Gayo Highlands, Aceh
Organic
Our Organic Sumatra Gayo comes from the fertile Aceh Province highlands, with elevations of 4,500 – 5,200 feet, rich with black humus topsoil over a white sandy volcanic base.
This Gayo, as unique to most Sumatra coffees, is wet-hulled, also known as Giling Basha. The process is made possible by the abundance of small farms in Sumatra and its tropical climate. The process begins in the standard way – removing the skin of the coffee cherry and then fermenting to break down and remove the mucilage. At this point, the beans would normally be dried to a point of stability before removing the final parchment layer. The difference in Sumatra is that instead of allowing the remaining bean to dry to a point of stability before removing the parchment layer, the bean is removed from the parchment much earlier, when the moisture of the bean is about three times higher than it is normally is at this stage. The result is a raw bean that has a dark jade color and a rich, intense flavor. This Gayo offers a full bodied cup with flavors including cedar, grapefruit, and praline.
