Organization: The Roasterie, Kansas City, Missouri
Coffee: Sulawesi Toraja
Reviewed: February 2010
Overall Rating: 94 points
Roast (Agtron): Medium (49/71)
Estimated Price:
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Origin: Toraja growing region, southwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Notes: Coffee from the Toraja region of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, once Celebes, typically displays a wild and often earth-toned character, the result of unorthodox methods of fruit removal and drying. This coffee is a particularly elegant version of the style. The Roasterie is a leading, quality-oriented specialty roaster that specializes in building ongoing relationships with growers and emphasizes its commitment to "air roasting," a technology utilizing a column of hot air rather than the conventional turning drum to agitate the roasting beans. Visit www.theroasterie.com or call 800-376-0245 for more information.

Blind Assessment: Intense but rounded aromas suggesting grapefruit and fragrant tropical wood. The aromatic characteristics deepen in the cup, reflecting an almost juicy sweetness complicated by continued aromatic wood and pungently complex fruit notes: grapefruit, white grape, mango perhaps. Clean, rich finish, with the flavor notes softening but lingering deeply in the long.

Who should drink it: Those who admire beverages that combine the wild and the elegant.

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