Sumatra Wet Process Kebun Gayo

While we don't know a lot of specifics about this lot, it was purchased through a private mill who operate in Aceh who are buying coffee from small holders around Gayo Regency, of Aceh. In a system where farmers sell to local collector, much rides on the long-standing relationships between the two parties, and the collector is really the key person to determine coffee quality. A good collector buys coffees direct, rather than in the local village coffee markets where quality is low, processing of the coffees haphazard, and everything gets mixed together. Altitude in the region ranges from 1300 - 1500 meters, and the typical varietals grown are Ateng Bergendal, and Jember. This is a fully washed coffee, meaning that it was pulped and fermented to remove the fruit, and dried with the parchment layer intact to the seed. The cup has more in common with a basic Latin American coffee, than most wet hulled Sumatra's.