Java Sunda Cimara
Java Sunda Cimara
Java Sunda Cimara
Sweet base flavors saturate the cup profile, balancing roast tone and subtle top notes. Caramelized sugar, sweet tea, accents of hop flower, fresh spearmint, and Meyer lemon. City to Full City.
Full Cupping Notes
We love our wet process coffees from West Java ("Sunda"), and often find them to be a nice correlate to balanced coffees of Central America. In addition to balanced sweetness, Cimara had some interesting top note accents too. While we only tried it at a light roast, experience tells us that it will work well roasted dark as well. The ground coffee showed some herbal sweetness when roasted light, accent notes alluding to loose leaf green teas, citrus, lemon grass, and honey. The wet aroma had a candied sugar smell, along with a note of sweetened black tea. In the cup, we found a strong sweet base flavor that saturated the cup profile, balancing out roast tone, and some of the more complex herbal top notes. A flavor of caramelized sugars made a lasting impression on the brew, extending to a long, sweet finish. The coffee cooled to medium body, hints of Meyer lemon, sweet tea, and a pleasantly bright citrus note that was well-balanced with the rest of the flavors. Up front there was a hop flower accent in the aroma that faded to more herbal spearmint in the aftertaste.
Specs
Region Gunung Tilu, Bandung Processing Wet Process (Washed) Drying Method Patio Sun-Dried Arrival date November 2024 Arrival Lot size 25 Bag size 60 KG Packaging GrainPro Liner Farm Gate Yes Cultivar Detail Andung Sari, Ateng, Djember, Tim Tim, Typica Grade Grade 1 Appearance .5 d/300gr, 15+ screen Roast Recommendations City to Full City
Product Overview
Product Overview
| process method | Wet Process (Washed) |
|---|---|
| cultivar | Modern Hybrids, Typica Types |
| farm gate | No |
Farm Notes
Farm Notes
Origin & Farm Notes
This wet process Javanese coffee is a small producer blend from farms near the mountain area of Gunung Tilu ("gunung" is the Bahasa word for a mountain peak). Farmers in this region grow coffee at an average altitude of 1500 meters, producing a mix of coffee cultivars. Here amongst the Ateng and Jember coffees are some old Typica trees, the original Typica, which is quite amazing. (Java was the first destination for coffee from Yemen, with a stopover in India). This lot was made up from coffee of 33 farmers in Tilu, who collectively pool their harvest together, and deliver it to a mill for processing some 200 km away in Tenjolaya Ciwidey. Java Sunda (West Java) was the original coffee area, but you would find few trees here of late. Most Java coffee is grown in the East, where the big estates are. But farmers in Java Sunda always kept small coffee plots, although they mainly grown rice, onions, cabbage, carrots and other food crops for local markets in Bandung and Jakarta. It's nice to see small lots from the different mountain villages in the region rather than the typically large, full-container blends.
Specs
Specs
Technical Specifications
Key specifications and operating details for this product.
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| recommended espresso | No |
Java Sunda Cimara
Java Sunda Cimara
Sweet base flavors saturate the cup profile, balancing roast tone and subtle top notes. Caramelized sugar, sweet tea, accents of hop flower, fresh spearmint, and Meyer lemon. City to Full City.
Full Cupping Notes
We love our wet process coffees from West Java ("Sunda"), and often find them to be a nice correlate to balanced coffees of Central America. In addition to balanced sweetness, Cimara had some interesting top note accents too. While we only tried it at a light roast, experience tells us that it will work well roasted dark as well. The ground coffee showed some herbal sweetness when roasted light, accent notes alluding to loose leaf green teas, citrus, lemon grass, and honey. The wet aroma had a candied sugar smell, along with a note of sweetened black tea. In the cup, we found a strong sweet base flavor that saturated the cup profile, balancing out roast tone, and some of the more complex herbal top notes. A flavor of caramelized sugars made a lasting impression on the brew, extending to a long, sweet finish. The coffee cooled to medium body, hints of Meyer lemon, sweet tea, and a pleasantly bright citrus note that was well-balanced with the rest of the flavors. Up front there was a hop flower accent in the aroma that faded to more herbal spearmint in the aftertaste.
Specs
| Region | Gunung Tilu, Bandung |
|---|---|
| Processing | Wet Process (Washed) |
| Drying Method | Patio Sun-Dried |
| Arrival date | November 2024 Arrival |
| Lot size | 25 |
| Bag size | 60 KG |
| Packaging | GrainPro Liner |
| Farm Gate | Yes |
| Cultivar Detail | Andung Sari, Ateng, Djember, Tim Tim, Typica |
| Grade | Grade 1 |
| Appearance | .5 d/300gr, 15+ screen |
| Roast Recommendations | City to Full City |