Origin Information

GROWER: Smallholder farmers organized around PT Indokom Citra Persada

REGION:  Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia

ALTITUDE:  1100 – 1600 masl

PROCESS:  Wet hulled and patio dried in the sun

VARIETY:  Tim-tim, catimor

HARVEST:  October – January | April - June

SOIL:  Volcanic Loam

CERTIFICATION: Organic  

Background Details

Aceh (pronounced AH-CHEY) is the northernmost province of Sumatra. Its highland territory, surrounding Lake Tawar and the central city of Takengon, is considered to be the epicenter of one of the world’s most unique coffee terroirs. Coffee farms in this area are managed with the experience of many generations of cultivation, while also harmoniously woven into their surrounding tropical forests. The canopies are loud and fields are almost impenetrably thick with coffee plants, fruit trees, and vegetables, all of which are constantly flushing with new growth. Year-round mists and rain showers never cease, farm floors are spongy and deep with layered biomass, and almost every square meter of the region seems to exude life. Nothing is ever still. Including coffee ripening, which occurs ten months out of the year.