Green Bean Selection July 2010 - Bulk Coffee Purchase - 2 KG

Lintong Grade 1 Arabica coffee production in Sumatra began in the 18th century under Dutch colonial domination, introduced first to the northern region of Aceh around Lake Tawar. Coffee is still widely produced in these northern regions of Aceh (Takengon, Bener Mariah) as well as in the Lake Toba region (Lintong Nihuta, Dairi-Sidikalang, Siborongborong, Dolok Sanggul, and Seribu Dolok) to the southwest of Medan.

Lintong coffees are from Sumatra, the island that is politically and geographically part of Indonesia. Lintong Nihota is the town that has become synonymous with the entire southern part of Lake Toba area. Lake Toba defines the landscape of the area, the largest volcanic crater lake in the world, and the result of the largest volcanic event on earth in the last 25 million years! It is huge, and the coffees from the north and eastern shores are quite different from the Lintong coffees. Lintong coffees are farmed by the Batak peoples that are the indigenous tribe that works the coffee in this area. It is carefully triple-hand-sorted. The aromatics are pungent and the cup is complex with herbal tones, and caramel biscuit/butterscotch sweetness paired with malty grain notes. There are hints of mild tobacco and spice (clove, pepper). The sweetness reminds me of chicory root and molasses, a rustic sweet flavour.