Indonesia Team Pegasing Carbonic

About This Coffee

This Indonesian coffee comes from Hendra's family farm and washing station in the Pegasing sub-district. The coffee is sourced from 70 farmers in the area who are incentivized to pick ripe cherry. Processing uses carbonic maceration, where cherries from the best farmers at the highest altitudes are placed in plastic fermentation tanks with CO2 inserted to push out oxygen. The cherries are fermented for 70-80 hours, then dried on raised beds for 20-25 days in drying tents with regular turning and temperature monitoring. The coffee goes through density table sorting twice and two rounds of hand picking before bagging. The washing station produces up to 40 tons of green coffee annually using 8-10 different experimental processes, representing a specialty alternative to the area's conventional wet-hulled coffee.

Origin

Pegasing (Indonesia)

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Carbonic Maceration

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Gold Box Roastery

Barbara Croce, a licensed Q Grader, established Gold Box in Newcastle around 2013 before expanding to Dubai in 2015, building a dual operation across the UK and UAE. The philosophy is stated plainly: less swagger, more substance. The team backing that claim is formidable. Luca Croce, Barbara's son, won the UK Brewers Cup in 2022 and 2023 and placed fourth at the World Brewers Cup in Athens. Kiah Parangue took the UAE and World Lavazza Barista titles in the same period, and head roaster Emmanuel Velora won the inaugural A Shot in the Dark Middle East Roasting Competition. Barbara herself lived on a coffee farm for months to deepen her understanding of production. Sourcing runs on direct trade relationships built through repeated farm visits, and the operation includes an SCA specification training school alongside its roasting and retail work.

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