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Indonesia Bali Blue Moon

Indonesia Bali Blue Moon

Cloud City Coffee

About This Coffee

This organic coffee takes its name from the hallmark bluish hue of its beans, created by the traditional Indonesian wet-hulling method known as Giling Basah. In this process, the parchment layer is removed while the beans still retain a high moisture content. Balinese farmers continue to follow a traditional rural lifestyle centered on the Subak Abian, a community-based system of ecologically sustainable irrigation that has been in practice for more than 1,000 years. This is a medium roast coffee with tasting notes of molasses, sipping chocolate, savory, and heavy body. The coffee is produced by farmers organized through Subak Abian in the Kintamani Highlands of Bali, Indonesia, grown at 1200-1600 meters elevation in volcanic loam soil. The varieties include Bourbon, Typica, and Catimor, with a 2025 harvest.

Origin

Kintamani Highlands (Indonesia)

Flavor Notes

Molasses, Sipping Chocolate, Savory

Roast Level

Medium

Processing

Wet Hulled

Typology

Arabica
Bourbón, Typica, Catimor
CC

Cloud City Coffee

Cloud City Coffee was founded in 2002 by Jill Killen in Seattle's Maple Leaf neighborhood as a gathering place built around great coffee. Killen earned her Q Grader certification in 2017 and began roasting the following year from a facility in Seattle's Georgetown district. The roastery sources single origin coffees from producers in Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya, and beyond, maintaining direct relationships with farmers and sharing detailed origin stories for each lot. An Ethiopia Lecho Torka won a 2022 Good Food Award, and Coffee Review has scored offerings like the Sumatra Lintong Triple Picked Reserve at 93 points. Cloud City remains woman owned and operated, with a longstanding commitment to community accessibility that began with dollar self serve drip coffee in its early days.

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