![]() The cooperative’s farms are located in the mountainous Aceh province of Sumatra, an area that has long been known for its quality coffee offerings. The Cooperative has about 550 smallholder farmer members who each own less than 1.5 hectares of farmland. We source our Sumatra coffee from the Gayo Arabika Indonesia cooperative. Locals took up small plots of land and planted coffee plants that were more resistant to disease. ![]() As a result, laborers were able to claim their coffee industry. Fortunately, after a coffee-leaf-rust epidemic during the 1860s and 1870s decimated the country’s coffee industry, the Dutch abandoned many of their plantations. The punishing plantation culture caused years of financial and political hardship for laborers and locals alike. As part of the colonial regime, Indonesians cultivated coffee on large Dutch-owned plantations. Indonesian coffee farming originated as part of the country’s colonial occupation by the Dutch in the 17th century. In this post, we will tell you a little bit about what makes Sumatra such a captivating coffee origin.Ĭoffee production in Indonesia began with many years of oppression and struggle for its people. ![]() Our Sumatra Aceh Gayo is a dark Vienna roast, smooth bodied coffee with notes of cocoa and lemongrass. We are thrilled to announce our newest single-origin offering: a fair trade, organic Indonesian coffee from Sumatra. ![]()
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