Manning flavor taste description Manning changed its name to Batak Coffee? The Origin of Manning

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Classic Asian flavor, unforgettable Mantenin's unique taste

Indonesia introduced Arabica coffee during Dutch rule in the 18th century. Mantenin is known as "the most important coffee in the world". It is the fourth largest producer in the world with an annual output of 7 million bags, of which Arabica accounts for only 10-15%. The main producing areas are Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.

The coffee in Sumatra is called Mantenin, which is neither a coffee breed nor a producing area, but it is actually the name of a local race. Lindong is a small town near Lake Toba, which is the largest volcanic lake in the world, and its hinterland is very large, so the difference in coffee quality from the north to the east will be very large. And this is Mantenin, the highest grade coffee in the Lindong producing area.

This area is flat at an altitude of about 1300-1600 meters, and the soil fertility is moderately rich in organic matter. Most coffee trees are shaded and planted. Traditionally, shade trees can maintain moisture and increase soil fertility. Most coffee women do it with their bare hands, including weeding, fertilization, etc., and when coffee cherries turn red and mature, they are harvested and removed by hand. Wet pods are placed in a plastic bag for 10-12 hours to ferment, and then pectin, floats, and shells are removed manually, rarely using a machine. Unlike Central and South America, Indonesian coffee beans are unique in semi-aqueous method, called Giling Basah treatment (the same as Wet Hulled Process).

Manning whose name should be corrected as Batak

(Mandheling) Manning seems to have become synonymous with Indonesian boutique coffee. In fact, Mandailing is neither the name of the Indonesian place name, the name of the producing area, the name of the port, nor the name of the coffee variety, but a mispronunciation of Mandaining, an ethnic group that used to live in Sumatra. Why does this nation serve coffee? There is a legend in it.

According to information from Sumatra, during the Japanese occupation of Sumatra during World War II, a Japanese soldier drank mellow coffee in a cafe and asked the boss curiously, "what kind of coffee is this?" The boss mistakenly thought the Japanese soldier was asking, "where are you from?" "so the boss replied," the Mandaining. "after the war, the Japanese soldier remembered that the delicious coffee he had drunk in Indonesia seemed to be called Mantening, so he asked an Indonesian coffee broker to deliver 15 metric tons of Mantening coffee to Japan, which was surprisingly popular. Mantening was created in this way.

More interestingly, the broker became the famous coffee company in Indonesia today, Pwani Coffee Company (PWN), which is also the trademark owner of Gold Manning. In other words, the Japanese soldier mispronounced the wrong words, pronounced the wrong pronunciation, and the difference between yin and yang created the prestige of Manning and Pwangni.

There is indeed a people in Sumatra called Mandaining. According to textual research, Mandaining is a direct descendant of the Batak people who are good at growing coffee. Centuries ago, the Mandaining gradually migrated southeast, away from Sumatra and away from their close ties with Batak. Interestingly, "Manvanning" is a compound word in dialect, which stands for "losing a mother" and seems to be in memory of the blood of the Batak people. The truth is that the people who still grow coffee in the mountains of north-central Sumatra are Batak, not Mandainin, let alone Manning. If you want to get to the bottom of it, it may be more appropriate for Mantenin coffee to change to Batak coffee, but it is understandable that it has already been established.