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Ijen Lestari — Anaerobic Natural, Five Senses Coffee
Five Senses Coffee, Petersham, NSW

Ijen Lestari — Anaerobic Natural

Mostly fruit

In stock at Five Senses Coffee. We don't carry it yet.

AUD 23.50250g bag
At Five Senses Coffee

Cherrybook last checked this listing 5 days ago.

About Ijen Lestari (Anaerobic Natural)

How is it rated?

62Cherrybook Index, from 1 independent source.

  • Reddit, on the roaster78
  • What the roaster discloses70
  • +2Roaster featured by Sprudge

Includes −5 for how long this listing has gone without a restock.

With this little evidence the score is pulled toward a neutral 50; more signals will move it.

Whether we sell a coffee never changes its score. How the Index works

What will it taste like?

Mostly fruit.

  • Fruit100%

The roaster’s notes: lychee, peaches and cream, dried raspberry.

Acidity
Body
Sweetness
Balance
Clean

Profile estimated from the roaster’s tasting notes.

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Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel: our reading of their notes, not the roaster’s own categories.

How does the price compare?

$1.87an ounce. Similar coffees run $1.46 to $2.76.

What moves the price

  • Roaster brand and sourcing−15%
  • Anaerobic process+16%
  • Single origin+3%

Some listing details are missing, so the comparison is broad.

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what coffees with these listed traits sell for per ounce.

Back of the bag

What Five Senses Coffee publishes about this coffee.

Origin
Java, ID
Producer
Ijen Lestari
Variety
Other
Altitude
1400 to 1500 m
Bag
250g
Suggested brew
filter, espresso

The variety and the origin

About Five Senses Coffee

The roaster’s page

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 78/100

Two Reddit contributions provide positive but limited evidence for Five Senses Coffee. One brewer said an Ethiopian mixed-berry coffee produced an exceptional first V60 with striking aroma and flavor, although later cups did not reproduce it. Another commenter recommended Five Senses espresso beans and said their brother-in-law was using and enjoying them.

Ethiopian mixed-berry V60aroma and flavor variabilityespresso-bean recommendation
Threads cited (2)
  • r/Coffee · 13↑ · Just ordered my first espresso machine...

    ...grinder? Espresso is not very forgiving with grind. So you will quickly outgrow your grinder. Took me about 6 months before i was good enough that i knew the grinder was holding me back. Five senses beans roasted for espresso will suit you well. These beans are currently what my brother in law is using and he loves

  • r/Coffee · 3↑ · Fruity beans lost notes after a few days?

    ...with my pours being pretty identical every time, since I've been making 1-2 a day for the last six months. The beans are Ethiopian, from a great specialty roaster (Five Senses in Australia) and had been degassed for five days from roast. Any suggestions? I feel like I'm chasing the dragon of the best cup I've ever h

Press · Sprudge

Meet the roaster on camera

1 video

From the roasterBrand film

Long Miles Coffee Project - Burundi 2017

Five Senses Coffee · 5.2K views on YouTube

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This video covers Five Senses Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

This short documentary follows Five Senses Coffee visiting Long Miles Coffee Project in Burundi to explore direct-trade relationships, farm-level impact, and the operational reality of the coffee scout program. The video emphasizes the importance of relational transparency, agronomy training, and community-level transformation in coffee sourcing.

Inside this video

From Five Senses Coffee:

“We wanted to source coffee, and I didn't want to just source coffee, I wanted to source coffee and make a difference in farmers' lives.”
“I didn't want to just like be a coffee trader. I wanted to be a coffee trader with a chance for transformation.”
“You can reach 4,700 farmers with 26 coffee scouts.”

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