Select Varieties | Propagated from Cherry

• Abyssinia  Landrace Heritage AB3 | Origin Ethiopia Africa
• Abyssinia / Hybridio di Timor AB7 | Origin Gayo, Sumatra
• Catimor / Typica | Origin Indonesia
• Catuai a cultivar of Mundo Novo x Caturra known as Garnica | Origin Brazil
• Red Bourbon natural cross with Typica known as Mundo Novo | Origin Brazil
• Red Bourbon – a natural bourbon mutation known locally as ‘Onan Ganjang’ | Origin Indonesia
• Red Caturra – a natural mutation of the bourbon variety | Origin Brazil
• Sumatra Typica Heirloom – known locally as ‘Lasuna’ | Origin Ethiopia
• Yellow Bourbon – a natural mutation of the bourbon variety | Origin Brazil

Use the drop down menu for detailed variety information and a link to World Coffee Research data.

Biodynamic | Organic | Sustainable

Farming and business practices of Back Bay Estate – What does all that mean? Let’s break it down:

• Biodynamic is all about what you are doing to develop a self sustaining ecosystem for plants, animals and people to thrive in while creating carbon storage in the soil. Included is recycle, reduce, reuse of any farm by-products and planting for pollinators among many.
• Organic is all about what you are NOT doing, like NO herbicides, pesticides or chemical inputs or additives to plants or during fermentation.
• Sustainable is the product life cycle and how the carbon footprint is measured from growing, processing, roasting, shipping the arabica or other agricultural products produced on Back Bay Estate.

Siamang Forest Project

The East, West and North forest corridors of tropical forest is home to many species of wildlife. We have begun the process to have the forest certified wildlife habitat to protect it for future generations. A lengthy process to be sure. First audit has been done and we received a green light for certification. Until that becomes official, we rely heavily on our customers to help us maintain a sustainable business that allows us to protect the forest from development. Each time you purchase a product or a service from Back Bay Estate, you are making a difference. Thank you!!

Response to Climate Changes

To do our part here in Simalungun, we decided to protect the fragmented forest corridors that border Back Bay Estate. These East, West and North forest corridors are home to at least 5 species of monkeys and several families of apes, the black gibbon or ‘siamang’. The numerous species of birds, the bees and other ground animals who live here are also protected. Other indigenous animals find their way to our part of the forest corridor and make their home here. The ECOsystem is rebuilding itself. Some of our personal choices:

• We chose to have shade grown coffee, and replant many of the indigenous trees that had been stripped from the forest when we bought the land. Shade tree plantlets are given to farmers in our collective and to any farmer who requests these shade tree plants.
• We make our own organic compost from by products of pulping and hulling coffee, also from the farm hygiene practices of raking leaves and cut grasses within the coffee gardens.
• We do not use pesticide or herbicide.
• Our home and facilities are run on solar power. Our coffee production equipment runs on a generator.
• Rain water is cycled through for basic wash functions.