Narino El Tambo

Beans: Narino El Tambo
Roasting Level: city
Roaster: Nama-mame Hompo
Area of Production: El Tambo,  Nariño Department, Colombia.
Grade: Excels
Screen: 14～16
Altitude:1,500～1,950m
Defects: N/A
Processing: Fully-washed,
Variety: Caturra, Varieda
Yr of cultivation: 2010

【Roaster's notes】
In COE Columbia 2010, 17 out of 21awarded farms were from Nariño area.  Currentry, they are forcuses on Organic certification.

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【Impression】

Medium body, velours like texture.  Dried apricots flavor, with light acidity on base of dark, deep fruity sweetness.  Sweetness of fully-ripened apricots and figs, a touch of soothing bitterness and sourness, long lasting sweetness and bitterness as aftertaste.  A thick "sweetness" layer sandwiched between thin layers of sweetness and sourness, just like a "tram-stopper", to create well-balanced flavor.  

This cup may create wonderful nutty flavor with a little bit of cream.  Too rich for morning cup: Prefer to have this in a Fall afternoon with favorite books. 

    

Super Carosi

Beans: Super Carosi
Roaster: Nama-mame Hompo
Roasting Degree: Full City
Area/Region: Carosi, Southern Sulawesi, Indonesia
Grade: N/A
Screen: 18up
Variety: N/A
Processing: Sumatran method, 100% Sun-dried


【Impression】
Medium body, lemony dark aroma, high roasted cacao like flavor.  Unlike other Indonesian coffee, lighter in body and texture.  Blend of citrus acidity and moderate bitterness, which similar to high dark chocolate like sweetness of Criollo cacao beans.  Full-flavored strong impression of Chocolaty bitterness and sweetness with raspberry blended with clear short citrus aftertaste, neither bitterness nor acidity stays.

Good for afternoon to evening refreshment after a busy day.  Black is preferable, may good with a tip of sugar to weaken acidity impression but no milk/cream recommended.      
Food pairing  Something salty and light, Hum and lettuce, sandwich es with Bagel or French bread .

【Note】
Super Carosi is the name given to selected beans cultivated/processed in Carosi area.  Cherries are grown 1,800masl and hand-picked, processed in traditional method and sun-dried.  

Mandheling Sinar

Beans: Mandheling Sinar
Roaster: Nama-mame Hompo
Roasting Degree: Full City
Area/Region: Sumatra Lington- Nihuta, Indonesia
Grade: G-1
Screen: 17up
Variety: Arabica
Processing: Traditional Indonesian method, 100% Sun-dried

【Impression】
Balanced, citric acidity and sweetness, very clean, soothing, crisp acidity, green apple, plum, sweetness of dark chocolate, cocoa, tropical fruits, milky, well valanced.

【Roaster's Comments】
Mandehling Sinar is varietal natively grown since 19C and cultivated Lington- Nihuta area, South of Lake Toba.  “Sinar” means shining lights in Indonesian, named after the view of dreaming light reflections over the surface of Lake Toba.
Unlike ordinal Mandehling, this beans are shipped with parchments and shipped in mid-night to minimize deterioration.