SUMATRA
MORE THAN COFFEE
The Story
Permata Gayo was founded in 2006 by a group of 50 farmers from five different villages in the Bener Meriah district in the Aceh Region. After years of conflict and insecurity, the mission of the group was to build a cooperative that was able to provide economic security for farmers, offer transparency within the supply chain, and give back to the land through the production of coffee.
Today, Permata Gayo brings together 2,122 members and is proud to be Rainforest Alliance Certified. The cooperative now offers training programs on growing, processing coffee, and also
cupping coffee for quality. Moreover, they also provide farmer members with food security projects and support children's education, sports, and arts in the community.
Most members of the cooperative are smallholder farmers and own around 2-5 hectares of land. These members use compost to guarantee soil fertility from year to year. The compost consists of livestock manure, green waste, and red cherry skin from the harvest.
Processing in Sumatra is unique and very distinctive from the traditional “washed
process”, in that farmers use the process called wet-hulling or “giling-basah”. As soon as the ripe cherries are harvested they are depulped using a machine called a “luwak”. The beans are then stored in tanks for dry fermentation overnight. The next morning, the coffees are washed and then quick dried to 35-40%. They are then
brought to a hulling station to be hulled before being dried to 12%. The coffee is stored in a warehouse in Medan and can be easily traced back to the village it came from throughout the entire process.
Copy from our importer, Balzac Brothers
Coffee Details
Altitude
1200-1600 MASL
Process
Wet Hulled
Harvest
September to July
Varietals
Catimor, Bourbon, Timtim
Certifications
Rain Forest Alliance
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Single-Origin Mixed Subscription (One Bag)
This is the second of three experiences I've had with Yemenia. The first was a small sample that came with Standard magazine issue 21, which is what had me eager to try more. This Qima Alchemy Series Lot 1 (the 3rd highest scoring coffee in the auction) roasted by Mad Priest blew me away. The aroma from this is turned up to the proverbial 11. Very fruity and juicy with mild acidity. This is the most expensive coffee I've ever purchased, but for the experience I believe it was well worth the money. I also appreciate that a majority of the auction proceeds went back to the producers. I have been pleased with all the coffees of this variety that I've been blessed to try so far, and I'm excited to see what the future has in store for Yemenia. Thanks Mad Priest!
This makes a fantastic cup of coffee in a moka pot!
I simply cannot find a better decaf coffee and I have truly tried! Sampled everything local and ordered all the recommended ones online. Mad Priest decaf Columbia is just the best!!!
We love it! It's so fresh and the taste is perfect! It's so good we had to up our subscription from the 2 lb bag to the 5 lb bag.
What a great flavor this unique coffee has! This is the type of coffee you drink slowly and enjoy every sip. Will definitely be ordering more!!
What a treat, an exciting gift to myself. A delicious cup, even when you don't quite get all the factors right in the pour, which shows the quality of the beans.
My favorite espresso beans. Not my first five pound bag and won't be my last for sure!
The espresso blend is a very good coffee that does not leave a bitter after taste. Would recommend this coffee and in fact have brought samples to potential customers in another state.
No other coffee I would rather drink. It is the best if the best in my opinion...
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We only buy specialty grade meticulously sourced coffee from top importers.