Sampler – 6 Half-Pounds – Burman Coffee’s Exotic Selection:

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Don’t know what to try but like exotic tastes in coffee? Than this sampler is for you! In this sampler you will find top notch coffees that definitely don’t taste like normal coffee. From fruity naturals to bold wet-hulled. This is a wonderful collection of coffee that will showcase how diverse coffee can taste. Be warned though, exotic tastes always pull a love/hate relationship, these are all wonderful top notch examples but not everyone likes super exotic tasting coffee. Indonesian Sumatra Bener Meriah – Gayo Aalamin – Lychee Co-Ferment Estate grown Typica from the Bener Meriah regency in the Gayo highlands of Aceh, Sumatra, processed as a wet hulled co-ferment by Central Sumatera Coffee on their 100 hectare estate. Co-ferments are rare in Indonesia, most of that experimentation happens in Central and South America, so a lot like this one is close to one of a kind. The processing is long: 16 hours of cherry maceration, 48 hours of fermentation with yeast inoculation, then 12 hours with lychee fruit added to the tank, a rinse, a light misting of lychee juice early in drying, wet hulling at 25 to 35 percent moisture and sun drying down to 10 to 12 percent. Fair warning, co-ferments split the room, this one does not taste like normal coffee and that is the whole point. Tasting Notes: Ripe lychee and tropical fruit up front with marmalade sweetness, jasmine florals and a cocoa and earth base underneath. Light roasts are very sweet and fruity, citric tones lead and then fade into that tropical fruit note. Medium to dark brings out rustic dark chocolate while the fruit hangs on, and at the darker end it picks up a barrel aged ferment complexity. Roasting Notes: Low chaff and fairly even roasting, easy for a Sumatra. Surface color darkens fast, so wait until you see bean expansion before you hit cool. Lighter roasts want an extra little push and can throw a couple of late cracks. For fuller roasts stop before second crack or bitter notes start mixing in. Ethiopia Yirgac