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Sumatran Permata Gayo

by Thread | Jan 31, 2015 | Single Origin

Permata Gayo was founded in 2006 in the Bener Meriah district of the Aceh Province in Sumatra, Indonesia. Thread visited these farmers in March 2014, and we’re very excited to have a relationship with them. We roast this coffee a bit darker to bring out the...

Visiting Permata Gayo Part 2: The General Assembly

by Thread | Mar 19, 2014 | Blog

By Casey McKeel After traveling 14 hours up into the mountains of Aceh Province, we were warmly welcomed at Permata Gayo’s General Assembly. Our delegation – made up of Florent from Cooperative Coffees, Matt from Just Coffee in Wisconsin, Fabien and...

Sumatra Pt. 1

by Thread | Mar 15, 2014 | Blog

By Casey McKeel This week I’m in Sumatra visiting the farmers we work with at Permata Gayo. On the ground in Medan, the largest city on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, I’m traveling with Matt Earley of Just Coffee, Florent Gout of Cooperative Coffees,...