Sulawesi: Wet Hulled Latimojong

This coffee comes from a coffee collector who is buying from smallholders on the western slopes of Gunung Latimojong ("gunung" means mountain, or hill), which at 3,478 meters, is the highest mountain in Sulawesi. The coffee isn't grown that high, but some of the farms do stretch up as high as 1800 meters above sea level (1200 on the low end). "Collectors" are coffee conduits who buy whole cherry or wet parchment from local farmers they are connected with, then sell to brokers and onto people like us. It's a long-standing system in many parts of Indonesia, and the collectors can be a valuable resource for gaining access to amazing coffees you might not otherwise find. On average, these farmers have .5 to 2 hectares of coffee planted, and are growing S795 (a disease-resistant cultivar, and one of the main cultivars grown in Sulawesi), and older Typica. This is another beautiful Farm Gate coffee and is good for espresso. Cupping Notes: Palm and date sugars, brown sugar sweetness, smoked d