Sumatra Fair Trade Organic Cooperative Arisarina

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Crop: Harvested Oct - Dec 2023, arrived January 2024

Region: Gayo Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia

Farmers: Arisarina Cooperative members from the villages of Atu Lntang, Bintang, & Sabon

Varieties: Catimor, Tim Tim

Altitude: 1300 - 1500 meters

Processing: Semi-washed / wet-hulled

Grade: Grade 1, double picked

Bag Size: 132 lbs/60Kg, grainpro in a jute sack

Certifications: Fair Trade, Organic. Imported by a Kapeh Utz import partner.

What we taste: A full-bodied, slightly sweet cup with flavors of dark chocolate, dried cherry, and a hint of lime zest

About the coffee

Established in 2013, Arisarina Cooperative currently has a membership of 2,494 farmers. These farmers share common goals to improve the quality of coffee grown in the Gayo highlands and to maintain and preserve the ecosystem. Like most Indonesian coffee, this offering is processing using the wet hulled or semi-washed method. Instead of being fully dried in parchment form, producers dry the wet parchment for only a few hours before selling it. At the mill, the parchment layer is separated from the bean by a wet-huller machine before the swollen green beans are dried. This allows for a shorter harvest-to-export turnaround and quicker payment for producers. Wet-hulled coffees often have more body and lower acidity.