2/13/2024 0 Comments Sumatra lintong coffee beans![]() ![]() This Indonesian processing method gives the bean its unique bluish color and the hallmark Indonesian profile. This wet-hulling process, called Giling Basah in the Indonesian language, leaves the coffee bean exposed while drying on patios to a moisture percentage acceptable for export. Next the coffee takes a detour from the conventional path of processing in other origins, where in, the coffee parchment is removed while the coffee still has a high moisture content. Then the coffee is washed and laid out on patios to shed the excess water from the parchment covered beans. ![]() Each producer carefully sorts their harvested cherries before depulping and fermenting overnight with small micro-mills. Seventy percent of the producers are women who rely on coffee income to support their families. Producers belong to the Hutasoit tribe and maintain a traditional village lifestyle that includes houses that resemble ships. The coffee was cultivated and harvested from more than 300 producers with farms that average less than 3 acres in size. The Lintong growing region, located in the province of North Sumatra on the island of Sumatra, is renowned among coffee experts for its cup profiles and classic Indoniasian style of coffee cultivation and processing. Tradition runs deep in the District of Lintong Nihuta where coffee is grown along the southern shores of Lake Toba, which was formed by a supervolcano and reaches depths of more than 1600 feet. ![]()
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