Description
A gem of a screen for a wet-hulled coffee. Kerinci Sumatra’s are much cleaner and less earthy than most Gr. 1 traditional Sumatra. Still fuller bodied and darker toned, they will give much cleaner (less earthy, peaty, muddy) chocolaty undertones, hints of acidity and soft fruit and medium roast levels. Given that coffee is not about looks, this cup also has a taste to follow, inner and outer beauty one would say. Normally the wet-hulled Sumatra beans are the ugly duckling of the coffee world.
The aggregate production method along with the classic Indonesian wet hulling process often leaves the beans split. Due to the beans being kept moist for longer, the color of the end product makes it much harder to mechanically sort out defects. So if you’re used to ugly duckling Sumatra’s, just looking at these beans will let you know the quality and time that went into this offering.
Wet hulled coffee is known for its lower acidity, bigger body cups with a complex and spicy earthy chocolaty factor that has become the terroir of Indonesian coffee.
Tasting Notes: A very cool cup! Best medium to dark roasted but will hold lighter roasts much better than most Sumatra coffees. Lighter roasts have a little cool lemony acidity upfront, with some soft fruit tones giving it some jazz, balanced with a dry earthy chocolaty herbal factor with some incense like spice. As you push into the medium roasts, it will get fuller bodied with a creamy mouthfeel cutting out the more lemony floral tones, turns the cup much more chocolaty and gives depth to the exotic spice notes. Darker roasts will turn more stout like and semi-sweet. When roasting into 2nd crack one will add some cool roasty and smoky tones into the more bakers chocolaty cup profile.
Roasting Notes: Easy to roast for a Sumatra coffee being such a gem. Roasts much more uniform than most other wet-hulled coffee. Low in chaff and tasty from light to dark. Light roasts for those who enjoy more acidity in the cup, for everyone else, a nice medium to dark roast will let these beans shine.
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