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Posted on December 17 2010
December 17 2010
A dozen intrepid coffee hunters gathered in Medan, Sumatra, at the end of November for a field trip to Indonesia’s largest coffee-producing island. The group spent ten days visiting coffee growing regions in Aceh and North Sumatra provinces. Our host was our excellent milling partner -PT Sarimakmur – who Mercanta has been working with for
Posted on October 25 2007
October 25 2007
I originally visited Sumatra for the first time in Aug 2004, just 4 months before the devastating tsunami hit Aceh. Although the upland coffee areas were not at all affected directly by this disaster, the country as a whole suffered considerably. Strangely enough, the tsunami may have jump started the peace negotiations to end the
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