Specialty Coffee
Flores Bajawa Arabica Green Beans
From $8.50
Where coffee meets the clouds
The Ngada regency of Central Flores is home to one of Indonesia best-kept coffee secrets. At elevations between 1,000 and 1,400 metres above sea level, the volcanic soil — enriched by the nearby active Inierie volcano — produces Arabica coffee of extraordinary complexity.
The Ngada farming communities have cultivated coffee here for over a century, using traditional agroforestry methods that shade the coffee plants under native trees. This slow-growth process, combined with the cool highland temperatures and morning mists, creates beans with deep chocolate, citrus, and floral characteristics that consistently score above 84 on the SCA scale.
We source exclusively from smallholder farmers, paying above-market prices and maintaining long-term relationships that support stable livelihoods for over 80 farming families in five villages around the Bajawa plateau.
A third-generation coffee farmer, Paulus tends to 2 hectares of Arabica trees on the slopes of Inierie volcano. He was one of the first farmers in Bajawa to embrace natural processing methods and his lots consistently achieve SCA scores above 86.