SUMATRA - Bahtera Wet-Hulled

Bahtera Cooperative is a producer of Gayo Arabica coffee in Aceh Province, Indonesia. Founded in 2018, the cooperative works with more than 2,000 smallholder farmers across 20 villages in the Bener Meriah district. Its members cultivate approximately 1,700 hectares of coffee, with the cooperative producing an average of 75 containers annually. Operating throughout the Bener Meriah and Takengon regions, Bahtera works closely with smallholder farmers, including many women producers, to produce high-quality Gayo Arabica coffee.

This Sumatra Bahtera offers a dynamic and unexpected cup at any roast level — it's layered with ripe, orange-hued fruit like cantaloupe, while still carrying the balsam, woody note you'd expect from a traditional wet-hulled process. It's fruity yet true to its wet-hulled roots at the same time, a combination that shouldn't quite work but does, making for a cup that's as fun to untangle as it is to drink.

At light roasts, cantaloupe and fruit leather lead, with a balsam-like note keeping the cup clean and layered. Moving into medium, cantaloupe rounds into a rich creme brûlée sweetness, with dried pineapple adding brightness alongside that same balsam thread running through. Into medium-dark, bittersweet chocolate and vanilla deepen the crème brûlée character, with molasses and an essence of sweet, fresh tobacco grounding the cup. At dark, molasses and dark chocolate take the lead, with balsam lingering into the finish as a reminder of the coffee's wet-hulled roots.

Elevation: 1100-1500 MASL

Processing Method: Semi-Washed

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Tasting Notes: Ripe Cantaloupe, Balsam, Crème Brûlée

Impact: Conventional

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