Sumatra Lake Toba Samosir Honey

The Lintong growing region is known the world over for its renowned coffee. This coffee is grown along the southern shores of Lake Toba in the Lintong region. The lake occupies the caldera of a supervolcano – which means excellent soil quality for the region’s coffee crops. (Side anecdote: Lake Toba is the site of the largest known explosive eruption on Earth in the last 25 million years!). 

Producers of this Sumatra Samosir Honey coffee belong to the Hutasoit tribe and maintain a traditional village lifestyle that includes houses which resemble ships. Seventy percent of the producers are women. Half the battle with Indonesian coffees is overcoming logistical challenges like rugged roads and unpredictable torrents of rain so the beans can be enjoyed in coffee shops on the other side of the world (like Carolines)!

Sumatra Lake Toba Samosir is a honey processed coffee, which while common in El Salvador and Costa Rica, is rarely seen in Indonesia.  Honey process is between a dry/natural and a wet process, in that the pulp is removed before drying, but the mucilage is left intact.  This concentrates the sugars of the mucilage and gives the dried beans a sticky feel (like honey). 

This light roast is low in acidity with tasting notes of: STRAWBERRY / STONE FRUIT / HONEY.