Pegasing

Hendra and his family’s farm and processing station is an island of experimental processing in a sea of conventional washed coffee typical of the Pegasing area. Hendra’s father, Hamdan, moved to the area in 2006, bought land, and started growing coffee. His son Hendra soon became enthusiastic about coffee. He began experimenting with processing methods, studying literature, and seeking advice from other Indonesian farmers who had moved away from the traditional washed method. The family invested heavily in the farm, especially in equipment for different types of processing: a small wet mill with two pulpers, gravity washing channels, and several elevated presses in large poly tunnels for drying the coffee. They also established a nursery for the Abyssinia variety, the first variety planted when coffee entered the Indonesian market.