As mentioned, we have not been able to actual taste this ourselves, but are buying it on the recommendation of the chief buyer at the wholesalers.
Here are some notes from other tasters with some thoughts ofmy own:
_“This is an ultra clean, wet processed Indonesian coffee with good acidity.
‘Blue Batak’ is a triple-picked, high quality Mandheling that exhibits different characteristics to ‘normal’ Mandhelings._
“The aroma is clean, dominated by cedar, brown sugar, and distant flowers.” The taste is similar. There is an absence of the earthy, ‘forest floor’ notes one expects in Sumatras. The acidity is not as low as regular Mandheling, the body is heavy, but not quite as heavy as regular Mandhelings, but the brown sugar/molasses sweetness is the outstanding positive note here.”
As the notes suggest, don’t expect this to taste like all other Mandhelings you’ve had before. It is different – but in a very nice way.
There will be 80Kg available when the offer goes live at 8:00pm on Thursday December 14th
