Sunho Roastery Release

Sunho Roastery is a microroaster based in Seoul, South Korea. Truthfully, I only recently learned about them. I was on Discord and someone pinged Brewed by Jay and asked who his favorite roasters in South Korea were. His answers were Sunho and John Small (who we've featured on here before). Like John Small, Sunho has a very small foot print and they have never shipped internationally before. They're kind of an underground roaster for people in the know in South Korea (or that's the impression I get from them) Jay has assisted us with translating for Sunho as well as providing feedback on their offerings. Just like with our John Small releases, we have very limited feedback on these coffees, so there's a bit of blind faith here to try a unique roaster that you cannot get outside of South Korea.

Roast Profile: Pretty much all specialty Korean roasters lean more into the medium-light roast range. From the feedback I've received, they roast at a similar level of development as John Small, but due to their roaster (Trinitas, a Korean Air Roaster), their coffees have a more perceivable acidity compared to John Small (who roasts on a Giesen, a drum roaster which highlights sweetness at this level of development) 

ALL OF THESE ARE ONLY SOLD IN 100G BAGS

Here's which coffees we'll be bringing in from them:

1. Kelloo Gadeb Lalesa Washed - Gedeo, Ethiopia

Haven't gotten any specific notes from the roaster about this coffee, but I do have some notes I found from an importer of the same green.

"This washed lot comes from the region of Lalesa, one of the finest coffee producing areas in Gedeo known for its dense layered semi forest vegetation. It is processed at a wet mill owned by Alemayehu Tilahun. Alemayehu is a local who started working in coffee almost 20 years ago. He believes his success is attributed to the strong relationships he has cultivated with the surrounding farmers delivering cherry to his washing station." Kelloo means yellow in the local Oromiffa language, and the importers have called lots that present "yellow" flavors such as the listed mango note "Kelloo". Can't quite tell, but it seems like this might be the same green that Substance had for their Kelloo Chelchele (which I had a sample of and loved)

Tasting notes: Mango, Orange Blossom, Lemongrass, Brown Sugar

2. Kamgangi AA Washed - Kirinyaga, Kenya

I think this is the Korean spelling of Kamwangi, but I could be wrong! Unfortunatly, don't have notes other than that! 

Tasting Notes: Grape. Red Apple, Black Tea

3. El Tablon La Pena Washed Caturra - Nariño, Colombia 

This one is interesting. Hard to find much info about it. Seems to be a green you can only find in Korea (though Jay has told me that farms sometimes go by different names in Korea). The variety listed was "Ancient Caturra" which from what I could gather just meant that these trees are a few generations old. The roaster noted that, along with these fruit notes, it has a distinct perfume like floral/herbal components to it

Tasting Notes: Pineapple, Cherry, Caramel

4. Perla Negra Anaerobic Washed Gesha - Risaralda, Colombia

This isn't Las Lajas! That's the only Perla Negra I knew lol. This is a lesser known farm in Colombia. Sunho had this to say about the coffee, "It has a semi infused feel like an El diviso geisha or a Las Flores, but the cup is clean"  Probably A 2.5-3/5 on the funk scale.

Tasting Notes: Lychee, Shine Muscat, Lemon, Oolong tea, Dry Rose

5. Alto Bambito Honey Typica - Tierras Altas, Panama

100% Typica lots are kinda rare to come by these days. It's one of those old world varieties like Bourbon, that most modern varieties descend from. But it's not grown on its own as much anymore. I really enjoy the cup profiles I get from non gesha lots in Panama, so this is one I'm looking forward to! This one is pretty limited!

Tasting Notes: Pineapple, Peach, Chamomile, Jasmine

6. El Pergamino Washed Gesha - Volcan Baru, Panama

I had never heard of this producer, but have been told that their coffee is really popular in the Asian market. A newer producer that has only been featured from a few roasters. If you want to try something high end from them, and that's impossible as far as I can tell to find in the us, this is the one to get! Very limited amount of bags!

Tasting Notes: Apricot, Guava, Lime, Jasmine, Makgeolli