Aug 20 2008
Lintong in chemex
This morning I brewed myself a carafe of the Aged Sumatra Grade One Lintong using my Chemex brewer. It has been a while since I tried the Aged Sumatra, and my taste buds had completely forgotten how wonderful this bean is, especially roasted dark. I gave myself a nice little pat on the back for being a little greedy and not sending all of the Sumatra away to friends and family like I had originally intended. As much as I like this coffee, I also tire of it after a couple of pots and need to switch to something else for a while. It has a unique tobacco tinge to it that makes it feel like you are smoking a fine cigar whilst drinking it. Since I quit smoking, this is the closest thing to enjoying my morning coffee and cigarettes. Incidently, i not sure if I mentioned this before, but researches now belief that having coffee with your cigarettes actually helps prevent some types of bladder cancer. Too bad it does not help against lung cancer too.
Anyway, I guess I will have to send my buddy some of the Ethiopian Koratie instead since I think I plan on keeping the rest of my Sumatra for myself. Also, I blended the sumatra with the remaining Gesha and got a really good cup . I might try a little more experimenting with this and let you all know.
