Organic Sumatran - DARK
Fair Trade & Organic Certified
Product Info
Organic Sumatran Tiga Raja - Overview:
We've taken our popular Organic Sumatran Tiga Raja beans and roasted them to the edge of darkness to produce a wonderfully complex roasted flavor.
Very structured, earthy, clove, spice (black currant), aromatic, semi-sweet, long finish, medium mouthfeel.
Roast: Dark
Notes: Fair Trade & Organic Certified
Primary Descriptors: Very structured, earthy, clove, toasted spice (black currant), aromatic, semi-sweet, long finish.
Organic Sumatran Coffee - DARK
We've taken our popular Organic Sumatran Tiga Raja coffee beans and roasted them to the edge of darkness to produce a wonderfully complex roasted flavor.
Very structured, earthy, clove, spice (black currant), aromatic, semi-sweet, long finish, medium mouthfeel.
Rising abruptly from the coastal plains of Sumatra’s northern-most province, the mountains of Aceh Tengah (Central Aceh) are the historical home to the Gayonese people. The ideal growing conditions of this region have supported the long history and unique quality reputation of “Gayo Mountain” coffee.
Years of civil war plagued this region, causing many farmers to abandon their land and flee to the neighboring city of Medan. However, after a powerful tsunami hit the coastal region of northern Sumatra in 2014, the most devastating of its kind in modern times, peace accords were signed, ending a generation of violence and allowing many to return to their land.
The Origins of Indonesian Sumatran Coffee
In the Begining...
The arrival of coffee to the Indonesian archipelago has made that sliver of islands one of the top five producers of coffee in the world.
The island of Java is where coffee first began to be grown in the South Pacific from beans brought there from Mocha (in Yemen) by Dutch merchants. The rich volcanic soil of the region was seen as a prime place for launching into the coffee trade.
Start-Restart
In 1696 the first coffee trees were planted there and then quickly destroyed by earthquake and flood. In 1711 they tried again and put Indonesia on the map.
This can have its drawbacks. Indonesia is now the fourth largest coffee producer in the world, and even with all its smallholder farms, finding high quality coffee there has been a journey of discovery and a bit of a struggle as large share growers abound with low quality product.
Shade Grown Coffee
It’s been suggested that 75 percent of the coffee grown in Indonesia is Robusta, a more durable but far inferior variety that winds up as instant coffee—which is actually very popular among coffee drinkers in Indonesia—or used as a 'filler' coffee and bagged with Arabica.
Country: Indonesia
Altitude: 1400-1700 m
Fair Trade & Organic Certified
Variety: Cattimor, Typica, & Timtim