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Emerald Mandheling | Lintong Mandheling

Region: Toba Lake area

Varieties: Ateng, Djember, TimTim

Producer: Local small coffee farmers from Toba Lake region

Altitude: 1200-1400m

Processing: Traditional wet-hulled processing

Grade: G1

Flavor Description: Herbal notes, vanilla, caramel cream, pine flavor, rich and full-bodied with a deep, long aftertaste.

FrontStreet Coffee's pour-over single-origin coffee suggestion: KONO dripper, water temperature 86~88°C, coffee-to-water ratio 1:14. Brew time: 2 minutes

Introduction

Indonesian coffee quality is quite diverse, with most coffees marketed by their island origin: such as Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, or Timur. The advantage of Indonesian coffee is that most varieties feature rich, reserved flavors and lively moderate acidity. Chinese people hold Indonesian Mandheling coffee in extremely high regard, making it one of the most widely accepted single-origin coffee products. Indonesian Mandheling was once praised as the world's finest unique wet-hulled coffee bean.

Mandheling is a trademarked product. Today, any coffee cherries harvested from Indonesia and processed using this unique wet-hulled method are marketed as Mandheling coffee beans. Mandheling originates from coffee grown 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 a pronunciation misunderstanding, "Mandailing" incorrectly became "Mandheling" coffee, and the name stuck.

Sumatra coffee is incredibly complex and elusive. The finest Sumatra coffees come from two regions: the area around Lake Tawar in Aceh province in northern Sumatra, and the mountainous area surrounding Lake Toba further south. Due to the many small tenant farmer producers and their unique semi-washed processing methods combined with iron-deficient soil, coffee beans from this region exhibit a distinctive bluish color in their fresh, unroasted state.

Sumatra Island is Indonesia's second-largest island and the world's sixth-largest, covering an area of 470,000 square kilometers—thirteen times the size of Taiwan. It is divided into eight provinces, but only two grow coffee extensively: Aceh Province and North Sumatra Province. The most representative coffee-growing regions in these provinces are the Gayo Mountains surrounding Lake Tawar in Aceh Province, where coffee is cultivated by the indigenous Gayo people, featuring a distinctive culture dominated by female farming and harvesting. Meanwhile, North Sumatra Province coffee is grown around Lake Toba, an enormous volcanic lake—the world's largest volcanic crater lake. The famous production area is the Lintong region south of Lake Toba.

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