A complex Sumatra with syrupy sweetness, rustic earth and herbal notes, date sugar, Ricola, pipe tobacco, aromatic sandalwood, intense chocolate roast.
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.
This Lintong coffee is from Sigumpar Village, in the northern Sumatran sub-district of Humbang Hasunduntan. It comes from a family milling operation in town operated by man named Alexander, who is the younger brother of the person we used to buy this coffee from (well, coffee from Sigumpar Village at least). Pak Alex has his own small farm nearby that he processes and sells, but also buys wet parchment from neighbors in town as well as in six of the neighboring villages. The coffee is grown between 1400 and 1500 meters above sea level and is mostly Jember, Onan Ganjang, Sigarar Utang and Lasuna.
Taste Notes
Many of the characteristics we attribute to being “classic” Lintong flavors come through loud and clear in this coffee from Sigumpar Village, as do atypical aspects of fruit and sugars. The fragrance and aroma have sweet smells that fall somewhere in between palm sugar and molasses, and are lined with sweet herbal notes, and an interesting accent of cooked fruit. The underlying sweetness is on the rustic side and has layered flavor notes of date and palm sugars, brown rice syrup, and black strap molasses. As you move through the cup, earth and herbal notes come through like sweet pipe tobacco and Ricola herbal cough drops.
- Origin: Sumatra, Indonesia
- Region: Sigumpar Village, Lintong
- Producer: Pak Alex
- Altitude: 1400-1500m
- Cultivar: Lasuna, Onan Ganjang, Jember, Sigarar Utang
- Grade: Grade 1
- Processing: Wet hulling (Giling Basah)
- Sourcing: Sweet Maria’s