Indonesia Ijen Lestari - Mossto Natural - Filter roast

Origin: Indonesia
Farm/Region: Ijen Lestari, Ijen, East Java
Tasting Notes: Apple cider, red berries and milk chocolate
Producer: Dandy  Dharmawan
Varietal: Kartika, USDA762, Cobra (Colombian & Brasil Hybrid)
Processing: Mossto Natural Process
Altitude: 1200-1600 MASL

In the Indonesian coffee industry, Ijen Lestari is recognised as an innovator and a leader. Dandy Dharmawan, the young founder of Ijen Lestari, originally conducted research on various agricultural practices in Indonesia at ICRAF (International Center for Research in Agroforestry).

During his career, Dandy developed an interest in specialty coffee. Through his visits to various coffee farms, he realised that Indonesia's coffee industry was lagging behind globally. Driven by a passion for specialty coffee and a desire to elevate the prestige of Indonesia's coffee industry, Dandy established Ijen Lestari, focusing particularly on the post-harvest processing of coffee.

This coffee has been processed using a method inspired by wine production, Using a " Mossto Method" where the producer utilises the Coffee Cherry juice collected when depulping the cherries and using that cherry juice added with yeast to ferment the coffee cherries in an Anaerobic tank for 72 hours. The coffee cherries are then  dried on african raised beds for 27 - 31 days until it is 11% moisture content and hulled to remove outer skin layers.

The result is a deep sparkling flavour of cloudy apple cider , balanced with red berries, and milk chocolate. 

Brewing Recipe

14g ground coffee / 205g water / 94c water / 2mins 20secs - 2mins 30secs