Indonesian Sumatra Bener Meriah – Gayo Aalamin – Typica Wet-hulled ”Lychee” Co-Ferment Infusion

Burman Coffee Traders

Details

Origin

Indonesia

Process

Wet-Hulled, Co-Fermented

Roast Suitability

Description

Region Bener Meriah · Gayo Highlands, Aceh • Process Lychee Co-Ferment (Wet-Hulled / Semi-Washed) • Estate Grown • Sumatra Bener Meriah · Gayo Aalamin Wet-Hulled “Lychee” Co-Ferment Infusion QUALITIES: ripe lychee • tropical fruit • marmalade sweetness • jasmine florals • cocoa & earth RECOMMENDED ROAST: Light-Medium to Medium CHAFF LEVEL: Low This is one unique coffee. We have carried only a few co-fermentation coffees in the past, some people have loved them and some have not, but they are always a fun and genuinely unusual offering for home roasters. Part high-quality Indonesian coffee, part fruity science experiment: flavored enough by the processing that the crowd will be split on this one, though we found a lot of joy drinking it. Be ready for new tastes these co-ferments have been loved by many of our customers, but they are far from traditional. Co-fermenting is rare on its own, and co-fermenting an Indonesia is rarer still. It is usually Central and South American producers experimenting with anaerobic and co-fermentation work, but these Sumatran lots are right up there the coffee world is a crazy place. Co-fermenting simply means adding another fruit or flower into the fermentation tank while the coffee is processing, a little like brewing a beer or a fruit wine but with coffee beans instead. Here the addition is lychee , which for anyone who has not had it is very sweet and tropical tasting. This is an estate-grown lot from Aceh Province , Sumatra’s most famous and prolific region for specialty wet-hulled profiles. Coffee is grown all over Aceh and is particularly concentrated in the Bener Meriah regency, where the vast majority is smallholder-grown and gradually consolidated through local processors and millers, blending their immediate communities or trading batches between one another until an exporter buys them up. Central Sumatera Coffee (CSC) is an exception to this: they operate a 100-hectare estate right in Bener Meriah, organized varietally, wher