The Indonesian island of Flores is an important coffee source for us. Here’s a video of coffee farm visits and other wackiness.
Here’s some video clips from a trip Thompson made to the FloresFlores is an Indonesian island, and as a coffee bears more resemblance to the coffees of Timor-Leste, New Guinea and Java than to the wet-hulled coffees of Sumatra... island regions of Bajawa and Manggarai.
This was a 2019 trip to Flores to meet up with our coffee suppliers there, and cooperatives / small farmers we get coffee from … Kids, Pigs, Motorbikes, Weddings, Gas Powered Coffee GrinderCoffee Grinder is the name used for a mill to convert the bean into a powder. In fact the grinder "tears" coffee more than it grinds it, when... … and walks around farms etc. The usual!
Flores is part of Indonesia
USDA is (obviously) the United States Department of Agriculture. USDA also had coffee plant breeding programs in the past and one variety they distributed to Indonesia and was... and produces some very nice arabicaArabica refers to Coffea Arabica, the taxonomic species name of the genus responsible for around 75% of the worlds commercial coffee crop.: Arabica refers to Coffea Arabica, the... coffees, mostly wet-process. We have been sourcing coffee from here for quite a few years, from the Manggarai and Bajawa regions.
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I always get a bit jealous reading and watching these travelogues, even though I know they are business trips, and not all fun and games for you guys. Flores looks beautiful and the people seem friendly. I recently finished off a pound of Tangkul Village included in one of my samplers. It was an easy bag to keep reaching for because I liked it brewed as espresso and out of the Clever Dripper. I mostly roasted it on the darker side, but also did a couple of City+ish, medium roasts and enjoyed those too!
Yes- when things open up for travel, flores is highly recommended!