For many people around the world today, coffee is more than just a morning drink. It is seen as an individual's culture and lifestyle. From cheap instant coffee to the mysterious and exquisite cup of black gold coffee, coffee lovers around the world wake up talking about coffee in the morning.

PWN GOLD Mantheling

1. Gold Mantheling

The main producing areas of Indonesian coffee are Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi, among which The "Mandheling" produced in Sumatra is the most famous.

Mandheling is also known as "Sumatra coffee". Most of the coffee produced in North Sumatra is Gayo. The ateng variety is the main type. Tawar Lake in the north can be called Aceh coffee or Tawar lake coffee. , the area between Lintong and Toba lake in South Sumatra can be called Mandheling. , Lindong area is the Mandheling production area, and the best Mandheling varieties are four varieties: Sidikalang, Bergendar, Siborong borong and Telok Sanggul.

Lake Toba is located in the central part of North Sumatra Province. In 1888, the Dutch colonists moved "Java Mandheling" north to the Lake Toba area, creating the modern legend of Mandheling.

Tawa Lake is located in the central part of the Aceh Special Administrative Region. It is located at the northern tip of Sumatra Island and is less than one-tenth the size of Lake Toba. However, in recent years, coffee quality and production have surpassed Lake Toba.

The Gayo Mountains are located in the Aceh production area in the northern province of Sumatra. Most of the coffee farmers working in Gayo are local farmers. The word "Gayo" comes from tribes in the Aceh region of Indonesia. This area has ideal growing conditions, a long history and unique flavor. The region widely uses organic methods to grow coffee without the use of chemical fertilizers, and is considered the world's green coffee production region. Therefore, Gayo coffee is also often called green coffee and Gayo organic coffee.

What is "Golden Mandheling"?

When it comes to "Golden Mandheling", we have to start with PWN. This abbreviation is often mixed with the name of Mandheling Coffee. It is actually the abbreviation of a company, Pwani Coffee Company. (Pwani Coffee Company).

This company is a very famous local coffee purchasing company in Indonesia. It mainly purchases Mandheling coffee. Almost all the best producing areas in Indonesia have been purchased by it, so most of the beans produced by PWN Company are also purchased. All are unique products. Golden Mandheling is the product produced by this company. After the raw beans are purchased, they undergo multiple manual selections to select plump and flawless beans. Only these beans that have been screened like a draft can be classified as Golden Mandheling. rather.

However, PWN Company has registered the trademark of Golden Mandheling, which means that in the future, only the Golden Mandheling produced by PWN Company can be regarded as the real "Golden Mandheling". Many beans on the market that are not produced by PWN and carry the golden Mandheling brand should actually be called premium Mandheling.

"Golden Mandheling" is just a product named by the company.

Processing method:

Wet Hulling, also known as Wet Hulling, also known as Giling Basah in the local language, is a traditional Indonesian coffee processing method. Judging from the names alone, wet planing and wet processing (washed processing) are very similar. However, the cupping flavors of these two processing methods are completely different. The coffee processed by wet planing is usually mellow and strong, with a very distinctive personality.

2. Aceh Sumatran Tiger Mandheling

Producing Area: Aceh

Variety: Caturra, Typica, Sidikalong

Soil : Volcanic soil

Altitude: 1500m

Processing method: wet planing

01|Introduction to production areas

Indonesia is an archipelago country , the main production areas are located on the three islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. The northern part of Sumatra Island has a relatively high altitude. Aceh Province where Lake Tawa is located and North Sumatra where Lake Toba is located are the main Arabica coffee production areas.

Lake Tawa is located in the Gayo Mountains in the north of Aceh Province, Sumatra, across Indonesia on both sides of the equator. It has a humid tropical rainforest climate with abundant rainfall, and fertile volcanic soil that brings rich nutrients to coffee; however, due to its remote location, transportation is inconvenient , it was not until 1924 that coffee was grown, mostly using traditional shade and organic cultivation without the use of pesticides.

In Aceh, coffee is the region’s second most exported cash crop. It is estimated that there are about 60,000 small-scale coffee farmers in the local area, and each person owns about 1-2 hectares of coffee planting land. Indonesia's traditional coffee trading method is a multi-point supply system. Starting from farmers, through multiple layers of middlemen, a large number of export goods are slowly assembled. In the Indonesian coffee trading system, direct trade in which a single window collects goods from farmers and then arranges export is quite rare in Indonesia.

02|Processing method

Wet Hulling, also known as Wet Hulling, also known as Giling Basah in the local language, is a traditional Indonesian coffee processing method. Judging from the name alone, wet planing and wet processing (washed processing) are very similar. However, the cupping flavors of these two processing methods are completely different. The coffee processed by wet planing is usually mellow and strong, with a very distinctive personality.

There are three main growing areas in Sumatra: the northern area of ??Aceh, the area slightly south around Lake Toba, and the recently emerged islands near Mangkuraja. It may also be traced to smaller areas of Takengon, Bener Mariah in Aceh, Lintong, Sidikalang, Dolok Sanggul and Seribu Dolok surrounding Lake Toba. In the past, the coffee beans sold in this area were commonly known as "Sumatra Mandheling", but in fact there was no place name called Mandheling. This name came from the name of the local islanders. Usually Mandheling has grades, divided into Grade 1 or Grade 2. The grading method is undoubtedly based on cupping quality rather than the green beans themselves as generally believed. But I still have doubts about recommending Grade 1 because this grade seems to be widespread. It is strange to separate different varieties into different batches, so most of the Sumatran coffee beans are blends of unknown varieties. Sumatran coffee beans are exported through the port of Medan, but if they stay at the port for too long before being exported, the hot and humid climate will be detrimental to the quality of the coffee beans.

Altitude: Aceh 1100-1300m, Lake Toba 1100-1600m, Mangkuraja 1100-1300m

Harvest: September - December

Variety: Typica (Including Bergandal, Sidikalang, Djember), Timtim, Ateng, Onan Gajang