Indonesia Sumatra Gayo Wethulled
About This Coffee
The Process
The wet-hulled process - known in Indonesia as “Giling Basah” - is largely unique to the islands and produces a characteristic cup profile which is fruity & complex with some pleasant earthy notes.
Ripe cherries are handpicked, pulped the same day and fermented overnight. The wet parchment (locally known as Gabu) in then sundried for 1-2 days after which the moisture content is still high (around 40%). The coffee is then hulled (the parchment or husk of the bean is mechanically removed) and then dried in the sun until the optimum moisture content is reached (around 12.5-13%).
The dried coffee is then double handpicked to remove any defects before being bagged in Grainpro for export.
History of Coffee in Sumatra
Coffee seeds first arrived in Java from India in 1696, but it was a swing and a miss; the initial plantings were wiped out by flooding. Take two, cuttings from Ceylon, arrived in 1699 with a guy named Hendrik. It’s unclear when coffee planting arrived in Sumatra specifically. Java was the coffee king of Indonesia (aka the Dutch East Indies) for at least 100 years after cuttings first arrived from Ceylon before coffee of any significant volume was grown on other islands. And well into the 20th century, much coffee grown throughout Indonesia was called Java.
- Subregion Gayo Highland, Aceh
- Producer Type Cooperative
- Processing Wet Hulled
- Plant Species Arabica
- Min Growing Altitude 1400m
- Max Growing Altitude 1600m
- Screen Size 16 Up
- Co-Op Ara Cahayani Gayo
- On Sale No
- Top Lot No
- Price Per Kg €8.20
- Status Spot
- Coffee Grade IDN CA WA MAN SUM G1
- CTRM Contract Number P8001469-1
- Origin Indonesia
- Warehouse Schwarze & Consort.