- Country – Indonesia
- Region – Botolinggo Village, East Java Province
- Farm – Ijen Highlands
- Varietal – Komasti, Andungsari, Bourbon, Kartika
- Process – Natural
- Cup Score – 85.25
- Altitude – 1100 - 1500 masl
Tasting Notes :
Cherry, strawberry, vanilla, dark chocolate, almond
Farm Overview :
Kevenka was formed by two brothers Kevin & Kenny Soewondo who are from Surubaya in East Java. They initially started in coffee by opening a cafe in Surubaya and then realised they could roast themselves they opened a roastery. This soon led to them being inquisitive about the supply of green coffee they received and led them to start processing green coffee themselves from the highlands in and around Mt Ijen to supply their roastery. The next natural step was to start selling green coffee in the expanding internal specialty market as well as exporting coffee.
Mt. Ijen, Indonesia is a mountain located in East Java, is an active volcano and a popular tourist destination with its crater holding the world's biggest acid lake, bright turquoise in colour, that burns with a blue fire from the sulphur in the water.
The coffee farmers that live on these two mountains usually also farm and sell tobacco and other commodities when the coffee season is over. Their grandparents are usually ethnically originally from Madura Island (a smaller island north of Java Island). Many of them speak the Madurese language, even though Javanese is spoken in Surabaya, the closest big city to these two mountains.
Kevenka work with 5 areas on Mt Ijen souring their cherry through collectors and their total network of farmers is upto 500. The villages they source from are Cucuk, Aldi, Sutrisno, Sunotoand Lis.
This coffee is really delicous and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
All the coffees come from these 5 sites and then arrive to their processing center in Botolinggo village. Kevenka also have their own small micro dry mill where they will prepare the coffees for final export.