INDONESIA CURTINA ALAM SATRIA CM

Direct trade gives us something beyond access to good coffee. It allows us to understand the people behind each harvest and follow the decisions that shape its quality. This is our fourth year working with Curtina Coffee. Each season brings a new reason to look forward to Kintamani. This harvest, we managed to secure four distinct micro lots from the region, each offering a different expression of Bali’s coffee landscape.

Wana, the mind behind Curtina Coffee, approaches coffee as a craft that is never quite finished. From refining farming practices to exploring new processing methods, his work is guided by a quiet pursuit of better coffee. Carbonic maceration has found its place in Indonesia’s specialty coffee scene, and we are delighted to see Wana bring it into its second year on the farm. Inspired by winemaking, this process often reveals a sparkling character with distinct grape like fruitiness.

This is an exceptional lot. Brewed by hand, it opens with sparkling boysenberry and fresh strawberry, followed by starfruit acidity that gradually shifts into raspberry as the cup cools. On espresso, amarena cherry sweetness meets the juicy fruitiness of Shiraz grapes, while pineapple becomes more pronounced with time. Add milk and the profile turns richer with mixed raisin, blackcurrant and prune, rounded out by the sweetness of Cadbury chocolate. A beautiful expression of natural carbonic maceration and a coffee worth exploring for any serious enthusiast.