Sumatra Meukat

This lot comes to us from a group of 450 farmers that are members of the Meukat Komuditi Gayo cooperative in the Takengon Central Aceh region of Sumatra. Meukat Komuditi Gayo was founded in 2017 with the goal of uniting people with a strong passion and dedication to coffee advance the coffee production and the welfare of coffee farmers in the region. They share that their coffee is special since it comes from a group of small farmers with specialty coffee farms as small as ½ hectare in size on the mountains and slopes of the Takengon Central Aceh region of Sumatra.

Recipe:

40g Sumatra Meukat / 600g Water

• Bring water to 205 F.
• Rinse paper filter with 300g of water and pour out.
• Put 40g of ground coffee into filter and level the bed.
• Using your finger, create a circular divot in the center of the grounds; Zero your scale.
• Start timer and begin pouring 100g into the center in a circular motion slowly working your way out until all grounds are saturated (This takes about 15s). Swirl the chemex.
• At :30, pour 200g of water in a circular motion saturating all of the grounds. Swirl the chemex.
• At 1:30, pour 100g of water in a circular motion focusing on the center. Swirl.
• At 2:30, pour 100g of water in a circular motion focusing on the center. Gently swirl.
• At 3:00, pour 100g of water in a circular motion focusing on the center. Gently swirl.
• Allow water to drain through. The brew should finish right around 5 minutes.