Aurora Dew Bener Meriah - Abyssinia, Bourbon [natural] filter roast

Aurora Dew Bener Meriah - Abyssinia, Bourbon [natural] filter roast

This doesn't get a funk label but its getting close. It is heavy-bodied, with flavours of blueberry jam & wild strawberries. 

Roasted 06 MAY 2025
    $28.00
    $28.00
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    About the farmer(s)

    Aurora Dew Bener Meriah - Abyssinia Bourbon [natural] — Sumatra

    This coffee was produced by small-holder farmers in the Bener Meriah Regency, Gayo Highlands, Aceh, Northern Sumatra. The coffee cherries were processed by the natural method. After harvesting ripe cherries were sorted to remove under/overripe cherries & foreign matter & then placed on raised beds to dry.

    • region Gayo, Aceh
    • farm/farmer Bener Meriah
    • altitude 1350-1450 Meters
    • crop 2024
    • cultivar Abyssinia, Red Bourbon
    • process Natural

    Abysinnia is Ethiopian seed stock introduced in 1928.

    Bourbon is a natural mutation of Typica originating from La Réunion [until 1848 known as Île Bourbon]. The coffee was planted in 1708 by the French who acquired seeds from the Dutch, who in turn acquired them from Yemen. Colour of the cherries is  due to a recessive gene, they can be either pink, yellow, orange or like this offering, red when ripe. Bourbon is 1/3rd more productive than Typica.

    Coffee tree with ripe cherries - Bener Meriah.

    Harvesting coffee - Bener Meriah.

    Coffee cherries drying on raised beds - Bener Meriah.

    Coffee cherries drying on raised beds - Bener Mariah.