Coffee Description
Superbly complex, deeply sweet, with refreshing savory characteristics and sparkling acidity, this coffee launches with nougat and bell pepper aromas. In the cup, notes of red grape and dark brown sugar join round, juicy body and lime acidity. Cocoa nib and sage linger in the finish.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light/Medium
Variety
Catimor
Process
Washed
Elevation
1400-1525 masl
Region
Lintong North Sumatra
About Smallholder producers of Indonesia
South of Lake Toba in Sumatra is the Lintong region, where coffee was first cultivated courtesy of the Dutch bringing it into the area in the middle of the 1800s. “Batak” refers to the Batak people who live around Lake Toba. Their farms are small, hilly, and high in altitude, with rich soil and plenty of rainfall. "Nauli" means "pretty." This lot was grown by a group of 51 smallholders, all of whom are women, including their leader, Kotor.
As is traditional with Sumatran coffees, smallholder growers pick their coffee cherries by hand, wet-hull them (remove the skins immediately), then partially dry the beans in greenhouses on cement until they reach about 40-50% humidity. At this point, they are sold at the local market to a coffee processor who dries it to 25-25% humidity before stripping off parchment and further drying. This “Gilling Basah” method produces a beautiful dark opal-green coffee with little silverskin.
Lintong North Sumatra, Indonesia
PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
Topeka Kansas, 1993: an unlikely place and time for one of the most groundbreaking Direct Trade coffee companies in the world to be founded, but that's just what Fred Polzin and Jeff Taylor did. PT's Coffee Roasting Co.'s slogan is, "Without the love, it's just coffee.", and they certainly live up to it. (In fact, Jeff married a Colombian coffee pro, Maritza, now Director of Quality Control for PT's).
PT's Coffee Roasting Co. has won many awards, including Roast Magazine's 2009 "Roaster of the Year" and a 2012 Good Food Award medal. Building on a history so solid, PT's is pushing into the future of the coffee industry with promise and momentum.
