Ketiara farmers produce coffee organically on small farms in the Gayo Highlands around Takengon in northern Sumatra, where steady rainfall contributes to an almost year-round coffee harvest. Queen Ketiara is produced by only Ketiara female members and tied for the fourth-highest rating in a cupping of coffees from Sumatra for Coffee Review’s April 2019 tasting report.
Tasting notes: earthy, tobacco, heavy bodied
Country: Indonesia
Region: Gayo– Aceh
Elevation: 1,200 – 1600 metres above sea level
Producer: Ketiara Cooperative
Coffee Species: Arabica
Coffee Cultivar: Typica, Caturra, Bourbon, and Catimor
Processing: Wet-hulled