ROAST LEVEL: DARK

TASTING NOTES: CARAMEL-MILD CITRUS-CHOCOLATE-RED GRAPE

GROWER: Central Sumatera Coffee

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

PROCESS: Wet-hulled

CULTIVAR : Abyssinia, Typica

ALTITUDE: 1300-1400 masl

SOIL: Volcanic loam

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.  

Wet-Hulled Processing:

Central Sumatera Coffee manages processing on their own estates. The Bener Meriah estate employs 30 pickers during harvest months, and 6 specialists for processing. Cherry is picked daily and sorted for ripeness and uniformity. Once collected it is depulped and fermented for 12 hours in an open tank, after which it is washed clean with fresh water and allowed to soak. In traditional wet-hulling fashion, the clean parchment is then sun-dried just to the touch, and then mechanically hulled of its parchment, leaving behind just the soft, high-moisture coffee bean (thus earning the term “wet-hulled”), all of which is spread out on large patios and tarpaulins to continue drying until the coffee reaches an internal moisture content of 12-13%.