Klasik Beans, Filter - Indonesia

Klasik Beans, is a well-established cooperative founded in 2008, by a group of producers in Puntang on the island of Java. Today, it boasts more than 1000 members. The cooperative aims to preserve Indonesia's cultural heritage through the creation of organic, sustainable and fair trade coffees. At each harvest, the coffee cherries are picked manually and brought to one of the cooperative's 3 cherry processing sites (Pacet, Ciwidey or Garut), to ensure consistent quality from the coffee beans to the cup. 

This lot has been processed using the Giling Basah method which is unique to Indonesia. In the humid conditions of many Indonesian regions, coffee does not dry properly, it rots and moulds due to the relatively high humidity of the air. The process involves pulping the coffee and then removing the parchment surrounding each seed at a humidity of 30% (whereas for other coffees around the world, this step is done between 9 and 13%). The fully exposed seeds then have one less layer to slow down the drying process. Thus, Giling Basah is essentially a coffee "dried on the bean".

Most coffees processed by Giling Basah exhibit mushroom, earthy, and undergrowth flavours. This lot, however, offers a delicate herbaceous character and a slightly sweet note of cedarwood on the finish. This is a great opportunity to taste an authentic and unique part of the coffee world, expertly made.

• Region: Sunda, West Java
• Country: Indonesia
  
• Producer: Klasik Beans
• Variety: Catimor, Line S, Typica
• Process: Giling Basah