A newly completed cooperative wet-mill will be available for use in the 2020 harvest. Members doubled production yields in just 5 seasons (2016 to 2020). Ribang Gayo Musara is profiting and expanding. This intercropped produce will make up a substantial part of the family’s diet for the year. Coffee is usually the primary cash crop for farmers, but most also intercrop their trees alongside vegetables, maize and fruit. On average, farms are between 0.5 to 2.5 hectares. The cooperative currently has over 350 members who deliver cherry to their processing facility in Pantan Musara.Īlmost all farms on Sumatra are small. His goal is to offer competitive prices that can help farmers reinvest in their farms and their families. In 2018, Asman formed the Ribang Gayo Musara Cooperative. He decided he wanted to build a cooperative to unite coffee farmers. He soon switched to collecting cherry and processing as Fully washed, Honey or Natural. So, when he arrived in Aceh, Asman entered the coffee industry and began collecting and processing wet-hulled coffee. Many of them were evacuated from Sinabung Berastagi in North Sumatra after the long-dormant volcano became continuously active again in 2013.Īsman sold various items during the time he lived in Palembang, but he was interested in coffee production. Most of the farmers in Aceh Tengah are migrants. Notes of berries, melon, spice and mild earthinessĪsman Arianto is originally from Palembang, South Sumatra but has been living and working in Aceh Tengah since 1998.

Tasting Notes: Full bodied and juicy with mild booziness. Variety: Abyssinia, Ateng, Gayo 1, Gayo 2, Timtim Owner: Asman Arianto & 350 farmers of the Ribang Gayo Musara Cooperative

Altitude: 1500 - 1700 meters above sea level

Gayo sumatra