Freshly wet-hulled coffee, left, and partially dried coffee, right |
The wet-huller. The process is called Giling Bahsa. Lintong, Sumatra |
The car engine powering the wet huller, Lintong, Sumatra |
Firing up the wet-huller, Lintong, Sumatra |
Coffee mill artwork, Lintong, Sumatra |
You do the math, Lintong, Sumatra |
Johner, who owns the drying pations, Lintong, Sumatra |
Coffee after wet-hulling - white and swollen! |
Wet-hulled (Labu) coffee, 30% to 50% moisture |
Bags of partially dry parchment (Gabah) Lintong, Sumatra |
Alfreder and his brother Joner (background) |
Asalan coffee in foreground, freshly hulled Labu coffee afar. Lintong, Sumatra |
Asalan coffee (dried to about 17%) on patio, Lintong, Sumatra |
Eko and Joner inspect the coffee, while sitting on it. Lintong, Sumatra |
raking green coffee (the patios are curved to imprve drainage) Lintong, Sumatra |
Mortar and Pestle for making chile sauce, Lintong Sumatra |
Rakes for moving the coffee, Lintong Sumatra |
Tom and Joner, Lintong Sumatra |
Picking coffee in Lintong Sumatra |
Coffee farmer in Lintong Sumatra |
Batak coffee farmer and grand daughter in Lintong Sumatra |
Snail damage to coffee, Lintong Sumatra |
Coffee farmer and her grand daughter in Lintong |
Rospita and Alexander (brother of Joner) at mill down the road in Lintong |
Yet another Batak roadside tomb, Lintong Sumatra |
Detail of Batak tomb |
Woman's coffee group Nursery at Paritusan mill |
Damor and Ibu Dona (head of the woman farmer group), Lintong Sumatra |
learning to write your name ... Lintong Sumatra |
Fresh chile! Lintong Sumatra |