Sulawesi: Wet Hulled Benteng Alla

This coffee comes from Benteng Alla Utara, a small village on the slopes of Gunung Latimojong ("gunung" means mountain, or hill), which at 3,478 meters, is the highest mountain in Sulawesi. Most of the farms span an altitude range of 1400 to 1800 meters above sea level, and are planted in Typica, and the Typica hybrid called S795. Like nearby Rodo Rodo, the coffee is grown organically, though they have not obtained certification. A big part of their organic farming success is that they are goat herders, not vegetable farmers, which require pesticides. This is a Giling Basah or wet-hulled coffee. The wet-hulled process involves removing the outer cherry and only partially drying the coffee before peeling off the parchment and drying the rest of the way. This originated in Sumatra as a means of expediting the trading process and access to cash, coffee was partially processed, traded to "collectors", then dried the rest of the way. The cup profile this type of process produces is filled w