Indonesian Bali Org. – Blue Moon – Wet Hulled | 22 oz roast @ 7.99 per LB = $10.98 + roast fee

Distributor Notes

An incredibly special coffee from a special place. Bali is different, in a good way. It

cannot get any more beautiful, with perfect weather creating the perfect growing

conditions for almost any plant. Everything is so lush and green year round.  Three

volcanoes nestled in the middle of this fairly small island, are at a perfect altitude for

coffee, a bit more acidic soil as well which coffee tends to love. Produced by people

who live harmoniously with the land. An incredible sight to see and a real treat to drink.

This is the wet-hulled version. Traditional Indonesian processing which leaves a thicker

generally lower acidity more stout like cup of coffee.

Coming from family owned farms located in the Kintamani highlands on the island

province of Bali, Indonesia. Coffee is grown in the volcanic soils of Mount Agung along

with citrus trees that provide shade and another source of income. Coffee production is

typically organized around a Subak Abian, which refers to the ecologically sustainable

irrigation systems developed more than 1,000 years ago by Hindu priest who practice

Tri Hita Karana (the three sources of prosperity), a philosophy focused on the

harmonization between the environment, humans and God.

Bali Blue Moon is a Royal staple named after the hallmark bluish hue of the bean

produced from the wet-hulling process called Giling Basah in the Indonesian language.

The bulk of Bali’s coffee production comes from small family-owned farms where each

producer uses a few acres to cultivate coffee along with citrus trees in the volcanic soils

of Mount Agung’s Kintamani highlands. They carefully sort their harvested cherries

before depulping and fermenting overnight with their own micro-mills. Then the coffee is

washed and laid out on patios to shed the excess water from the coffee parchment.

Next the coffee takes a detour from the conventional path of processing in other origins,

wherein, the coffee parchment is removed while the coffee still has a high moisture

content. This wet-hulling process or Giling Basah leaves the coffee bean exposed while

drying on patios to a moisture percentage acceptable for export and gives the beans

their distinct bluish color.

Balinese producers continue to maintain a traditional rural lifestyle organized around a

Subak Abian, which is a reference to the ecologically sustainable irrigation systems

developed more than 1,000 years ago by Hindu priests who practice Tri Hita Karana

(the three sources of prosperity), a philosophy focused on the harmonization between

the environment, humans and God. These traditions are followed in coffee cultivation,

which means pesticides and synthetic fertilizers are never used.

In recent years, local producer groups have begun to partner with regional exporters like

Indokom to establish organic and Rainforest Alliance certifications, which harmonize

with their traditional principles of conserving forest, soil, and water resources. Indokom

also collaborates with producers to overcoming logistical challenges like rugged roads

and lack of infrastructure. Indokom provides logistics and milling facilities, which

improves traceability and quality control throughout the post-harvest process, as well

as, the ability to swiftly bring the coffee to the international market, ensuring greater

producer earnings from direct trade relationships.

I like to take this one to a full city. A strong medium-roast. It is very versatile and will

hold almost any roast except light. Usually I drink this Bali just a touch lighter than I take

Sumatra coffees. A little sheen on the surface of the beans, to a spot of wet looking oil,

usually good to go! This coffee being wet-hulled will roast a bit uneven, very normal for

it. Low chaff.