Team Pegasing - Indonesia - Tim Tim & Gayo 1 - Anaerobic Natural
Team Pegasing is back! Hendra Maulizar is both a coffee innovator and mentor in the Aceh province of Sumatra. He runs an advanced coffee processing facility that is producing loud and wild experimental lots, and fun fruit-forward naturals like this one. This particular lot is a great example of the benefit of monitored and well-executed drying, all of the fruit with none of the funk! Expect notes of pomegranate, blood orange, & raisin.
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Farm
Hendra's innovative washing station and farm is leading the way for advanced coffee processing in the region.
Region
This coffee is grown in Aceh province of Sumatra. This semi-autonomous Indonesian province is located on the northwest tip of Sumatra Island.
Sustainability
Hendra is working with local farmers to plant small plots on their land where he pays more for the Abyssinia varietal due to the reduced yield and higher cup quality.
Elevation
1300 - 1500 masl.
Variety
Tim Tim x Gayo 1. Tim Tim (Hybrido di Timor) is an Arabica x Canephora cross, while Gayo 1 is a locally selected strain of Tim Tim from the Gayo Highlands in Aceh, Sumatra, where Pegasing sits.
Process
Whole cherries are fermented in closed barrels before being laid to dry on raised beds in a temperature-controlled poly tunnel for 20 - 25 days with regular monitoring and turning.
The Future
"Hendra and his family have invested heavily in the post harvesting facilities where they have built a small wet mill with two pulping machines, gravitational washing channels and several raised beds in large poly-tunnels for drying the coffee."
Hendra has continued to experiment and now has around 8 – 10 different processes that he produces. The small washing station will produce up to 40 tons of green coffee every year. The absolute best coffee is purchased from over 70 farmers around the area who choose to work with Hendra and increase both the cup quality and revenue of their coffee.
Incentive Program
"Producers are paid a premium for ripe, high quality cherries."Hendra is working with local farmers to plant small plots of coffee on their land. The cherries that make up this lot come from the highest elevated plots and are selectively picked and sorted based on ripeness and uniformity. Hendra pays more for better quality cherries and this incentivises producers in the region to grow better quality coffee.
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