House Beans
Why So Serious?
House Beans
Why So Serious?
Description
This Indonesian coffee is our darkest roast. Deep earth, dark chocolate, and heavy roast notes abound in this coffee. This coffee has plenty of room to lighten up but that's not always the coffee you need. Sometimes an extra dark roast is exactly what you deserve.
Indonesian
Origin
Real Name:
Sumatra Fto Takengon Kkgo Mandheling
Country:
Indonesia
Region:
Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
Grower:
Koperasi Kopi Gayo Organic Cooperative (KKGO)
Indonesian is produced on family owned farms organized around the Koperasi Kopi Gayo Organic cooperative (KKGO), located in the Takengon highlands of the Aceh province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. This region of Indonesia is also referred to as the Gayo land because the coffee farmers are from the Gayonese ethnic group. A high percentage of farmers, typically from the most remote villages of the Takengon highlands, are widows who lost their husbands during periods of conflict in Aceh. Natural disasters that seem to hit the region every decade or so add a distressed infrastructure to the otherwise natural beauty of the mineral rich volcanic soils surrounding Lake Tawa. Despite these challenges, KKGO has worked tirelessly for the last decade providing an infrastructure for quality coffee production including education on best organic agricultural practices and environmental stewardship for more than 1,500 producers who cultivate coffee on parcels that average 2.5 acres in size. KKGO collaborates with PT IKA, a family owned export company that operates its own dry-mill in Takengon, which provides logistics to transport and export KKGOs coffee without the long and convoluted supply lines that often compromise the quality of Sumatran coffee.
Coffee specifications
Variety:
Bourbon, Catimor, and Typica
Process:
Wet hulled and dried in the sun
Harvest:
June - December
Altitude:
1200 – 1600 meters
Soil:
Volcanic loam
Certifications:
Fair Trade, Organic