Indonesia Nusantara SWP Decaf

Cupping Notes:

Very approachable bittersweetness, with identifiable hints of origin characteristics like brown rice syrup, palm sugar, herbal tarragon, and some very subtle fruits. Good for espresso.

Region: Aceh, Sumatra and Java Sunda
Variety: Ateng, Jember, Tim Tim
Altitude: ~1500 masl
Processing: Wet Hulled (Giling Basah), then SWP Decaf
Certification: Farm Gate

Blend Description:

"Nusantara" is an old Javanese term that means the "outer islands", in reference to part of the Indonesian archipelago. While it was originally a bit more limited in which islands were included, it is now commonly used to refer to the entire chain of Indonesian islands. We are using this name for a blend of Indonesian coffees we sourced, reserving small quantities of each for a custom Swiss Water decaf. This lot of Nusantara includes wet hulled coffee from the islands of Timor Leste, a typical body/bittersweet blend component that comes through loud and clear in decaf! In addition, we've added a really interesting "honey labu" processed Sumatran coffee, a hybrid honey-wet hulled processing technic that we started seeing in Aceh a few years back. Both coffees were grown around 1500 meters above sea level. The honey labu coffees we've purchased have tasted more in line with sweet, and sometimes fruited, honey process coffees, rather than herbal, earthy wet hulled. Together, they construct a chocolate-laden, big bodied, decaf, that is best roasted in the middle, City+ to Full City+ roast range. This is where it shows peak chocolate characteristics while retaining a nicely developed sweetness to balance the cup. Fantastic dual-use decaf that also makes a great base blending ingredient. This decaf was processed at the Swiss Water Decaf plant where their patented chemical-free, decaffeination process is employed using only water to remove 99.9% of the caffeine content.

Description from Coffee Shrub.