Flores Wet Hulled Turelelo

The owner of the Turelelo mill buy cherry from local collectors who act as intermediaries between small farmers from the nearby towns and the mill. Coffee in this area grows around 1400 meters, and tends to be planted in cultivars like Typica, and S795 (cross of Typica and Liberica that you can read more about here). Unlike many of our wet process Floresian coffees, this wet hulled lot shares many similarities in the cup with rustic Sumatran coffee. When roasted dark, it produced brooding low tones and earthy sweetness, low acidity, and big body. If you're a fan of wet hulled coffees, Turelelo will fit right into your rotation. We found several secondary defects, such as insect damage, pulper nicks, withered and chipped beans. All of that said, the review is based on the sample as it sat, which is to say we didn't remove any of the physical defects before roasting and cupping it (we did remove the cherry husk). If you've never tasted wet hulled coffee (aka "giling basah"), read this primer on what to expect from these rustic-toned coffees.