Lavanta Coffee Roasters Sumatra Gayo Mountain Direct Trade Coffee, Green, 2 lb;

Welcome to Lavanta Coffee Roasters, Inc. proud roasters and coffee professionals of exquisite coffees from around the world. Lavanta Coffee is a second generation family-owned business that makes it our mission to work directly with farmers to ensure quality, consistency, and healthy environmental practices. By working with our farmers and by "direct trade", we ensure our coffee is in direct contact with our company from the farmer to your cup. Direct Trade also allows Lavanta Coffee to build mutually beneficial and respectful relationships with our farmers and cooperatives in the coffee producing countries from around the world. Indonesia was introduced to coffee by the Dutch in the mid-seventeenth century. It is home to the first commercial coffee plantations in the world. The first coffee production sold was in 1712 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Coffee production expanded well during these early days; however, in 1877, the coffee plantations were wiped out by a coffee root disease forcing the country to replant new coffee trees. Most new coffee plants came from Africa and were primarily Robusta Beans, because these were more root disease resistant. Today Indonesia is still a major producer of Robusta Beans. However 10 to 15% of the Coffees produced in Indonesia are Arabica beans. The best growing regions for the Arabica varieties are on the islands of Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, Flores, and Bali. The Sumatra Gayo Mountain Arabica coffee is the Superior Mandheling Coffee of Sumatra, Indonesia.