While the beans hold up well to dark roasting, City + brings out amazing orange acidity that will vanish out the roaster exhaust beyond this point. Roasting Notes: Taking it right to 2nd crack or even slightly into 2nd brings out the chocolate notes. Semi-sweet chocolate, orange, and pine nuts. Moderately intense cedar on the wet break. The beans have undergone a triple-pick sorting process in which any undesirables have been hand picked and discarded.Ĭupping Notes: Aroma: Pipe tobacco, winey.
The beans are clean, fresh, and have few defects. The movement actually has its roots going back to the 18th century when Dutch colonialism ruled the day.
The Takengon cooperatives are run mainly by women from the Gayoneese ethnic group because many of the men were killed or exiled during the “Free Ache Movement” that actively resisted Indonesian government control until as recently as 2005. This is a premium Sumatran coffee grown at high altitudes. Roast: Medium Tasting Notes: Red Fruits Juniper Berry Tobacco Brew Method: Filtered Options Flexible Origin: Sumatra - Ketiara Cooperative Roaster. If you care enough about coffee to get freshly roasted beans, then you owe yourself a good burr grinder.Located in the Takengon highlands of the northern Aceh province on the island of Sumatra.
We know it’s inconvenient but once ground, coffee sheds its flavour fast. No pre-Ground beans?Īll of our coffees come whole bean. We sampled many local producers and picked this particular one because it’s unmistakably “Sumantran” but with a sugary sweetness, subtle citrus and an interesting spicy dark chocolate profile that gave it additional depth and character. The plants grow in the shade of the mountain forest and enjoy protection from temperature swings due to the effects of the nearby Lake Laut Tawar. The environment is idyllic for coffee growing. Here, coffee growers practice organic farming and care for their crops on steep slopes at 1,500ft. On the northern tip of the island lies the Central Aceh district deep in the Gayo Mountains. It has a flavour profile not found anywhere else, with haunting notes of earth and spice. You can always tell when a Sumantran coffee comes your way.
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