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Sapan Toraja Arabica & Toraja arabica wet hull - Mr. Marcello - April.2021

Steve Hidayat • April 27, 2021

Reviewed on "aristocracy"  arabica coffee. 

Kamus Kopi received many coffee bags from Mr. Marcello G. At this time, Kamus Kopi reviewed the Toraja arabica and Sapan Toraja arabica out from those bags. And both of them were hulled wet.

Tana Toraja is a region in the Province of South Sulawesi of Indonesia. It is home of Toraja ethnic group. The meaning of Toraja is people of the uplands. In early Toraja society, family relationships were tied closely to social class; aristocrat, commoners and slaves. They believed that the aristocrat to be direct descendants of the descended person from heaven and lived in the ancestral houses, Tongkonans. Tongkonans were decorated with many wood carvings which carrying prudent messages about society, culture and nature. And Torajans implement these messages in their daily lifes including their ways of farming Toraja coffees. 

Kamus Kopi reviewed two coffees from Toraja. One bag was stated from Sapan village. Both went through semi washed processed, and then hulled while in "wet" condition. The Sapan Toraja was roasted into Cinnamon roast. And the Toraja was roasted into French roast. 

Kamus Kopi reviewed them with SCAA cupping protocol. The cupping notes for Sapan Toraja were fruity & cinnamon :fragrance, fruity & soury citrus :aroma, lemon & cinnamon :flavors, medium high :acidity, sweet, medium low: body, clean woth hint of leaf :after taste. The cupping notes for Toraja arabica were woody & earthy :fragrance, cinnamon & brown sugar :aroma, cinnamon & brown sugar :flavors, medium :acidity, medium :body, clean :aftertaste. 

Steve asked Intan to join the review. He brewed the Sapan toraja with clever dripper and paper filter. He also brewed the Toraja as espresso and latte with Delonghi Eletta machine. Intan noticed the higher acidity in Sapan than Toraja. But she enjoyed drinking the Toraja espresso more than Sapan black. The Toraja in latte was bit weak. They both agreed that both coffees were specialty coffees. The Kamus Kopi score for Sapan Toraj
a arabica was 92 and Toraja arabica was 93.

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