Where on Earth is Sumatra?
• 11,000 ++ miles from New York City
• 32 ++ hour trip from New York City: 24 hours of flight &
transit time + 8 hours of driving to the coffee farms
• 12 hours time difference, on the opposite side of NY City
Arabica Producing Regions in Sumatra
Mainly in two regions:
1. Gayo
• Lake Tawar - Gayo Highland
• 3,300 – 4,600 ft above sea
• Gayo Tribe
2. Northern Sumatra
• Lake Toba - Barisan Mt
• 4,200 – 5,300 ft above sea
• Batak Tribe
• Dolok Sanggul Coffee is grown at that dot only
Dolok Sanggul Coffee Wet Process
Cherry Picking
Cherry
Depulping & Under Water Fermentation
“Gabah”
Sun Drying (40-50% moisture)
“Labu”
Sun Drying (~ 25% moisture)
Hand Sorted Green Beans
(10-12% moisture)
Specialty Roasters’
Roast Beans
Hulling / Parchment
Removal
Asalan Machine Sorting
Traditional Batak Tribe House
Dried Milk is Daily Delicacy
North Sumatran Delicacies
Water Buffalo Milk & Saksang Raw Fresh Water Fish – Naniura
Buffalo Dried Milk
Pork Inner Part & Blood
Local burial This picture below shows the monument burial of Batak people. The Batak tribe spends a lot of money, even it means having to borrow the money, to build these monuments for their parents and elders as a show of respect.
Coffee Cherries
Toba farmers with their plants
Home-made depulping
Sriwijaya’s associates at work
Dolok Sanggul local scenery
Scenery in Dolok Sanggul