The Assalan is transported to the main dry mill where it is dried for a further half a day to 13% as unsorted green beans which are then ready for exporting. After the hulling process the “Labu”, a wet green bean at 30% moisture, takes a further two days to become “Assalan”, down to 20%. The cooperative consists of 2,053 members with an average size of 2.5 hectares per farm.įarmers deliver the “Gabah”, a wet parchment coffee with a moisture content of approximately 45% the Gabah is then dried for a day prior to hulling.
Successfully increasing their membership, they achieved organic certification in 2007Īnd a Fairtrade certification in 2009. The Gayo Highlands region is a high plateau in the Central Aceh province of northern Sumatra home to the Permata Gayo Cooperative which was founded in 2006.įifty farmers from 5 villages of the Bener Meriah district of Aceh Province organised the rebuild of their abandoned coffee farms after a civil war dominated the region.
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