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Pegasing

The Pegasing washing station and farm belonging to Hendra. Hendra's father, Hamdan moved to the area in 2006 from Banda Aceh and bought some land in the sub district of Pegasing to start growing coffee.

Overview

Location:

Panta Musara, Pengasing

Altitude:

1300-1500masl

Varietal:

Tim Tim and Gayo 1

Meet The Producers

Hendra started to work with his father in 2010 and soon began to experiment with washed and natural processed coffees after extensive research. Their plan was to move away from the wet-hulled method and to focus on cleaner processing to achieve higher cup scores and better flavour clarity.

Harvesting & Processing

They have built a small wet will with two pulpers, gravitational washing channels, and several raised beds in large poly tunnels to dry the coffee. Hendra has continued to experiment and now has around 10 different processes that he produces. The small washing station will produce up to 40 tons of green coffee every year.

The coffee is purchased from 70 farmers around the area who want to work with Hendra and pick ripe cherry as he has incentivised them to do this by rewarding good picking. If any farmers have travelled further to get to Hendra's farm then they are paid extra for this as well. Hendra has also started a nursery where he is helping to grow the Abyssinia varietal, which was planted when coffee first came to Indonesia. He is working with local farmers to plant small plots on their land, and he pays more for this variety due to the reduced yield and higher cup quality.

The picture to the right shows the tanks used for the anaerobic fermentation process.

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