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SUMATRA MANDHELING GR1 TP Fairtrade Organic
KOPERASI GAYO NUSANTARA
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Quick facts
Region: Gayo mountains, North Sumatra Process: wet hulled (semi-washed) Varieties: TimTim, Bourbon, Ateng (P88), Jember Harvest season: Sep/Oct – May Shipment period: Oct/Nov – Aug |
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Out of the thousands of islands that shape the Indonesian archipelago, only a few have the right conditions to grow coffee, and one of them is Sumatra. One particular feature of Sumatra coffee is the processing, which has a direct impact on the characteristics of the bean. Most of these coffees undergo what is called a wet-hulled process or Giling Basah in Bahasa Indonesia language. Another common term in the Sumatran preparation is Double Picking (DP) which means that beans are hand-picked twice for defects so as to obtain an exportable product with maximum 11 defects.