Indonesian Specialty Coffee
We work directly with smallholder coffee farmers on the Indonesian islands to bring you reliable, traceable, quality Arabica specialty coffee.
We produce our own coffee in partnership with farmers on Central Java. We also are a trusted sourcing agent for specialty coffee from all over Indonesia – Sumatra, Bali, Toraja, and more.
Enjoying the end of a 2022 harvest season with a little work in the fresh air
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The reason coffee costs so much Reason #237. We sure have missed these ladies. But hand sorting to get top quality is not cheap.
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Why does coffee cost so much reason #235: Options. Here in Central Java land that can go Arabica coffee can also cultivate tobacco (like you see intercropped with coffee in the photos), tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, and chile. Farmers are not locked into coffee and if they don't get prices they want for their coffee they can easily move to other crops. This has the effect of depressed supply, which also keeps prices up.
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Part two of Troy's conversation with @algrano on fair prices and ethical coffee is up over on Algrano's blog. Link in bio.
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Why does my coffee cost so much from Indonesia reason #234. We recently traveled to Toraja on the island of Sulawesi. While there we visited on of the larger private coffee estates in the country. I was surprised to find out that their entire output of around 1000 tons a year is carried out on 3 ton trucks like this one due to road conditions. These loads are then transloaded into containers along the main export port of Makassar which is an 8 hour drive from the estate. So in a era of increasing fuel prices imagine what those truckloads are doing to the price per kg of coffee.
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Many thanks to Ibu Mala and Bapak Ronny of Toraja Red Beans for hosting our recent sourcing trip to Toraja Utara in South Sulawesi. Good coffee to come from this origin this year. Stay tuned.
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What exactly does it mean for coffee to be ethically sourced? We recently gave our thoughts on this to @algrano our European sourcing partner. Head over to hear what Troy thinks about it. Link in Bio.
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We found a wild expat coffee producer in the mountains of Central Java. New video content coming soon.
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Lots of knowledge sharing with PT Sulotco in Tana Toraja. And by knowledge sharing Bright Java took all kind of notes! Our heads are full with all the experience this company has gained since 1986.
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The Liter. Coffee in Toraja, South Sulawesi is sold by liter of wet parchment. That is totally disconnected from the cherry price of the rest of the archipelago. Two years ago price of parchment was around 15,000 IDR per liter. Now prices are sitting around 33,000.
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