Sumatra Dry Process Kerinci Cooperative

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Intense flavors of syrupy fruits and earth-toned, pungent spice notes, with thick body, and a long aftertaste that's rustic and bittersweet. Stewed fruits, green apple, root-y sarsaparilla, fruity brandy, earthy raw cacao. City to Full City+.

Total Score: 88.7
Product Overview
Full Cupping Notes

This Sumatra brews a unique cup profile of syrupy fruit flavors indicative of the dry process method, as well as earth-toned, pungent accents we tend to associate to Sumatran coffee. The dry fragrance and aroma had a sweetness of palm sugar, with intense fruits and bittersweetness, winey hints, and a note of green herbs. The aroma smells syrupy, with a liquor undertone, and high level of fruit in the steam. The cup shows incredible complexity, and an atypical flavor profile for the coffees we're used to tasting from Sumatra! It boasts complex fruit flavors, like stewed plums, green apple and spice, earthy fresh fig, and a root-y sweetness of sarsaparilla. There's some boozy/fermentation flavors, that along with the heavy-handed fruits, sketch out flavor profiles of peach brandy, and a Winter ale. Aromatic spice notes make a strong impact on the cup aroma, along with thick chocolate sauce, and a rustic cocoa nib note that adds earth-toned, bittersweet accents to the fruited aftertaste. This is an intense brew with big body to match. I imagine Full City+ will capture quite a bit more of the bittersweet side this coffee is capable of producing with a little less fruit, though I doubt you can roast it out altogether!

COFFEE DETAILS
process methodDry Process (Natural)
cultivarModern Hybrids
farm gateYes
Farm Notes

Origin & Farm Notes

This dry processed Sumatran coffee tastes so different than a typical wet hulled coffee, intense fruit and berry flavors no doubt linked to process. Like all dry process coffee, this fairly straightforward process method starts with the coffee cherries being sent straight to the drying beds, fully intact, where they'll dry for upwards of 3-4 weeks. During this time, a fermentation occurs within the fruit, that often impacts cup characteristics, like flavor, body, and acidity. During the drying period, the coffee is turned regularly to help dry the coffee evenly, and also to turn up and remove any unripe, or defective, coffee fruit. This coffee comes from a cooperative near Gunung Tujuh, who's members are spread out over the Gunung Tujuh and Kayu Aro highland areas on Mount Kerinci. This coop produces wet hulled, honey/wet hulled (a hybrid process coming later), and fully washed coffees too, some of which we'll have available in the latter part of 2022. The farms in this area are planted in older Typica types, and benefit from the high slopes, situated between 1400 - 1500 meters above sea level.

Specs

Technical Specifications

Key specifications and operating details for this product.

region Gunung Tujuh and Kayu Aro, Mount Kerinci
processing Dry Process (Natural)
drying method Raised Bed Sun-Dried
arrival date Jun 2025
lot size 20
bag size 60 KG
packaging GrainPro Liner
farm gate Yes
cultivar detail Ateng, Jember, Tim Tim
grade Grade 1
appearance 1 d/300gr, 16-18 Screen - expect some insect damage, pulper nicks, and a few partial quakers
roast recommendations City to Full City+
type Farm Gate
recommended espresso No
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