Sumatra Wet Hulled Aulia Peaberry

This wet-hulled Aceh coffee is from a quality-savvy farmer and collector named Aulia Kahfi. He started out in coffee on his family farm, Rakyat, that he still manages, and has branched out to purchasing coffee from small farmers in neighboring districts as well. This small peaberry separation is made up from coffees from many different parts of Gayo, where farms span an altitude range of about 1300 to 1700 meters and are planted in older, long berry types (you'll see the long, canoe shaped beans), mainly Gayo 1 & 2, and Ateng. Aulia typically buys whole cherries that he then processes at his home operation with family. With small scale comes the capability for a high level of quality management, which he puts into all of the different process techniques he employs (including full honey, dry process and anaerobic!). The coffee is then moved to a dry mill in Tekengon, where it undergoes intensive hand sorting. That extra care and attention given to quality control is apparent when you look at the green coffee, and of course in flavor too, though not without defects (learn more about the Giling Basah / Wet Hulled process).