Sumatra Siborong-Borong
— Koen • July 13th, 2007
Black Apron Exclusive (BAE) is a term referring to very special editions (compared to ‘only’ special editions) of coffee beans released by Starbucks. Their boxes contain unique samples only from certain space-time of plantation, and from certain stories behind. The first edition was released only in 2004. Kopi Kampung, which was discussed in this blog, is an example of Starbucks’ BAE. The next BAE to be released this year is yet another Indonesian coffee: Sumatra Siborong-Borong.
Lake Toba is unquestionably the greatest volcano-tectonic lake on earth, located in Sumatra island. Along the south bank, there are plantations where best Sumatra coffee plants are cultivated. The lies the small town: Siborong Borong, 1200 metres above the sea. Every morning, Batak women pick the coffee cherries and then pulp and wash them, all by hand. The wet parchment is set out to dry in the sun on tarps or woven mats in front of houses. This coffee is sorted by hand and delivered to market the day after harvest to ensure freshness. This rare coffee offers a surprising complexity, soft acidity and hints of freshly cut basil.
As the citizen of the country where the best coffee are cultivated (Java, Sumatra/Sidikalang/Mandailing/Gayo/, Sulawesi/Toraja), proudly I welcome the release of Sumatra Siborong Borong Black Apron Exclusive.
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Silaban Brotherhood
Siapa Bilang Kopi Sigarar Utang Ngga PATEN ?…
Kopi sigarar utang tetaplah kopi sigarar utang..! Komoditas lokal yang lebih banyak ditanam hanya untuk imbalan sekian rupiah. Komoditas yang oleh kemurahan hati Yang Esa bahkan bisa ditanam disamping rumah kita. Komoditas yang pernah menyebabkan eufor…
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 am
sibor
mau tanya , emang ada ya sertifikasi kopi itu ? kalo memang ada dimana bisa didapatkan ?
October 28th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
humam
i have an opportunity to taste a dip of acehs ulee kareng or lamno coffee at the famous solong warung kopi in banda aceh….since you always mention starbucks …i confident that solong cafe have a better atmosphere than the neocapitalist corporate coffee farmer sucker like starbucks….why dont you write something about this kind of warung kopi culture. I also have a discussion with international NGO guy who help the aceh coffee farmers …he said that the comodity need support from everybody since the people get no fair share from this comodity price while starbucks get the biggest chunk.
December 10th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
humam
i have an opportunity to taste a dip of acehs ulee kareng or lamno coffee at the famous solong warung kopi in banda aceh….since you always mention starbucks …i confident that solong cafe have a better atmosphere than the neocapitalist corporate coffee farmer sucker like starbucks….why dont you write something about this kind of warung kopi culture. I also have a discussion with international NGO guy who help the aceh coffee farmers …he said that the comodity need support from everybody since the people get no fair share from this comodity price while starbucks get the biggest chunk. even nowadays aceh coffee send to medan to get the mandailing rubber stamp rather than their original brand they deserved
December 10th, 2007 at 1:14 pm