Sumantra, Mandelhing If you like your roasts dark, this bean is for you. Mandelhing beans coat your senses in a thick layer of spicy black pepper, deep pine forest aromas, sweet chocolate and lingering liquorice. Mandelhing’s heavy character doesn’t diminish with milk, cream, or oat so feel free to pull a shot and make a rather charismatic cappuccino. This coffee has a body that will make you blush. Voluptuous, spicy, with a kick. If you like your roasts dark, this bean is for you. Mandelhing (a tribe, not a place) live in a highly humid environment, making it almost impossible to dry coffee cherries thoroughly. As a result, when Mandelhing beans are hulled they still have a massive 22-40% moisture content as opposed to the standard 11~13%. Because of the high-levels of moisture, Mandelhing coffees are very challenging to roast and the shelf-life is short. But this unique process called Giling Basah creates a coffee with flavor quite unlike anything else. Mandelhing beans coat your senses in a thick layer of spicy black pepper, deep pine forest aromas, sweet chocolate and a lingering liquorice aftertaste. Mandelhing’s heavy character doesn’t diminish with milk, cream, or oat so feel free to pull a shot and make a rather charismatic cappuccino. Roasted light yields an interesting combination of blueberries, sugarcane and fresh herbal. Our roaster loves it but it’s an…. acquired taste? For the brave.
