The Lintong came in a shade dark

This week’s Lintong is darker than the lot usually runs. Cedar and baker’s chocolate, same as always, but with a longer, earthier finish that sits at the back of the cup and stays a while.

It is not a mistake and it is not a new roast profile. It is a wet-hulled Sumatra, and wet-hulled coffees do what they want. Some bags land clean and some land heavy, and this one came in heavy in a way we happen to like.

If you take it light, give it a coarser grind and a longer pour. It opens up. If you take it as espresso, Beatrice permitting, it pulls like a dark chocolate bar. Either way it will not taste like last month’s bag, and that is the point of buying coffee from people instead of a factory.