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Sumatra: Earth, Chocolate and Change

By Kenneth Davids
April 9th, 2019

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Peach Coffee Roasters

Sumatra Lintong

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $17.00/12 ounces
No. 23 Coffee of 2019

Simultaneously citrusy and floral, yet deeply resonant and tobacco-toned. Cocoa, pink grapefruit zest, perique (fermented) tobacco, sandalwood, aromatic orchid in aroma and cup. Sweetly and exhilaratingly tart in structure; light, juicy mouthfeel. Grapefruit, sandalwood and flowers carry gracefully into a long, layered finish.

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94

Notch Coffee

Boru Batak Sumatra

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: CAD $18.00/340 grams

Deep, complex, sweetly pungent. Black currant, baker’s chocolate, moist, fresh-fallen leaves, maple syrup, a slight hint of juicy, berryish ferment in aroma and cup. Crisply sweet-savory in structure; plush, buoyant mouthfeel. Flavor resonates long into a richly drying finish.

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94

Gracenote Coffee Roasters

Sumatra Tano Batak

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $18.00/12 ounces

Sweetly and deeply pungent: earth and chocolate. Rich dark chocolate, fresh-turned humus, black currant, magnolia, cedar in aroma and cup. Pungent, sweet-tart in structure, with a profound savory bottom. The mouthfeel is not particularly full, but smooth, satiny. Nothing is lost in a flavor-saturated finish.

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93

Small Eyes Cafe

Sumatra Aceh Gayo Mountain Kenawat Raisin Honey

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: NT $480/8 ounces

Deep, rich, pungent. Fresh cantaloupe, tangerine zest, caramelly chocolate, sandalwood, magnolia-like flowers in aroma and cup. Roundly and sweetly brisk in structure; satiny in mouthfeel. Fruit, floral and sandalwood carry into a crisply drying though sweet-toned finish.

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93

Paradise Roasters

Sumatra Pantan Musara

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $19.95/12 ounces

Richly and vivaciously sweet-savory. Pipe tobacco, date, grapefruit zest, spearmint, rose-like flowers in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart and deeply savory, almost meaty in structure. Syrupy but crisply drying mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates around grapefruit, spearmint and rose in a savory-bottomed, lasting finish.

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93

Giv Coffee

Huta Raja Natural

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $20.99/12 ounces

Cocoa- and mango-toned, quietly zesty. Baker’s chocolate, mango, sandalwood, almond nougat, freesia-like flowers in aroma and cup. In structure, bittersweet with an enlivening tart edge; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Finish sweetens and consolidates around cocoa, almond and sandalwood.

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93

Fumi Coffee

Sumatra Gayo King Mandheling

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $19.00/8 ounces

Richly sweet, subtly earth-toned, lightly roasty. Distinct dark chocolate, black cherry, fresh-turned loam, cedar, freesia-like flowers in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart in structure, with a savory bottom. Lightly syrupy mouthfeel. The loamy earth notes and dark chocolate dominate in a very sweet, layered finish.

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92

Barrington Coffee Roasting

Ketiara Sumatra

Review Date: Apr 2019
Price: $16.95/12 ounces

Sweetly pungent, earthy. Moist, fresh-fallen leaves, orange zest, fresh-cut pine, cocoa, lily in aroma and cup. Richly tart in structure, with a savory edge. Light but buoyant mouthfeel. The finish consolidates around cocoa, orange and a deep, lily-like floral note.

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