coffee beans.

Mandheling originated from coffee planted by the Mandailing people in the Tapanuli region of northwestern Sumatra. At the end of World War II, a Japanese soldier introduced it to the Japanese market. Due to pronunciation misguidance, the mistake was perpetuated, and Mandailing became Mandheling coffee.

Sumatra Island

Sumatra coffee is very complex and elusive. The best coffee from Sumatra comes from two places: Aceh Province in northern Sumatra, near Lake Tawar, and Lintong Province further south, surrounding the mountains around Lake Toba.

Due to many small tenant farmer producers and their unique semi-washed processing method and iron-deficient soil, coffee beans from this region at the fresh green bean stage will have a special blue color.

This batch of Sumatra Gayo Lake Tawar Star Mandheling 19+ is located in the Gayo mountain region of Aceh Province in northern Sumatra. Most residents here primarily grow coffee. Due to the natural environment, located at high altitude with abundant rainfall, it is very suitable for coffee cultivation. Coffee is planted on the mountain slopes surrounding the town of Takegon and Lake Tawar. The planting height in the production area averages between 1,100 to 1,300 meters. Coffee is grown by small tenant farmers under shade trees, using the wet-hulled processing method to express unique flavors, deep tones, and lively rich body flavors.

Aceh is located at the northernmost corner of Sumatra Island, a fascinating and complex place. Due to long-term political instability, Aceh is not a region that ordinary people want to visit. In recent years, due to agreements reached between locals and the Jakarta government, local security and tourism safety have improved.

The Gayo people are characterized by their determined personality and hard-working nature. Nearly 20% of coffee processors are women. Under this semi-wet, semi-dry wet-hulled processing method, coffee farmers use machines to remove the skin and pulp of red cherry fruits. The coffee beans still retain much mucilage, which is then placed in fermentation tanks for stirring and fermentation for about one day (24 hours). When fermentation is complete, the attached mucilage can be easily washed away with water. Then sun-dried to reach approximately 30% to 35% moisture content, the coffee bean husks are removed, making it ready for market sales.

Removing the coffee bean husks in this semi-wet, semi-dry state reveals a unique deep blue color in the beans themselves. This processing method reduces acidity and increases the coffee's body (mouthfeel), creating this distinctive Indonesian-style Mandheling coffee.

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