Sumatra Giling Basah Bebesen Aulia

Aulia Kahfi is one of many Aceh farmers affected by the recent typhoons. They are isolated in a rural area that can only be reached by air (at the moment), and there are currently aid efforts underway to get them critical supplies, like food, water, and fuel. You can read more about this effort here, as well as donate to help bring aid to Sumatran coffee communities.

This wet-hulled Aceh coffee is from a quality-savvy coffee collector named Aulia who buys in the districts of Bebesen and Kute Panang. Farms in these regions tend to span an altitude range of about 1300 to 1600 meters and are planted in older, long berry types (you'll see the long, canoe shaped beans) Abysinnia, Ateng and Tim Tim. In the scheme of things, Aulia's operation is quite small. He usually buys a few bags at a time, and then processes coffee with family at home. With small scale comes the capability for a high level of quality management, which he puts into all of the different process technics he employs (including full honey and dry process!). That extra care and attention given to quality control is apparent when you look at the green coffee, and of course in flavor too, both remarkably clean for a wet hulled coffee, though not without defects (learn more about the Giling Basah / Wet Hulled process). We're fortunate to have been buying Aulia's coffee for a few years now, paying premiums on top of the coffee cost to help pay for new processing infrastructure like raised beds for drying. In addition to this wet hulled coffee, we picked up dry process, fully washed, and honey process lots as well. Look for those in the coming months.