SUMATRA FTO TAKENGON KETIARA GAYO

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Flavor Profile Licorice, tobacco, genmaicha, lime

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About this coffee

Grower

Ketiara Cooperative

Altitude

1200 – 1600 meters

Variety

Bourbon, Catimor, and Typica

Soil

Volcanic loam

Region

Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia

Process

Wet hulled and dried in the sun

Harvest

June - December

Certification

Fair Trade | Organic

Coffee Background

SUMATRA FTO TAKENGON KETIARA GAYO is produced on family-owned farms organized around the Ketiara cooperative, located in the Takengon highlands of the Aceh province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. This region of Indonesia is also referred to as the Gayo land because the coffee farmers are from the Gayonese ethnic group. A high percentage of farmers, typically from the most remote villages of the Takengon highlands, are widows who lost their husbands during periods of conflict in Aceh. These families are also in the process of rebuilding after an earthquake in 2013. A women’s origination was recently formed to address the needs of the community, which includes plans to build a health center in the community.