Sumatra-Peru | Starbucks Coffee

I have tasted Sumatra coffee before so I was surprised to see that Starbucks blended Sumatra and Peru together. Apparently, blending different coffee beans coming from different places is now the trend. Sumatra comes from Indonesia, Asia and Peru, obviously from Peru in South America.

Sumatra alone presents an almost full-bodied coffee that is bold and noticeably acidic, something that I personally find common among beans coming from Asia. It was my first time to have Peru so I am pretty much excited like a child on a Christmas morning. This is usually my reaction every time I get to try a new flavor. Starbucks and probably the entire coffee world say that South American coffee has this herbal and cocoa-ish taste. While this may be true, the blending of the two flavors made the herbal and flowery taste more subtle.

The combination is really interesting since the Peru flavor somehow toned-down the powerful and bold flavor of the Sumatra, to give it a flavor that isn’t light yet not too bold.

I was having my dose of this blend which comes from places that I could only imagine (after all, South America is so far from the Philippines and I heard the plane ride could almost take 24 hours to complete, with connecting flights to Hong-Kong and South Africa. Sumatra, despite being just in Asia is still not a stones throw away) in the UP-Ayala Technohub branch Starbucks which is a nice place really. People who go there are mostly UP students, office workers and the like.

Rating: three stars

A Must-try: for people who would want to avoid palpitations and crave for a new flavor aside from their regular blends and cappuccino.