Seasonal Sumatra Bener Meriah 250g Beans

Grown in the highlands of Bener Meriah, this seasons coffee comes from the Gayo Antara Cooperative, where Arabica coffee flourishes in a rugged, mountainous landscape shaped by volcanic activity. This Coffee is cultivated at elevations of 1500 meters above sea level, where cool temperatures, misty mornings, and nutrient-rich volcanic soils slow cherry maturation and build the coffees distinct flavour. These natural conditions are central to the distinctive structure and depth that Gayo coffees are celebrated for.

Founded in 2015, KSU Gayo Antara is a farmer-owned cooperative representing more than 865 smallholder members across across 956 hectares of the Bener Meriah district. All members are certified organic and Fairtrade producers, farming small family micro-lots that collectively span close to 1,000 hectares. The cooperative plays a crucial role in supporting its members through access to agronomic training, quality management, certification, and direct links to international buyers. Coffee farming here is deeply rooted in tradition, with knowledge passed down through generations and a strong sense of shared responsibility for land and community. We have built a strong and long-standing working relationship with Gayo Antara and the surrounding region, collaborating closely to support quality improvement, transparency, and sustainable economic outcomes for farmers and their families.

This specific coffee is carefully processed using traditional Gayo wet-hulling methods (Giling Basah), a technique well-suited to the region’s humid climate and a specialty of Indonesian coffee. Cherries are selectively harvested, pulped, partially dried, and hulled while still at a higher moisture content (30-40%), before being slowly dried to stabilise the coffee. The cooperative works primarily with Arabica varieties such as Ateng, Catimor, and TimTim, all of which perform exceptionally well at altitude. This processing approach enhances body and sweetness while preserving the coffee’s signature depth and rustic elegance.

Why Our Coffee is The Best?

Sourcing the Pick of the Crop

Established relationships with producers and the coffee farming community means we can consistently source the best Arabica and Robusta beans from over 40 origins across the Coffee Growing Belt. At Kingdom Coffee we always demand the pick of the crop. We buy Grade 1 or “Strictly High Grown” – SHG coffee beans. By selecting only coffee beans from the highest elevations we can be sure that the bean has matured more slowly, grown to a larger size and with more density to create a consistently great taste profile.

There’s no denying that coffee grown at higher elevations produces the best flavour profiles, which is then sorted and graded by the farmers with greater care and attention and therefore command a higher premium price which we are very happy to pay! We believe passionately that farmers should be rewarded fairly for their hard work and the quality of their crop.

 

 

Investing in the Purest and Cleanest Roast

ROASTING BETTER: We are unique in that we roast on a clean bed of air in small batches as opposed to conventional drum roasting - only 1% of coffee is roasted this way. Air roasting elevates the natural sweetness to give a smooth and pure taste. Unlike traditional roasting, the chaff, the skin of the bean, that surrounds the raw bean is removed during the air process whilst in normal roasting this is burnt onto the bean. This makes the resultant air roasted beans more pure as the beans will taste less burnt and acidic.

CONSISTENCY: Another benefit to Air Roasting is consistency - typical roasters rely upon roasting “to colour“ which returns a high degree of variance from batch to batch. The Air Roasters rely upon exact metrics such as temperature and time with specific profiles that have been developed by our Q Grader, a certified coffee professional, to suit the particular bean. An exact science rather than guess work.

 

 

Protecting the Environment

We all have to recognise and assess our individual impact upon the environment. Our new Air Roaster uses 30% less energy than a typical roaster and reduces wasted heat by recirculating it in a fully enclosed system. We have a catalytic converter to ensure that harmful gases released are reduced by around 96%. Committing further to minimise our impact on the planet we have moved our packaging to 100% curb-side recyclable. This new packaging still protects that fresh roasted taste.

 

 

OUR BEANS are amongst the freshest on the market, being roasted to stock in the UK as opposed to importing roasted beans on a much longer timescale. Our Neotech roaster is more environmentally friendly, energy efficient and better than conventional drum roasters in that it can roast in specific small batches with unique roasting profiles that are able to compensate product variations and unfold the unique flavour of each individual coffee blend whilst reducing wasted heat by recirculating in the fully enclosed system.

Our range of Ethical coffees support our partnership with Toybox, who we aim to donate £100,000 over a period of ten years, having donated £50,000 in the last 5 years. This enabled Toybox to provide the resources needed for the street outreach team throughout 2020, conducting 240 visits to children in the most high-risk areas in Guatemala City as well as deliver 100 children across the city a warm and nutritious meal each week. Your continued support of Kingdom Coffee means that we can fund vital projects like this so thank you very much!