Sumatra Ratu Ketiara Women's Cooperative

Tasting Notes: Caramel, Black Cherry, Dark Chocolate, JuicyRoast level: Light Country: Sumatra Certifications:  Organic  From the roaster:  Aceh (pronounced AH-CHEY) is the northernmost province of Sumatra. Its highland territory, surrounding Lake Laut Tawar and the local city of Takengon, is considered to be the epicenter of one of the world’s most unique coffee terroirs due to its isolated heirloom set of typica and catimor-based cultivars, it’s uniquely fertile microclimates, land husbandry, and tradition of wet-hulled processing. Our coffee comes from an umbrella group called PT Ketiara that is within this area and was founded in 2009 by Ms. Rahmah, who began in coffee as a local cherry collector more than 20 years ago, and who by now is one of Indonesia’s most respected coffee entrepreneurs. Uniquely, Ms. Rahmah, as a woman coming up in the male-dominated, largely conservative Muslim industry of Sumatra coffee, learned to be assertive in negotiations, tend endlessly to the happine