Single Origin - Sulawesi Viennese "Celebes" Kalossi - Specialty Coffee

Superbly rich, big-bodied and smooth, elegant balance of bitter and sweet tones with flowers and deep, dry plum-wine fruitiness. Roast: Dark Processing: Traditional Washing Altitude: 1300 -1400 M.A.S.L. Harvest: May - November 12 oz. Handcrafted Specialty Coffee Genuine Sulawesi “Celebes” Kalossi What’s the big deal? Why “Genuine”? Here’s the story: Sulawesi arabica used to be grown strictly in the mountains in the center of the island of Sulawesi. Toraja (also known as Torajaland) is the mountainous area where the coffee is grown, and Kalossi is the small town in central Sulawesi which serves as the collection point for the coffee from that area. Some shippers call this coffee Sulawesi Toraja, others Sulawesi Kalossi, and a few still refer to it as Celebes (the old Dutch colonial name for the island). A few years ago, people started to plant coffee around Malakaji mountain, southeast of Makassar, in the very south of the island. The soil and growing conditions in this region are very