{"product_id":"sumatra-3-year-aged-lintong","title":"Sumatra Mandheling Aged 3 Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis crop of Sumatra comes from the northern part of the island up by Lake Toba. It was then taken to Malaysia to age in a climate controlled warehouse with regular turning of the bags and moisture readings, to carefully age it for 36 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarbucks uses Aged Sumatra as the primary bean in their Holiday and Christmas Blend every year. It is pungent, intense, full bodied with notes of cedar and spice. It's a mug of coffee that tastes great with holiday foods and spices like pumpkin pie or cinnamon rolls. The aging process has turned the beans brownish -- they look more like Decaf. If the aging goes poorly, you end up with coffee that tastes old -- paper\/cardboard tastes. But when done well, you end up with an extra intense Sumatra. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a light roast coffee, but it's an easy bean to roast. You have to take it at least to the 2nd cracks. I give it 11 degrees past the beginning of the 2nd cracks (about 25 seconds) and enjoy the smooth, full bodied, tobacco cedar flavor with a cinnamon spicy bite. You can go a little darker or lighter then this without too much change in taste. It is so flavorful, that you may want to blend something with it to mute it a little bit. We like it as a 70% base, with some sweeter coffees making up the rest of the blend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is equally interesting as a component in espresso. You can go as high as 50% with it in an espresso blend. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"\u003eUSA Arrival November 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"happymugcoffee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19630895235160,"sku":null,"price":5.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/8548\/8472\/files\/PXL_20231127_161249586.jpg?v=1738611745","url":"https:\/\/happymugcoffee.mom\/products\/sumatra-3-year-aged-lintong","provider":"Happy Mug","version":"1.0","type":"link"}