Flores Bajawa Albertus & Reti

This lot comes from two farmers in Bajawa region of the island of Flores, Om Albertus, and Om Reti. "Om" is commonly used as a term of endearment, and respect, and generally translates to "uncle" or "aunt". We traveled with Albert a few years back, which at that time, we bought his coffee under the name "Wawo Muda", which you may remember. Now he and his partner Reti have their own coffee site near Bajawa town where they are processing coffee down to dried parchment. The soil is rich in nutrients, and they are able to grow coffee using fully organic farm practices, though they are not certified at this time. This is a wet process coffee, and some might be surprised to find that it fits right in next to a lot of our wet process Central American coffees. That is to say, it has well-balanced bittersweetness, and acidity, and isn't earthy or rustic like a typical wet hulled Indonesian coffee. The coffee in this region is grown between altitudes of 1350 and 1550 meters above sea level.