
indonesia + sumatra coffee
by dear deer coffee roasting bar onehunga · auckland, new zealand
you'll taste winey before caramel. this is (beans of the month) indonesia sumatra mandheling tp grade 1 washed, a washed indonesia + sumatra from dear deer coffee roasting bar onehunga.
it has a winey quality alongside caramel, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and cocoa, backed by baking spice, tobacco, cedar, and earthy herbal tones. the washed process keeps the cup cleaner than typical sumatran coffees while preserving that regional depth.
it's a typica varietal grown in sumatra, indonesia, and processed using the washed method, which separates it from the wet-hulled style common to the region. it's graded at grade 1, indicating a low-defect, carefully sorted lot.
filter brewing suits this coffee well, letting the winey, spice, and herbal notes come through clearly. it also works as espresso, where the chocolate and baking spice character will be more pronounced.
some mornings you need coffee that takes itself seriously without taking you hostage for an hour. dear deer coffee roasting bar on onehunga mall handles this balance better than most places in auckland. they roast their own beans, which means the coffee tastes like someone actually thought about what you're drinking rather than just pouring whatever showed up in the delivery truck. the location works if you're grabbing something quick before work or settling in with your laptop for a few hours. onehunga isn't drowning in specialty coffee options, so when you find a place that knows what it's doing with beans and brewing, you tend to remember it. regulars here have good reason to keep coming back. the kind of place where your flat white arrives exactly as strong as you hoped it would be.
all coffee from dear deer coffee roasting bar onehungaauckland, new zealand
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