INDONESIA MANDAILING SIBIBIO ISTAKTLI

Indonesia's specialty coffee industry is going through changes with a new wave of young coffee producers. These types of coffee producers not only produce top-quality coffee but also carry pride in their work, which significantly contributes to traceability and transparency in sourcing coffee from origin. Determined to make a change, Sofyan Ali moved to Yogjakarta, Java, with the goal of introducing traceable Mandailing coffee to the local market.

Starting with 70 kg in 2021, Sofyan created Onma coffee and sent samples to coffee roastery around Yogjakarta to promote Mandailing coffee. Like most of the cases, not many coffee roastery dare try new coffee sold by unknown coffee producers. Despite the challenge, Sofyan slowly gained trust and started to sell to small roastery. From 7 kg per month, and now he is able to sell 600–700 kg per month. This does not come easy without his commitment to produce better coffee. He keeps asking for feedback from coffee roasters, which is crucial to helping small coffee producers like him alter the processing method and maintain consistency in producing good coffee.

At Arkib, we are happy to partner with small producers like Onma Coffee, which has a vision and goal to produce traceable specialty coffee. Moving forward, we are looking to seasonally offer Mandailing coffee sourced from seven villages around the Maindailing region. Nothing beats the excitement of sourcing, roasting, and offering coffee directly from its origin.