The result is a coffee that is multilayered with aromas, flavors, and sensations. This is in stark contrast from the usual wet-hulling process and tarp drying seen throughout most of the farmlands. This coffee is set apart from the typical coffees produced in Sumatra in that it is skillfully processed by drying the pulp around the seed on raised beds in greenhouses. This Indonesian processing method gives the bean its unique bluish color and the hallmark Indonesian profile.Every once and a while you find a coffee that makes you go "wow, what am I tasting?" This one of those coffees.įor the past few years we've been working with our friends at Anthem Coffee Imports to to bring in this truly unique coffee from the Kerinci Highlands of Sumatra this time of year. This wet-hulling process, called Giling Basah in the Indonesian language, leaves the coffee bean exposed while drying on patios to a moisture percentage acceptable for export. Next the coffee takes a detour from the conventional path of processing in other origins, wherein, the coffee parchment is removed while the coffee still has a high moisture content. Then the coffee is washed and laid out on patios to shed the excess water from the parchment covered beans. During the harvest, producers deliver their cherries to the cooperative’s central mill where they are carefully sorted before depulping and overnight fermenting. The cooperative also has a program that exchanges roasted coffee for trash collected by hikers who visit the Kerinci Seblat national park.
Their farm management practices create a protective buffer for the Kerinci Seblat national park, which encircles the entire Kerinci valley with unparalleled natural beauty and habitat for the Sumatran Tiger.
The cooperative works closely with producers to decrease forest encroachment. Royal Coffee - "This particular lot comes from a longstanding relationship with a cooperative called Kopi Alam Kerinci (ALKO), which now has 516 members who cultivate on small family owned plots of land located around Mount Kerinci, the highest volcano in Indonesia.
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