Blue Sumatra (Mandheling Grade 1 – Organic)

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How it sits among coffee from Indonesia

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Indonesia: 142 of 189 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

The House of Coffee describe this coffee as earthy. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Indonesia; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Indonesia, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Indonesia coffees

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Indonesia

Region

Sumatra

Process

washed, wet hulled

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, variety, altitude, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

Where each fact came from

Body

“For the discriminating Coffee Drinker Sumatra Mandheling coffees when done well presents a smooth full body, sweetly balanced acidity, and lush fruity flavour distinct from any other coffee on Earth.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

Thanks in part to growing in clay type soils (or volcanic depending on where in Central to North West Sumatra it grows), the fermenting fruit in the first drying phase, and the additional drying phase, good Mandheling coffees develop an Earthy smell and faint Earthy taste along with a wonderful deep body sweet balanced acidity and lush fruit notes when processed well… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“The beans we offer are from the northern Lake Toba region in Indonesia and are noted for their smooth texture, rich flavour, softness and mild acidity.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“The Blue Sumatra Coffee owes its name to the unusual blue hue of its raw beans.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

“Traditional coffee processing in the Sumatra Mandheling style “Giling Basah” (Wet Hulled) involves a semi washed process where the skin and some of the fruit is removed with home made contraptions before initial drying in sacks.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Roasted for

…blue sumatra Blue Sumatra Coffee fairtrade organic coffee origin coffee Blended Coffee Coffee Equity, Sustainability and Diversity Espresso… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.