Sumatra Harimu Tiger

A truly rich and full-bodied coffee, Sumatra HSimau Tiger also presents an intense, bright aroma. Its acidity is distinct yet mellow. This coffee finishes sweet with a lingering richness.Small landowners whose tiny plots are scattered over high terraced plateaus of clay produce most of the coffee in Sumatra. The coffee grows under full sun conditions without the addition of chemical fertilizers or pest control. The area farmers are responsible for the initial stages of the coffee bean processing. The farmers remove the skin of the coffee cherries with hand-operated backyard milling machines and ferment the pulp covered beans overnight. The beans are then hand washed in the morning and allowed to dry on clay or canvas in the farmersÕ yards. Parchment removal and a second drying are done at a middlemanÕs warehouse. A third drying and sorting is done at the Port of Medan before shipping. The combination of soil, climate, and primitive processing methods (variation in bean size and color a