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Crescendo Coffee Roasters

Indonesia Wahana Estate Natural

Roaster Location: Yongin-Si, South Korea
Coffee Origin: Sidikalang, Lintong growing region, northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Roast Level: Medium-Light
Agtron: 54/74
Est. Price: KRW $10,000/250 grams
Review Date: July 2016
Aroma: 9
Acidity: 8
Body: 9
Flavor: 9
Aftertaste: 8

Blind Assessment

Deeply sweet, intricately rich. Lavender, banana, brandy, dark chocolate, tamarind in aroma and cup. Round but surprisingly zesty acidity; buoyant, silky mouthfeel. Dark chocolate and lavender, in particular, dominate in the short finish and carry deeply into the rich, gently drying long.

Notes

Wahana Estate is located in the classic Lintong growing district of North Sumatra Province near Lake Toba. It is a central mill drawing coffee from a group of local small-holding producers. It produces coffees processed by at least three different methods: natural or dried-in-the-fruit, traditional Sumatra wet-hulled, and fully washed (all soft fruit residue is removed from the beans before drying). This sample is a dried-in-the-fruit natural. It tied for the second-highest rating in a cupping of Sumatra coffees for Coffee Review‘s July 2016 tasting report. Founded by a bassoonist in 2015, Crescendo Coffee is an online shop that offers consumers a variety of coffee beans freshly roasted with the Easyster, a Korean-made roaster. Crescendo donates a portion of its profits to developing clean drinking water in coffee-growing regions of Africa. For more information, visit www.crescendocoffee.co.kr.

Bottom Line

A lushly sweet, natural-process Sumatra with a discreet hint of sweet ferment and a long, crisply drying finish.

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This review originally appeared in the July, 2016 tasting report: Learning from Sumatras

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