After some delays, I'm finally tasting the new coffee from Bali. The lot I'm working with is a bit of an oddball, so I pulled 15 cups ranging from what I consider my generally lightest palatable roast through to not quite the darkest thing I have on the shelf.
It's rather nice across the entire range (even the lightest and darkest cups) with nothing coming out as particularly objectionable. I probably want to push the overall roast timing a bit faster to boost the intensity a bit, but the pick here will really be about deciding where the balance is nicest.
Narrowing things down a bit, cup 1 seems quite nice as a light roast. Cups 5-7 are a bit more approachable in more of a medium roast, and I don't think I'd want to go darker than cups 12-13 if I decided to do a dark roast.
If it weren't for the fact that I brought this in as a limited edition coffee and just don't have enough to sell any of it as green, I'd recommend it to my home roasting customers as something where you can take your best guess for the roast level you generally like and you'll probably end up with something delightful.
