What is Mantenin Tiger Coffee? introduction to the taste characteristics of Indonesian tiger Mantenin coffee beans

Indonesian tiger Mantenin

Country: Indonesia

Producing area: Sumatra

Altitude: 1500 m

Variety: Kaddura, Iron pickup, Sidikalong

Treatment method: wet planing method

Baking degree: medium and deep baking flavor is reflected in pine, spice aroma, taste is more balanced, with obvious cream, dark chocolate and nutty flavor. It is recommended that the gram weight of hand-brewed coffee recommended by SCA should be 15g coffee powder 86 degrees to 88 degrees hot water 225ml and the ratio of water to powder at 1:15.

Tiger Mantenin grows in Indonesia and is mainly produced in Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. Tiger Manning is produced in Tiger Manor, so it is also known as "Manning Tiger" and "Sumatran Tiger Manning". The northern part of Sumatra is relatively high above sea level. Aceh, where Lake Tawa is located, and North Sumatra, where Lake Toba is located, are the main Arabica coffee producing areas.

Lake Tawa is located in the Gayo Mountains in the northern Aceh province of Sumatra, straddling Indonesia on both sides of the equator. The humid tropical rain forest climate is rich in rainfall and fertile volcanic soil brings rich nutrients to coffee. However, due to the remote location and inconvenient transportation, coffee was not grown until 1924, mostly with traditional shading and organic planting without pesticides.

Because the humidity in Indonesia is between 70-90% throughout the year, the annual rainfall can even reach 2000mm, typhoons continue, and farmers pursue faster economic returns, so wet planing is adopted. In the process of ordinary washing, parchment is dried in the sun for 2-3 days with parchment, and the parchment is shaved to 20-24% of the water content, so beans are more likely to be squeezed and form a small gap. This is what we often call horseshoes or sheep's hoof beans, which have higher defects, but create a mellow and strong flavor with a very distinct personality.

The coffee varieties of Indonesian tiger Mantenin are Kaddura, iron pickup and Sidikalong. Kaddura tastes sour with lemon or citrus taste and is not as sweet as iron pickup and bourbon in terms of sweetness, because Kaddura's sweetness depends on the number and dose of fertilizer applied by growers, and has high production capacity, but continuous fertilization and pruning are necessary to maintain production capacity, so the trees are short and branched. Although production capacity has increased, production is still limited because of the two-year harvest period and the high cost of care. Iron pickup is the closest variety to the original species. The bean shape is slightly longer, like an elongated egg, known as Arabigo or criollo in Central America. There is a clean citric acid taste, sweet aftertaste, low resistance to leaf rust, making it not easy to take care of, low seed setting, coupled with a long harvest period (harvest every two years), the yield is not much. Manning's name originally refers to a tribal name in Indonesia. Japanese soldiers returned to Japan after colonization in Indonesia, thinking about the local delicious coffee, so with the help of trading friends, they asked the locals to help collect high-quality coffee beans, including this Mantenin. The Japanese loved this coffee bean so they asked the shopkeeper, who thought he was asking where he was from, so he casually said "Mandaining". However, due to the mispronunciation of the Japanese, "Mandaining" has become the current "Mantenin". As a result, Manning mistakenly hit the coffee bean name in this way. This local is actually the boss of Indonesia's PWN company (Pwani Coffee Company) as we will talk about below. The company is also the first company to export gold manning coffee beans to Japan. Qianjie coffee has been using PWN gold manning for many years. PWN has also changed from one bag of 60kg to one bag of 30kg, and the producing area has also changed from Lindong to GAYO Mountain.