#17 Sumatra, Mandlehing

88 HKD

Sumantra, Mandelhing If you like your roasts dark, this bean is for you. Mandelhing beans coat your senses in a thick layer of spicy black pepper, deep pine forest aromas, sweet chocolate and lingering liquorice. Mandelhing’s heavy character doesn’t diminish with milk, cream, or oat so feel free to pull a shot and make a rather charismatic cappuccino. This coffee has a body that will make you blush. Voluptuous, spicy, with a kick. If you like your roasts dark, this bean is for you. Mandelhing (a tribe, not a place) live in a highly humid environment, making it almost impossible to dry coffee cherries thoroughly. As a result, when Mandelhing beans are hulled they still have a massive 22-40% moisture content as opposed to the standard 11~13%. Because of the high-levels of moisture, Mandelhing coffees are very challenging to roast and the shelf-life is short. But this unique process called Giling Basah creates a coffee with flavor quite unlike anything else. Mandelhing beans coat your senses in a thick layer of spicy black pepper, deep pine forest aromas, sweet chocolate and a lingering liquorice aftertaste. Mandelhing’s heavy character doesn’t diminish with milk, cream, or oat so feel free to pull a shot and make a rather charismatic cappuccino. Roasted light yields an interesting combination of blueberries, sugarcane and fresh herbal. Our roaster loves it but it’s an…. acquired taste? For the brave.

Origin

Indonesia

Process

wet_hulled

Roast

dark