By Steve Hidayat
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October 6, 2021
Kamus Kopi received a special coffee, Lani Mendek arabica from Mr. Marsyel. Lani Mendek arabica is authentic coffee from a small coffee farm in the district of Lanny Jaya, Papua, Indonesia. The district Lanny Jaya was established in the 2008. The city of Tiom is the administrative city of Lanny Jaya. The total area of Lanny Jaya is about 6.077 km2 (according to Wikipedia.) The highest elevation is about 4.500 masl. And the average elevation is about 1.700 masl (according to topographic-map.com). Therefore this district is suitable for producing quality arabica coffee. Especially Lanny jaya has fertile soil from the tropical forests. Mr. Marsyel helps his friend in marketing and improving of the coffee. His friend is the coffee farmer. His friend name is Mr. Moses Yigibalom. According to Mr. Marsyel, Mr. Moses's farm still has the original seeds that planted by BPPT in the 1986. The main varieties are kartika, lini S and KT. The main harvest season are in April, June and August. The traditional post harvest processes are fullwash and natural. Currently his farm capacity is about 500Kg in a year. Mr. Moses still need lots of supports especially with the equipment. Mr. Moses is roasting his coffee with sample roaster only. There is a special note printed on the packaging label. It says "Nina Kopi Purompaga Mendek" It has a very authentic meaning, We have coffee from the Mountain. Kamus Kopi received three bags from Mr. Marsyel. One is roasted coffee (roasted by Mr. Moses). Another one is green beans with natural process. And another bag is green beans with full wash process. Bayu of Kopi Presiden roasted the green beans to the color of City roast on the 4th of October 2021. Kamus Kopi reviewed it with SCAA cupping protocol. The cupping notes for the roasted coffee were nutty, cinnamon, fruity :fragrance, fruity :aroma, green, nutty, overripe cherry/vinegary :flavors, medium:acidity, medium low :body, lingering hint of leaf :after taste. The cupping notes for the natural process were brown sugar, earthy, cinnamon: fragrance, fruity & brown sugar: aroma, brown sugar, earthy & vinegary: flavors, medium: acidity, medium high: body, hint of tobacco/cinnamon: after taste. The cupping notes for the full wash process were brown sugar, fruity: fragrance, brown sugar, fruity & hint of flower: aroma, fruity, brown sugar & vinegary: flavors, medium high: acidity, sweet, refreshing: after taste. Steve brewed it again with April glass brewer which manufactured by Suji Bandung. He asked Dea to join the review. According to Dea, the coffee showed thicker body and woody notes. But overall, they all enjoyed this specialty coffee. The Kamus Kopi score was 92 for the full wash, 90,5 for the natu ral, and 88 for the roasted coffee. For full video, please visit Youtube, https://youtu.be/TTZ1Xuvnj4s