Indonesia Strawberry Kiss

About the producer...Bang Edi and his farming community Simalem

Bang Edi and his farming community specialise in single varieties nanolots in the Toba region, Sumatra. They process coffee from their own organically certified farm and also from their farming partners from the surroundingfarms.

Only fully ripe fruits are hand-picked and processed using various methods, under the supervision of their CQI licensed Q Grader and Q Processor.

It started as a 1-hectare farm in 2004 as part of a research program in the area of best agricultural practices to help farmers in the surrounding area.

In 2011, they started cooperation with the German International Cooperation (GIZ), a government-affiliated body, to promote clean and sustainable agricultural practices. GIZ involved the Indonesian National Organic Production Certification Body to assist in the conversion of their then 20-hectare farm and the farms of their farming partners into integrated organic farms. Thorough tests and social campaigns were carried out on their farm, and training was provided to all technicians and farming partners. In 2013, they obtained organic certificates for all products from our farm.

As recommended by the Indonesian Coffee Research Centre, they planted the Catimor variety, which was mainly intended for research purposes of organic practices for coffee plants.

In view of the increased demand for higher quality coffee in 2019, they engaged a licensed CQI Q Grader and Q Processor, who helped design and build the current processing centre, modernised the roasting equipment and created a portfolio of multiple processes and experimental coffees with strict adherence to specialty coffee quality standards.