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DESCRIPTION
Sumatra is a classic single origin coffee known for its low acidity, full body and earthy, caramel notes. Our Fair Trade, Organic Sumatra is roasted to a medium-dark level and is so aromatic that you'll fall in love just smelling it.
This coffee comes from an organic,
Fair Trade cooperative located in the highlands of Aceh
province in Sumatra, Indonesia. Co-op members are small-scale coffee
farmers dedicated to producing 100% shade-grown, organic
coffee. In a region known for political conflict, the co-op has continued to
produce, process, and export high quality Sumatran coffee.
Co-op farmers live in an environmentally sensitive region, the buffer
zone to Gunung Leuser National Park, which contains critical watershed
areas and sanctuaries for endangered species such as the Sumatran tiger.
Fair Trade price incentives and technical support provided by the cooperative
have encouraged sustainable agriculture and resource conservation.
Significant revenues earned from selling to the Fair Trade and organic
markets allow the co-op to contribute to a wide variety of programs,
including: Community nurseries to provide improved and grafted coffee and
shade tree seedlings; rehabilitation of degraded lands and unproductive coffee trees; a weed cutter program to help farmers avoid the use of herbicides; a credit union to extend small loans to families in the cooperative and community infrastructure improvements.
This coffee is Fair Trade Certified by TransFairUSA and Certified Organic by the Washington State Department of Agriculture. It is grown in shaded conditions by small farmer cooperatives.
All of our coffee is roasted to order and shipped fresh daily. We package in air-tight, foil-lined bags with one-way degassing valves to preserve freshness.
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