Window to Indo, July 2012

A selection of images from my trip to Java and Sulawesi in July. This was not my first time to either place, but they are both visually fascinating, as well as rewarding for the great coffees we have sourced here. Be warned that a few photos from the Sulawesi funeral Pesta are gory.

Not underswater photography... I couldn't help but feel the pictures I was taking would look sub-marine, and they do.	Just a little green ... A small pocket of green moss that must be tolerant to the extreme heat and mineral content...	Delicate laced mineral formations at the Papandayan Volcano cratar in Java Sunda
Sulpherous Of course the place smells of boiled eggs, and I could only take it for so long. But it was...	Volcanic Mud Pots Of course I slipped and stepped in the mud after taking this picture. I was worried it would...	Remnant Before the volcano exploded in 2002, it was well forested. Remnant trunks remain.
Toothy A reminder to brush? Who knows … the driver only spoke Sundanese	Local Options Brands of local instant coffee, sold in packets and ready to use. Needless to say, it is awful...	Cimulek Laying out the coffee to dry on tarps after fermentation. Much Indo coffee is wet-hulled and not...
Broca - Coffee Berry Borer CBB is not a huge problem in this part of Java as it is in other parts of Indonesia, but it is...	Part Ripe On a walk up to a coffee farm near Cimulek, Typica coffees show selective ripening.	Coffee Dog Covered in seeds from weed flowers, a coffee dog on the farm of Pak Yayat
Typica Newer Typica varietal trees, around 7 years old, planted on the farm. Larger farms like this are...	Seedings - Java Sunda Typica seedlings for a bright new future, Java Sunda	Canus Yayat Coffee farm dogs, very shy and timid, a little barky, but sweet.