Sumatra Velvet Sonata

Roast Level:  Medium/Dark

Ingredients:  Organic Coffee

Tasting Notes:  Syrupy Body, Dark Chocolate, Dried Fruit

Grower: Gayo Arabika Mahkota Indonesia (GARMINDO) | 548 members

Altitude: 1200 – 1500 MASL

Variety: Bourbon, Caturra, Catimor, Lini, Tim Tim, and Typica

Soil: Volcanic loam

Region: Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh District, Sumatra, Indonesia
Process: Wet hulled and dried in the sun
Harvest: March -July | October- January
Certification: Fairtrade® | World Coffee Research | Trees for Education. Farmed: Organically

The Garmindo cooperative has more than 500 members with farms that average less than 3 acres in size.  Producers belong to the Gayonese ethnic group and maintain a traditional village lifestyle.  A large percentage of the producers are women who rely heavily on the coffee income to support their families.  Each producer carefully sorts their harvested cherries before depulping and fermenting overnight with personal micro-mills.  The coffee is then washed and laid out on patios to shed the excess water from the parchment covered beans.