Sulawesi: Wet Hulled Enrekang Rodo Rodo

We liked our previous offering from the Sunda Islands, Sulawesi Wet Hulled Latimojong, that we brought you another Giling Basah processed coffee. Rodo Rodo is 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. The farms of Rodo Rodo span an altitude range of 1400 to 1800 meters above sea level, and most are planted in Typica, and the Typica hybrid called S795. Rodo Rodo 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 since vegetable farming often requires 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 p