Sumatran Wahana Natural

Brett_H

When were the beans roasted C-Man? I reckon this is coming good after 7 days!

JamesM

I think I'm gonna brew some of this over ice with a 'filter roast'. The ripe berry and watermelon just has to be a hit with ice 🙂

C-man

Brett H wrote:

When were the beans roasted C-Man? I reckon this is coming good after 7 days!

Roasted on the 10th Lacehim did say it was a dark roast.. If he has any left I will see what a shot tastes like on the Quickmill hopefully this afternoon 3:pm

C-man

Pulled the last of it today, a perfect shot. tasted good, I enjoyed it, a lively Indo but not a patch on the only other Suma I have tried that was My Cuppa's Lake Tawar Jeff's one had similar Indo spice but way way sweeter and lots of caramel and just more body.

Jonty

Really starting to enjoy this at day 9, far different from day 4!! I think as Brett said, this one needs a super fine grind. As Jeff said which raised all our eyes was this is midori in a cup and he is spot on. The fruit smell is intense, sweet and rounds off nicely. This bean is totally different to Lake Tawar which I enjoyed immensely and I dont think you can compare the two as their profiles are so different. I only have 6.4kg of greens of this one left, so I am going to enjoy it over the next 12 months or so 😉 I probably have enough to drink out to day 14, but thinking I will substitute tomorrow in the grinder with some Eth Sidamo for the guests as I want to explore the Wahana by my precious self 😉

Koffee_Kosmo

A Wahana report on 10 days to 14 days post roast ( don't forget it's a light roast ) I have been drinking it daily and have observed 1) The intense aromas have settled and muted a little 2) The flavour profile is more of a balanced mixed fruity flavour with a little chocolate / cocoa coming through Although nice after a prolonged rest time I feel that my roast level was more suited to brewed methods Next roast will be to second crack as I normally roast and see what differences come to the surface KK

JamesM

KK, very nice! I'm enjoying mixed (ripe) berries, really obvious watermelon, and even a real fresh, almost cucumber?? hint. There's a mild spice, earth, and maybe cinnamon... Mine is roasted v'light, about 45 sec in to first crack. Enjoyed thus far on v60 and syphon. Will be roasting some much darker next round to give the spro a go!

galumay

Just trying my first roast of the Wahana, its 6 days old so a little fresh, i roasted mine to just the start of C2, i am finding it surprisingly rounded and smooth. No single flavour dominating at this stage. In some ways more like a good brazilian than a typically Indo bean. Adjusted the grinder finer before pulling a shot based on the previous posts and it proved to be the right move, I rarely have to adjust the K10 but this bean requires a step change. Will be interested to see how it develops over the next week.

Brett_H

My second batch has got away from me in the roasting and is really very dark. Not unpleasant but alo not to my taste. Nonetheless the watermelon flavour cuts through and is a pleasant surprise.

galumay

We seem to have started something with the interest in this bean, I see that coffeesnobs are stocking it this month!!

Brett_H

galumay wrote:

We seem to have started something with the interest in this bean, I see that coffeesnobs are stocking it this month!!

Cool! It'll be interesting to read their tasting notes and compare to mine.

Koffee_Kosmo

I have roasted my second batch of Wahana Naturals On the last occasion it was a light roast, however on this occasion it's roasted to second crack I will report back after its degas time KK

derrilex

I rate it both as a SO and in a blend of dregs :thumb:

JamesM

this is my latest Wahana roast... just right 😉 about 60s in to rolling 1c[attachimg=1]

Koffee_Kosmo

JamesM wrote:

this is my latest Wahana roast... just right 😉 about 60s in to rolling 1c

That's about the roast level of my first Wahana roast Did you observe the same femented wine smells ?

Jonty

James, Are you drinking this as a syphon or as cold press? I assume 60sec into 1C would be too third world for espresso. Jonty

JamesM

v60, aeropress, clever dripper. basically it's a filter roast. I wouldn't put this in a portafilter, it's too light.

Jonty wrote:

James, Are you drinking this as a syphon or as cold press? I assume 60sec into 1C would be too third world for espresso. Jonty

Koffee_Kosmo

Taste test of Wahana roasted to start of second crack Roasted 8th January Similar but muted wine flavours to the first light roast A lot more balanced A mild chocolate Mild berry fruit yoghurt flavour ( hard to explain ) Thick body on the pallet Overall its an extremely nice coffee KK

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