What are the characteristics of Indonesian Sumatra coffee? What is the wet planing method?

Indonesia is one of the largest coffee producers in Asia, although it is not characterized by the fruity or floral flavor of Ethiopian coffee, but its coffee is famous for its strong flavor and mellow taste. In particular, Mantenin coffee, Mantenin coffee is the most representative coffee in Indonesia.

When it comes to Mandheling coffee, many people will think it is a coffee variety, but in fact Mantenin "Mantenin" is an ethnic minority in the northern plateau of Sumatra, Indonesia. At first, during World War II, when Japan occupied Indonesia, a Japanese soldier went to a local coffee shop to drink coffee. Because the coffee was so mellow, the soldier liked it very much, so he asked the boss the name of the coffee. But due to the language barrier, the boss mistakenly thought the soldier was asking where he was from, so he replied "Mandheling". When the Japanese soldier returned home after the war, he missed the coffee he drank in Indonesia so much that he asked someone to ship about 15 tons of coffee from Indonesia to Japan. As a result, it became very popular in Japan, and the name "Mantenin" has spread to this day.

Thanks to the unique environment of Indonesia, such mellow coffee can be produced. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago country, composed of 17508 islands, each with rugged mountains and hills, rich and diverse topography and volcanoes. In addition, Indonesia is located near the equator, mainly for the tropical rain forest climate, year-round high temperature and rainy, warm and humid, the average temperature is 25-27 ℃, mainly divided into drought and rain seasons. With fertile soil given by volcanoes, rich in water resources and a warm and humid climate, it is an ideal area for growing coffee.

Coffee is grown in several islands in Indonesia, and Arabica and Robusta varieties are grown at the same time. Coffee producing areas are also divided by islands. Currently, coffee is mainly grown in Sulawesi (Sulawesi), Bali (Bail), Java (Java) and Sumatra (Sumatra).

Among them, the most famous is the island of Sumatra (Sumatra), where Manning coffee is produced. Sumatra is the largest island in Indonesia, which is mainly divided into two parts: the Barisan Mountains Mountains in the west and the lowland plain in the east. Arabica varieties are mainly concentrated in the Barisan Mountains in the northwest of the island, Gayo producing areas in Mount Jiayu in Aceh Special Administrative region and Lintong producing areas in Lindong, North Sumatra Province. The Bali Mountains provide a number of volcanic mountains and lakes, which are suitable for the growth of Arabica varieties, while Robusta varieties are mainly grown in the lowlands in the southeast of the island.

Located south of Medan, the capital of Sumatra, Lindong is home to the world's largest volcanic lake, Lake Toba, which has many high mountains. The soil in this area is rich in minerals due to past volcanic eruptions, and coffee is mainly grown on hillsides 1400-1800 meters by the lake.

The Gayo producing area of Mount Gayu is named after the Gayo Gayu people, which is located in the mountain area of Aceh Aceh province, which is 1300-1600 meters above sea level. There are also many volcanoes and many volcanic lakes, of which the most famous coffee growing area is Lake Lawar, Lake Laute Tawa. The PWM gold Mantning of Qianjie Coffee is from the Gayo producing area of Jiayu Mountain.

Gold Golden Mandheling is at the top of the list, and the word "gold" also highlights its high quality, but it is registered as a trademark by Indonesia's PWN (Pwani Coffee Company).

This coffee is well known because PWN adopts extremely stringent standards in the production of gold Mantenin coffee beans, selecting raw coffee beans with more than 18 mesh and less than 3 defective beans (300g raw bean samples). Under the standard of the highest grade G1, it is hand-selected three times. This makes the PWN gold Mantenin coffee beans look uniform in shape, while making the coffee taste clean, bright and sweet.

In addition, the unique wet planing method creates a unique flavor of Mantenin coffee. The wet planing method is also known as wet shelling (Wet Hulling) and is also known locally as Giling Basah. In Indonesia, it is humid and rainy, and there are often typhoons, so it is difficult to reach the weather needed for sun treatment, so the wet planing method was born.

The wet planing method starts with the front part similar to the washing method. After the coffee berries are harvested, the coffee berries are floated with clean water, then the peel and flesh of the fruit are removed, and the pectin and sheep skin are retained for fermentation. After the fermentation is completed, it is placed in the sun to dry, and when the moisture content of the coffee bean reaches about 30% to 50%, the sheepskin of the coffee bean is removed by a shell planer, and the final drying is carried out until the water content of the coffee is reduced to 12%. This can greatly shorten the drying time and make the coffee beans dry more quickly.

As a result, the PWM Gold Manning of Qianjie Coffee has a mellow and strong flavor, with a distinctive personality, with toast, pine, cocoa and light herbal flavors, clean and balanced on the palate, with a sweet caramel finish.

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