Sumatra Ribang Gayo

We’re excited to release our first single origin offering from Sumatra for the year, sourced with the help of our friends at Sucafina Importers. Asman Arianto formed the Ribang Gayo Musara Cooperative in 2018. His goal is to offer competitive prices that can help farmers reinvest in their farms and their families. The cooperative currently has over 350 members who deliver cherry to their processing facility in Pantan Musara. The benefits for cooperative members are threefold. First, they get higher prices for their cherry when they sell to the cooperative. Second, as cooperative members, they receive end-of-season ‘second payment’ premiums that share a portion of profits earned for higher-quality lots. Finally, the cooperative provides training and outreach for farmers in everything from cultivation to processing.

While Indonesia is known for its unique ‘wet-hulled’ process (Giling Basah), Asman and his team are expanding Indonesia’s coffee possibilities by diversifying the cooperative’s processing methods. For this coffee they used a natural process, which after picking keeps the cherry around the beans on for an extended period of time. This natural process creates a sweeter, fruitier coffee. This microlot represents the potential Sumatran coffees possess and we’re proud to help showcase the quality of the Ribang Gayo cooperative. This coffee presents to our team notes of chocolate mousse, watermelon candy, and stout waffle.