Java Kayumas Taman Dadar
Channel: Old Bisbee Roasters
Date: 2015-12-01

Roasting now: http://www.oldbisbeeroasters.com/Java-Kayumas-Taman-Dadar-p/java_new.htm

Welcome to one of the coffeest coffees ever to coffee. The aroma fills my nose with toasty goodness. In the cup, the light body belies the richness and depth of its volcanic character. It finishes out with a clean snap that invites me to take another sip.

About this Coffee

GROWER: Smallholder farmers from Curah Tatal & Kayumas villages located on the Ijen Plateau in Eastern Java, Indonesia 
REGION: Curah Tatal & Kayumas villages located on the Ijen Plateau in Eastern Java, Indonesia
ALTITUDE: 900 – 1,600 meters
PROCESS: Wet hulled and dried in the sun
VARIETY: Typica
HARVEST: May - September
SOIL: Volcanic loam
CERTIFICATION: Organically Grown

Java Taman Dadar is sourced from family-owned farms located near the villages of Curah Tatal and Kayumas on the island of Java, Indonesia. In the 17th Century Java coffee was first cultivated in low lying areas, but by the late 19th Century coffee leaf rust had destroyed production, forcing new coffee cultivation into the highlands where high altitudes and volcanic soil provide perfect growing conditions.

Smallholder organic coffee production is atypical of the region which is dominated by large government run coffee estates established by the Dutch in the 18th century. Taman Dadar, meaning flower garden, aptly describes the way smallholder coffee is cultivated, colorfully inter-cropped with parkia beans, avocados, erythrina, albizia, and leucaena trees, which produce food for local consumption and shade.

Java Taman Dadar is wet-hulled, a uniquely Indonesian processing method in which the coffee parchment is removed before the final drying is completed, producing a hallmark Indonesian flavor.