COUNTRY: Sumatra Indonesia
REGION: Aceh
VARIETY: Ateng, Bor Bor, Catimor, and Timor
FARM: Putra G...
COUNTRY: Sumatra Indonesia
REGION: Aceh
VARIETY: Ateng, Bor Bor, Catimor, and Timor
FARM: Putra Gayo Mill
ALTITUDE: 1400-1650 masl
PROCESS: Natural
TASTING NOTES: Watermelon, jam, juicy acidity and fruit-like sweetness.
Putra Gayo Mill
Iwannitosa Putra is the owner of Putra Gayo, a mill and farm serving two subregions within Aceh, Sumatra. Their farm covers 250 hectares of land with around 275,000 coffee trees of Gayo 1, 2, and 3. Amongst the coffee, many shade trees are grown like Lamtoro, Banana, Orange, Avocado, and Jackfruit trees. Iwannitosa specializes in both washed and natural coffees, as opposed to the common Sumatra wet-hulled. Washed coffees are fermented for 10-12 hours, and dried for about 10 days. Natural process coffees dry ferment for 10-12 hours, and then dry for 30 days.
Aceh
Aceh, in northern Sumatra, is an incredible region for coffee production. The average farm is one hectare, 80% of producers within northern Sumatra are women, and 95% of producers are smallholders. The region is diverse, geographically speaking. It is surrounded by beaches with a swampy inland, and the Barisan Mountains make up the inner two-thirds of the area. Coffee is grown on this volcanic mountain amongst the rainforest. One of the notable features of this area is Lake Taboa, the largest volcanic lake in the world.
