About This Bean

<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;" id="docs-internal-guid-3114403f-7fff-dd4e-522a-002a43f0de29"><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sumatra Gayo Mountain</h2> <h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Air Roasted • Sustainable • Volcanic Richness</h3> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Shade grown, designated sustainable)<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> -This coffee is grown in the environmentally sensitive buffer zone to Gunung Leusser National Park, a sanctuary for endangered species such as the Sumatran Tiger. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grown in the highlands of the Mandheling and Batak regions of West-Central Sumatra, this Grade 1 Triple-Picked coffee comes from Koperasi Utamagro Tani Gayo, a cooperative known for producing classic Indonesian profiles with depth and character. Situated between 1,200–1,600 meters above sea level, the region’s volcanic soils enriched by centuries of ash and dense tropical vegetation. This contributes to the bold structure and complexity that have made Sumatran coffees iconic. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Indonesia’s coffee heritage dates back to the early 19th century, when coffee trees were introduced by Dutch colonizers. Sumatra has remained one of the world’s most recognizable origins which are celebrated for its rich body and layered, savory character. This area is part of the <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">greater Leuser landscape<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — one of the most biodiverse rainforests in the world. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What truly defines this coffee is the traditional Indonesian <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Giling Basah<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (wet-hulled) process. Unlike most coffees that are dried to low moisture levels before hulling, Sumatra’s parchment is removed while still partially moist, allowing the beans to develop their signature creamy texture and deep, earthy sweetness. This method creates a cup with soft acidity, dense body, and notes ranging from chocolate and cedar to sweet tobacco and spice. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Air-roasted at Passport Coffee to a medium-dark profile, Sumatra Gayo Mountain delivers a full, lingering finish . It is ideal for those who enjoy a bold, comforting cup with depth and presence. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;" align="left"> <table style="border: none; border-collapse: collapse;"> <colgroup> <col width="169"> <col width="447"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Name </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sumatra Gayo Mountain </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Country: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Indonesia </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Region: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mandheling, Batak Region of West-Central Sumatra, Aceh </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Farm or Cooperative: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Koperasi Utamagro Tani Gayo </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Current Lot </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">015-0000-023 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Altitude: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1,200 – 1,600 meters above sea level </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Varietal(s): </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Typica, Catimor, Ateng, </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Processing Method: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wet-Hulled (Giling Basah) — traditional Indonesian method </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harvest: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May – September </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screen Size: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grade 1- Triple-Picked (TP) 15+ </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Moisture Content: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10.5 – 12% </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Importer Cupping Score: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Typically 82 – 85 depending on lot selection </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tasting Notes: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chocolate, cedar, sweet tobacco and spice notes </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Roast level </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">⭐⭐⭐⭐ Medium-Dark </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 17.25pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acidity </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">⭐ Good Acidity — Soft, mellow, gentle brightness </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Body </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extra Heavy — Dense, syrupy, lingering finish </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 18pt;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 0.75pt;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>

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