About Flores Bajawa Wongawali

This is an exciting (yet frustrating) outcome of our research work with ICCRI & Tony Marsh in Flores. We have been working on securing larger lots of coffee out of these 11 UPH cooperatives for the past 3 years, we have cupped hundreds of samples, provided feedback and support. And in our minds the results of our were clear as daylight —- the Honey processing works, and is liked by our Customers! More-over —- the UPH (our mate Gusti) really wants to do this honey processing, because it’s cheaper, easier and encourages more farmers to quality as their is less work at farmer level and more work at cooperative level.

Here’s the catch — the government who sponsored the trials, they don’t support the pulped natural - Honey - processing. So we went renegade with Gusti and have secure 6-bags of top notch honey —- very rare, limited supply & pre-ship lots cupped brilliantly!

2012 watch out —- cause were after loads more for next year! This year, give us a shout if you like some - expensive coffee - but worth it! Arriving in late Dec - Jan!

Origin : Flores

Region : Ngada

Sub-District: Bajawa

Village : Susu

Farmer group : Wongawali

Altitude : 1200 to 1500 meters Above Sea Level

Varietal : S975

Process Method : Honey

A rich, sweet and round bodied honey processed offering from the Bajawa district of Flores.

About Flores

Flores is one of the smaller islands in the Indonesian archipelago, only 580 kms across, and is located 320 kilometers to the east of Bali. Most coffee on the island is produced at elevations of between 1200 to 1800 meters above sea level, and is generally situated on the rugged slopes of the island’s many active and inactive volcanoes. Volcanic soil helps considerably in high quality coffee production, given that the ash creates particularly fertile soils.

Production on the island is predominately shade-grown, and historically pulp-natural processing has been the norm. However, due to large scale growth in the industry, typical pulp-natural processing methods have been increasingly moving to fully washed and wet-hull methods on Flores, as cooperatively run mills are increasingly shifting to these processes.