Sumatra Ketiara Coffee

Chocolatey, smoky, big-bodied, and earthy, this is the elephant of coffees. Excellent on its own, especially if you like big, darker roasts, or as a base for some of our most delicious blends. Smoky and aromatic like the earth in bloom, drink this dark roast to enjoy rich notes of dark chocolate, plum, and sweet herbs.

The Ketiara Cooperative has been revolutionizing the coffee-growing tradition of Indonesia since 2009. Its founder, Ibu Rahmah, got her start in coffee as a local “cherry” collector — and today is one of Indonesia’s most respected coffee entrepreneurs. Her efforts to empower women and foster cross-generational mentoring in a male-dominated, largely conservative industry are legendary on Sumatra. She stands out as a business pioneer and her coffees regularly rise above the rest on competitive cupping tables. Ketiara has been Fairtrade certified since 2012 and grown from 38 members to almost 2,000 since then — 80% of whom are women.

At the Brooklyn Roasting Company®, we celebrate the bold, colorful characters of our hometown borough and the brilliant coffees we roast each day. So we’re proud to offer Sumatra Ketiara as a true testament to that same bold, fearlessly visionary thinking.

Features:
• OUR STORY: The Brooklyn Roasting Company® was founded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2009 with one clear goal in mind: to provide NYC with superb, sustainably sourced coffees roasted to perfection. We are serious about our coffees and our craft, but never snobby or pretentious.
• TASTE: Sumatra Ketiara is a big-bodied, earthy coffee with notes of dark chocolate and plum.
• ROAST: Dark roast, 100% Arabica coffee beans sourced from the most renowned growing regions in the world.
• ORIGIN: Central Aceh, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
• CERTIFICATIONS: Certified kosher (OU) and Fairtrade certified (America).