Sulawesi Toraja #8231;Sapan-Minanga

It is said that more than 300 years ago, in the great navigation era when colonialism prevailed, from the time when the Dutch spilled the first coffee seed on the land of Indonesia, it sprouted and spread its branches and leaves. Indonesia's coffee production has firmly ranked among the top five coffee exporters in the world. Due to the characteristics of many islands in the country, the identification boundary of coffee beans is also known as the island. There are Mantenin in Sumatra, Tonaga in Sulawesi, and even Java coffee named directly after Java.

Sulawesi Island, shaped like an inverted spoon, has a high mountain in the middle and is thousands of miles away.

On the island of Sulawesi under Indonesia's jurisdiction, the equatorial line crosses the northern peninsula and covers an area of 170,000 square kilometers, which is about the size of Taiwan. While the Tana Toraja Plateau is located in the middle of the island, with steep mountains and kilometer peaks everywhere, it is also a volcanic geological soil, which is a suitable geographical condition for growing coffee.

The "Sulawesi Toraja Sapan-Minanga" that the uncle tried to drink this time is a sample of ripe beans provided by Lianjie Coffee. It is reported that in the well-known coffee website Sweet Maria' in the United States. S is also being sold on the shelves. According to the website, the reason why most of the Toraja coffee beans do not have a specific farm name like the boutique coffee beans in other places is that farmers have to transport the harvested coffee beans from the mountainous areas of their producing areas to Sapan, to the west to Minanga or Kalosi, and to agents or processing plants for follow-up processing. So these two areas have become important coffee distribution centers.

In the spirit of seeking truth from facts, the uncle used Google Map to find out the location of Sapan and Minanga, which was roughly marked on the surface of the picture above, but Sapan could not find it. It was suspected to be another name for Saabang.

In the later stage, the alpine high-quality Tonaga coffee purchased by these two distribution centers, which is different from the commonly heard water washing or sun treatment, uses the traditional wet stripping method known locally as "Giling Basah". In addition to the dark green visible in the appearance of raw beans, it shows low acidity, thick taste and soft and deep fruit flavor. It highlights what distinguishes Sulawesi Tonaga from Sumatra Mantenin.

I just got this small bag of Sulawesi Tonaga given by Jerry Huang. Originally, with the mentality that it was just a free sample, I grabbed the French filter kettle and grinded it and poured it into it. Three minutes later, I wanted to say that it would be nice to drink hot water. I didn't expect that Daizhi would just happen! What is this, how can it be so sweet, mild acidity with some ripe grapes flavor, dry yet solid taste, the latter part of the caramel sweetness, lingering in the mouth.