FTO - Sumatran Mandheling

Sumatran coffee has a rich, syrupy body with complex tones. It’s an easy to drink coffee for any time of the day.

Other flavor notes include:
Strawberry, sour cherry, clean fruits, bright, punchy acidity.

This coffee is grown by small-scale coffee farmers in the Gayo Highlands in the Aceh province of Sumatra. These farmers belong to the Gayo Organic Coffee Farmers Association. The co-op produces high quality coffee, but also trains all farmers in Organic techniques, and has it's own coffee tree nurseries. They also provide other crops such as vanilla, potatoes and banana to help balance the farmers incomes. The co-op itself has made improvements to local roads, water supplies, mosques, and schools. The organic farms they support act as a buffer to the watershed and several sanctuaries for the Sumatran tiger.

Since being FTO certified in 2000, this co-op has also built several mills, provided tsunami relief, distributes milk for babies, give medical training, and also gives micro-loans to it's members to fund their ventures.