Replo x Andytown Sulawesi

When the Dutch first brought coffee to Indonesia, it was cultivated on large estates that would later become government owned after independence. The Rantekarua Estate remained mostly abandoned until the government gave cultivation rights to PT Sulotco Jaya in 1987. Since then, the 3000-acre estate has undergone heavy renovation. More than 500 acres has been converted into a natural forest, making the estate a beacon of innovation in matters of land conservation. Coffee is cultivated using organic inputs, including manure from more than 2000 sheep grazing on the estate. During harvest, cherries are picked and taken to the Sulotco processing station in the Bolokan Valley. Cherries are floated in water for 24 hours to sort out the damaged ones. The remaining cherries are then placed on covered, raised beds, slowly dried for at least 2 weeks, and then stored until it’s time to mill and export. This is done in the same processing facility and includes hand-sorting as the final step. This