About This Coffee
In the Tlogosari Village, the locals have established a social non-profit cooperative, known as "Walida Cooperative," to enhance the well-being of the community. The cooperative, led by Ahmad Muhlisin in partnership with Belift Green Beans, is responsible for growing coffee beans. When coffee is sold, 20% of the profits are allocated to the social non-profit cooperative. The cooperative runs a K-12 school that offers education to the villagers. A small percentage of the profits is given to the government to allow the villagers to grow coffee in that area. After completing his university studies, Ahmad became increasingly concerned about the low education levels in his region. He decided to provide free education to the local villagers since many of them were not prioritizing education. Some villagers opted to leave school after elementary school to work as farmers, while others got married at an early age (14-16) without realizing the other opportunities available to them. Ahmad came up with a solution to add more value to his village.
Cultivation
Ahmad's coffee is grown at around 1,200 - 1,600 m.a.s.l in the footsteps of Mount Argopuro, in Situbondo Regency, East Java Province of Java Island.
He focuses on natural-processed coffee because water supply is scarce in his area, and the government has not been active in helping build irrigation/water supply systems there. The harvest season begins around early May and ends around late July. The coffee varieties grown include Lini S795 and Kartika.
Harvest & Post-Harvest
This particular coffee is sun-dried on raised beds after being cleaned and sorted by flotation. After being dried, the cherries are rehydrated, depulped, and then the beans are sun-dried again in raised beds. Once the coffee is well dried, it is hulled and sorted by density before being packed and exported!
Sustainable Harvest
Sustainable Harvest® is a specialty coffee trader focusing primarily on bringing coffees to market that are sourced from smallholder farmer cooperatives in the supply chain such as indigenous communities, women groups and the next generation of coffee farmers.
Their sourcing model is built on transparency, traceability and direct relationships between quality-minded coffee roasters and best-in-class coffee producers. Sustainable Harvest® has an on-site presence at origin with staff in Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Peru. Each office coordinates their supply including quality management, supplier relationships, source development, logistics, training and capacity building.
Coffee in Indonesia
Indonesia has a long coffee producing history, but recently their coffees have been overlooked by the specialty market. Thanks to our innovative and ever-expanding supply chain, we are proud to bring you high-quality coffees from many of Indonesia’s unique regions, accompanied by in-depth traceability information.
Indonesia is perhaps best known for its unique wet hulling process (giling basah). Though its exact origins are unclear, wet hulling most likely originated in Aceh during the late 1970s.
Wet hulling’s popularity can be attributed to producers’ need for prompt payments. It was also adopted specifically by many producers who lacked the drying infrastructure that was needed to shelter drying parchment from the high humidity and inconsistent rainfall typical in Sumatra. At higher elevations with constant humidity and unpredictable rainfall, drying can prove to be slow, risky and difficult.