
Java: Java Sunda Pulp Natural Gambung Robusta
This is our first offering of Robusta. This unique Robusta lot is small holder farmers in Gambung Pangkalan, West Java. For those who've not tried Robusta, they tend to be a lot of bittering low tones, and earthy notes. Robusta's is typically prized for its massive body and high caffeine content, making it a popular ingredient for blending. But this lot is unique in the subtle sweetness pulp natural processing seems to bring, and certainly worth tasting if you're interested in Robusta. The coffee was processed by a pair of coffee collectors in the Ciwidey region, near Bandung. "Collectors" are intermediaries of sorts who buy partly processed coffee and full coffee cherry from coffee small scale farmers and then process the coffee down to the dried seed/bean. In the case of these two, they are renting a small warehouse space replete with coffee huller in Ciwidey and producing mostly wet-hulled coffee (aka "giling basah". Instead of bulking all of the coffee together, they are paying spe