Asian and Pacific Coffee

The small-holder blends, such as Sumatra Lintong Coffee, share certain broad characteristics - a heavy body, low-key acidity, and odd, unpredictable flavour notes ranging from strong mildew or mustiness to winey fruit or sweet pipe tobacco. Monsooned Malabar and aged coffees such as Old Brown Java display a sweet, heavy body, with little acidity but with musty notes that can sometimes be recognised as chocolate or malt. Both are special tastes.