Ciwidey — Washed (22/23)

ID-JA-017
Region : Mount Patuha, Ciwidey, Bandung, Indonesia
Altitude: 1400 - 1600 MASL
Varietal: Sigararutang & S-795
Process: Washed - Dry Hulled
Profile: Green Apple, Brown Sugar, Cacao Nibs
Harvest Year: November 2022
 
Gravfarm Sukaratu is a farm managed by one of our partners, Yugian and Lucy. They are active members of the forest farmer groups and give training to farmers through regular counseling on forestry, agriculture, waste management, coffee seeding, cultivation, and processing.
 
The husband and wife, Lucy Tedjasukmana and Yugian Leonardy, are synonymous with us at Kopi Fabriek Indonesia. As early as 2020 we found them through a friend from our trip to Bandung, started sending samples, and initiated multiple conversations.⁠
 
There are few people in the industry with such an encyclopedic mind, so it was a total joy to be able to exchange thoughts and start working together, not just to promote coffee from West Java, but also to promote Indonesian coffee to be pushed out of obscurity. It was such a grand tour when we first visited the farm and the processing facility, sharing knowledge on botany, coffee processing, and agriculture.⁠ ⁠
 
The farm really held high gender equality, with women being represented in the coffee industry. Almost 70% of its farm members are women empowered, with dedication towards coffee and the industry.
 
Both are passionate and environmentally conscious coffee entrepreneurs like them who will have a great impact on the industry, uplifting the environment with zero waste management throughout their production process, all the way from picking cherries to water waste and everything in between. ⁠ ⁠
 
Most of all, they both are great coffee educators on all things agriculture, post-harvest processing, sustainable coffee farming, and waste management. Grav Farm has been crowned 19th place in the 2021 Indonesia Cup of Excellence and as this booklet was written, they are currently in the final round of the 2022 Indonesia's cup of excellence.
 
Through the work we have done, we finally brought to you an exquisite lot produced specially for you all coffee lovers to taste. This lot was processed and developed using extended mucilage fermentation to produce its fruit-forward qualities. This is then washed and thin drying techniques are used to produce a refined, elegant, and well-balanced coffee.⁠