Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans

Sumatra Mandheling

Harimau Tiger

5 Pounds Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans

Here is the review from Coffee Reviews Blind Assesment, click on the Coffee Review image above for the full review.

Blind Assessment: Gentle, impressively balanced cup. Nut, milk chocolate hints in the aroma. Richly sweet-toned acidity, lightly syrupy body, softly lively flavor with continued hints of nut and chocolate and a black-cherryish fruit. Rich, long, resonant finish.

Notes: Mandheling is a term variously used to describe a growing region surrounding Lake Toba in North Sumatra Province and a traditional type of wet-hulled coffee associated with that region. Our Coffee Barn is a small-batch wholesale and Internet retail roaster based in Wisconsin. Visit www.ourcoffeebarn.com or call 877-265-2652 for more information.

Who Should Drink It: Those who look to Sumatra for deep, rounded acidity and smooth body. Not a robust or earthy version of the type.

• Name: Harimau Tiger
• Origin: Sumatra
• Region: Mandheling
• Farm: Various
• Varietal: Sumatra (spontaneous mutant of variety typica)
• Altitude: 800-1500m (2625-4925ft) above sea level
• Processing Method: Dry
• Drying Method: Sun dried on clay patios
• Preparation: Grade 1, triple picked (hand sorted)

Cupping Notes:

Herbaceous, sweet, tropical fruit, green pepper, cedar.

About this Coffee:

A truly rich and full-bodied coffee, Sumatra Mandheling coffees also presents an intense, bright aroma. Its acidity is distinct yet mellow. This coffee finishes sweet with a lingering richness. Small landowners whose tiny plots are scattered over high terraced plateaus of clay produce most of the coffee in Sumatra. The coffee grows under full sun conditions without the addition of chemical fertilizers or pest control. The area farmers are responsible for the initial stages of the coffee bean processing. The farmers remove the skin of the coffee cherries with hand-operated backyard milling machines and ferment the pulp covered beans overnight. The beans are then hand washed in the morning and allowed to dry on clay or canvas in the farmers yards. Parchment removal and a second drying are done at a middleman’s warehouse. A
third drying and sorting is done at the port of Medan before shipping. The combination of soil, climate, and primitive processing methods (variation in bean size and color are normal) are responsible for, and contribute to, Sumatran coffees being named one of the truly unique coffees in the world.

Sumatra anchors the western-most reach of the Malay Archipelago. Positioned directly on the equator it is the fourth largest island in the world.