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Java sumatra5/15/2023 ![]() ![]() In fact, we sometimes find that over-picked beautiful polished coffees are sometimes bland in the cup. ![]() Since Sumatran's are dry processed and often laid out to dry on the dirt in small villages, sorting the coffee is essential to take out the sticks and stones that the beans inevitably acquire, but triple picking does not necessarily improve the quality of cup. Sumatran coffees are hand sorted, and come in single-picked, double- picked, and even triple-picked lots. Quality in the cup is what matters, or should matter, not mere appearance of beans. This is not a problem, however, or a sign of bad beans. Sometime the beans will look uneven and funky green. Home to some of the countrys biggest cities, plus 30 active volcanoes that rise magnificently amid the rice fields, the interior houses Javas remaining forests, now limited to its 12 national parks. There is a tendency to over roast Sumatrans (along with other dry processed wild coffees) as they do not show much roast color, and roast unevenly. The archipelagos most densely-populated island is unlike any other. Sumatran coffee is a beautiful deep blue-green color with the appearance of jade. This is where cupping Sumatran after Sumatran pays off Big!) the Sumatra-Java arc region highlight (i) large variations in dextral shear motion (seismic slip) from 1 mm/yr to. ROAST: DarkFLAVOR: Rich, Spicy, Rustic Dark FruitORIGINS: Asia Embrace the earthiness of this lovely coffee from Indonesia. ![]() Look for notes of black licorice, cedar, dark chocolate, vanilla and mustiness. ![]() We’ve deliberately avoided trying to include too much on our island odyssey to keep the tour to a reasonable length. We cup Sumatran after Sumatran to find that earthy, deep, complex, full-bodied coffee that exhibits low-acidity smoothness and a touch of forest floor funk. Our 18-day Indonesia tour explores some of the highlights of this vast continent-sized nation and takes in a few of the best-known of the sprawling archipelago’s estimated 13,000 islands. Sumatran coffees capture the wild jungle essence of this tropical Indonesian island. ![]()
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