Oceana Coffee Sumatra Medium-Dark Roast Whole Bean Coffee

Coffee Review Score: 92 Sumatra Tanah Karo Origin: Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Roast Level: Medium-Dark Blind Assessment: Sweet/savory, chocolaty. Spicy chocolate, plum, rosemary, lightly scorched pine, lantana-like flowers in aroma and cup. Distinctly sweet/savory in structure; plushly syrupy in mouthfeel. Coffees like this one from the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra are admired for their complex aromatics and fruit notes that appear to result largely from unorthodox fruit removal and drying practices called “wet hulling.” This coffee tied for the fourth-highest rating in a tasting of nearly 130 darker-roasted coffees for Coffee Review‘s August 2017 tasting report. Oceana Coffee was established in 2009 by Amy and Scott Angelo, Oceana Coffee is roasted in small batches at its roasting house and café in Tequesta, Florida. The Bottom Line: A rich, idiosyncratic version of an already idiosyncratic coffee type, a Medium darker roasted wet-hulled Sumatra. We did get a big, spicy yet fudgy chocolate and a complex pungent sweetness. This Sumatran is carefully grown by the Northern Sumatran people of the Aceh region and has a rich taste of cacao and smokey nutmeg, with a smooth full body. As one of our darker roast options, we believe this coffee handles the higher degrees of roasting exceptionally well, accentuating some truly delicious qualities of darker roasting.