Mandheling

Name: Mandheling (MandheRich LingtonNihuta)

Roaster: Coffee Roaster Grancino

Roast degree: Dark 

Area: Lintong-Nihuta area, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Production: Small farmers, Co-op style

Variety:  Ateng
Grade: Mandheling G1

Screen: 18

Altitude: 1300m

Crop: Oct. ～ Mar.

Processing: Sun-Dry, Pulped-natural (Sumatera Processing)

【Roaster’s Comment】

Lintong-Nihuta is well known production area for the high quality Indonesian coffee beans among the traders/exporters.  MandheRich, the highest grade of Mandheling, is specially screened large-size and fully matured beans from this Lintong-Nihuta area and has elegant sweetness and bouquet.

【Impression】

Full & dark body coffee with smooth velvety texture.  Layer of different degrees of bitterness and chocolaty sweetness, similar to chocolate from gran couva.  Fruity bitterness developed both original beans’ taste and dark roasting, leaves strong impression.  Filter blew coffee tastes similar to demi-espresso, but much clear and sharp in aftertaste.  Highly satisfying, prefer to save this for a winter nights special, sitting in king chair, in front of a fireplace with a favorite book and chocolate.
 

Out of all Grancino Coffees I have tasted, I liked mandeling/Dark roast the best, which made me wondered this roaster, or maybe the roasting machine, might fit better with darker roast.

Mokha Sidamo

Name: Mokha Sidamo
Roaster: Grancino
Roasting Grade: Medium


【Comment on Web】
Ethiopia is where native-grown coffee trees are found, and the word "COFFEE" comes from "Kaffa" Region.

Mokha, original species of coffee, still fascinates us with its outstanding charactor in world nowadays, which has became common to grow.  Especially, Natural-processed coffee beans is in a class by oneself, stronger flavor of citrus and tea.
Native arabica

【Impression】
Mixed size, rather tiny beans with peaberries.
Although the first cup left impression of little over roasted, found dark carbony roast taste,  a second cup gave less bitter and earthy note with medium body.  Mokha Sidamo is often characterized by floral aroma and light citrus sourness, which keeps Mocha as my the last choice, but this Sidamo has mild bitterness wins over sourness.

   

Columbia Spremo

Name: Columbia Spremo
Roaster: Coffee Roaster Grancino
Roast degree: Medium

【Impression】
Little bitter, charcoal bitterness wins over beans sweetness and bitterness, but clear after taste.
Columbia Spremo is basic or standard selection for coffee shops or roasters, which is often used as a core for house blend.  This beans is unique for mild, moderate, and well harmonized flavor.
Grancino's Columbia stays mild and full flavored as it said on their web, but is not well matured and developped fully enough to satisfy the image of "Columbia" taste.

However, their roasting method is very much experimentally and theoretically analyzed, it might be worth trying again someday.