Bali Blue Moon
All of the coffee grown in Bali is organic, because pesticides and insecticides and chemical fertilizers are strictly forbidden on the island. Importers can either buy it as Blue Moon (the wet-hulled lots) or as Kintamani (the natural processed lots). This is the wet-hulled Blue Moon which is going to remind you of a Sumatra, but cleaner and more complex. (the unroasted beans have that nice blueish hue and are really quite beautiful -- always some of the nicest looking Indonesian coffee we see come through) Some real nice undertones in here with herbs like vanilla bean and cinnamon, a little bit chocolatey, a thick syrupy body, lingering but not earthy finish. It is a super dense bean that you can roast really dark without it turning to ash. It is like a really nice Sumatra, and one that has nicer looking green beans and an exotic story. As with other wet-hulled Indonesians, this is a coffee bean that you want to take to the darker side of roasting. At a minimum, you will want