View our french press recipe and our brewing instructions to learn more. This rich, full-bodied coffee is perfect for a french press. Sumatra is a tropical Indonesian island boasting nourishing and nutrient-wealthy volcanic soil. In fact, Indonesia is the only origin in the world that processes its coffee this way. This processing method is one of the main reasons for the unique profile of Sumatran coffees.

Most growers depulp their coffee on their farms before selling it to a middle-man who processes the coffee in the traditional Indonesian style called wet-hulled or Giling Basah. Our Sumatra offerings are grown by small-scale producers in northern Sumatra who often sell their coffee as part of a regional cooperative. Roasted medium dark, this coffee boasts a heavy body with chocolate, nut, spice, and herbal flavors. Atypical geography, terroir, and processing methods all contribute to the bold, earthy flavors evident in Sumatran coffee. While this happens, the machine helps ferment the coffee beans and create a complex earthy flavor.Renowned for its unique character, some of the world's most famous coffee is produced on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. They’re then sold/transported to a specialized wet-hulling machine that uses friction to complete the drying process and remove the coffee beans from its protective coating (known as the parchment). To get past this problem, the coffee beans are only left to dry till they reach 50% moisture content. However, due to Sumatra’s volatile weather, farmers only have around 4 hours a day of drying time before the rain starts pouring in and potentially ruining all their hard work. Typically, in other coffee producing countries, they’re left to dry until there’s 11% moisture content left before they’re processed in some other way. As you might imagine from fruits, they’ll be wet. The beans we know and love start off as seeds that’re removed from coffee cherries.

Wet-hulling is one of many methods used to dry coffee beans. Normally, Sumatran coffee uses a natural processing method called wet-hull, or Giling Basah in the Bahasa language. Another reason that makes Sumatran coffee unique is the way they’re harvested.

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