Wahana Estate Washed

Grown at 1,250–1,450 masl in Sidikalang, North Sumatra, this lot comes from Wahana Estate — the largest private coffee estate in Indonesia. Established in 2005, the 468-hectare estate is home to around 200 families and 1,000 permanent workers, with housing, healthcare, a school and church all provided on site. Alongside its 250 hectares of coffee, Wahana grows daikon, sweet potato, edamame, maize, clementines and tea, reflecting the estate's wider entrepreneurial, experimental approach to farming — an ethos that extends to its varietal selection and processing.

This lot is P88, a variety with an unusual pedigree: it originated from a Dutch varietal trial in the 1980s and traces back to a Colombian Catimor, arriving via Thailand and Kenya before being planted in Sumatra.

Unlike the Giling Basah (wet-hulled) method typically associated with Indonesian coffee, this lot is processed using the dry-hulled method, following steps closer to a conventional washed coffee. Ripe red cherries are delivered to Wahana's own on-estate mill (built in 2007), where they're washed, sorted and pulped. The parchment is fermented for 12 hours to break down the remaining mucilage, then dried over 7 days using a combination of covered patios and mechanical driers, depending on space and weather.

The result is a cup with the clarity and structure you'd expect from a washed process, layered with the character of an unusual, well-traveled varietal grown on one of Indonesia's most ambitious estates.

Tasting notes are unusual and distinctive and include clementine, raisin and matcha tea.