Indonesia Bali Batukaang - Kamala EX-S by Catur Coffee Company

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100% specialty arabica coffee beans only
Our coffee beans are at their peak 1 to 2 weeks after roasting

About this coffee :

Bali is where we do a bunch of different things: from small-scale experimental projects all the way to serious scaled-up operations. The Kamala taste profile that came out of Bali is now becoming a staple in some of the world’s best cafes around the world.

This particular lot started in a massive 7,000 litres sealed ceramic tank. We started by inoculating the cherries with Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) & Pichia yeast before sealing the tank to let the coffee ferment for a few days. After the desired Ph was achieved, the cherries were then split into two groups. One went straight to drying on raised beds to allow air to flow around the fruit and enable an even drying process. The other batch was pulped, left for 12 hours, and then washed before drying in raised beds.

The drying process of this batch ranges from 4 to 6 weeks. During this step, the cherries/parchments are turned or raked several times a day to help them dry more evenly. Once they are complete, they are then sent out for hulling to remove the coffee bean from the dried pods and then off to the dry milling process to sort the beans based on weight, size, and colour. The last step is to put them into one hermetically sealed.

This coffee was the most stunning coffee we tasted on our visit to Catur Coffee Company, the most intense & vibrant cup on the cupping table! You'll get the vibrancy of cacao, berries fruity notes on mid tone & finish with roselle tea. A delightful coffee to enjoy after lunch. 

About Kamala:

"Kamala” means lotus as well as pale red in Sanskrit. This is our take on what Indonesian coffees could be under experimental yet directed post-harvest techniques. Kamala offers different arrays of fruity, boozy and out-of-this-world flavours! We achieved this through the use of mostly anaerobic natural techniques as well as trial-based inoculants. 

About Karana Global:

Karana is a boutique producer/processor of Indonesian Specialty Coffee, focusing on Bali. They started as a micro-lot processor in developing quality Arabica and Robusta products, from the coffee plantations of Kintamani and Tabanan, but are now operators of these farms as well.

The coffees are processed in Bali’s cultural centre of Ubud, one hour from the Arabica coffee plantations of Kintamani. They train and employ local folks contributing annual projects, centred on community education and the environment.

Karana Global is one of the local thought leaders in coffee fermentation techniques and we are very excited to bounce off ideas with this year’s harvest. Together, we processed all of our CATUR Collection taste profiles as well.

About Catur Coffee Company:

Founded by Indonesian barista champion Mikael Jasin, Catur Coffee's vision is to be Agents of Change in the Indonesian coffee industry, serving as a platform for Indonesian coffee on the global stage. They take pride in producing and sourcing consistent coffee at a great price point, building value using innovative processing techniques, working with microbiologists to produce proprietary fermentation precursor inoculants and harvest maximization techniques. Catur is proud to showcase the change they have helped make in the Indonesian coffee industry and is excited to share it with the world.

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