Johor's House of Kendal gives homegrown Liberica beans a specialty coffee makeover
Preparing Liberica coffee cherries for processing. — Picture courtesy of House of Kendal
Now there looks to be a resurgence of Liberica beans thanks to homegrown coffee producer and roaster House of Kendal, albeit giving ourAdam Esham from House of Kendal with two coffee pickers at the ‘kebun’. — Picture courtesy of House of Kendal A couple years ago, the father and son duo revived their family business by replanting the Liberica and nurturing these micro farms to produce coffee of international calibre.
While there is always a huge market for coffee, smaller producers can’t compete with the scale of the bigger players. Adam explains, “The community has a misconception of Liberica as bad coffee as there isn’t much high quality Liberica out in the market. How we have approached it so far is with competitive prices and meeting with the people in the specialty coffee market. We attend coffee fests and improve the quality of our coffee by creating new processes such as Nitrogen Maceration.
Liberica coffee has a candy-like sweetness, which can be really sweet according to Adam, as Liberica beans have the highest sugar content among all varietals. Their Itamanis blend is a mix of Liberica beans from Batu Pahat and Arabica Sabarica beans from Tenom, Sabah; the latter courtesy of Jackz Lee of Relax Coffee, a fellow champion of Malaysian specialty coffee.style. Strong, bitter coffee caramelised during roasting with sugar and margarine, meant to be served with copious amounts of condensed milk.
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