GREATER TOGETHER

“Coffee business should be the means towards something greater and therefore the willingness to grow together is essential.”
Adri

When Adri met with the Parindingan heads he immediately noticed they functioned democratically. Parindingan was the right fit not only because they encourage women entrepreneurs, youth education and agroforestry, but because they proved strong to their values. Adri is already working on a business model together with this group of farmers, who after some disagreements with a larger cooperative, decided to try their luck independently. Today, they are defining a working structure within the organisation which includes diversifying their crops, in a project similar to what we jointly created in Flores. “The relationship is strong, and they are open for communication.” shares Adri, who also values their transparent and traceable system. Sadly, in 2023 their yield dropped 60%, but the higher prices and stable demand from our side will hopefully help them see these times through.

 
 

CULTIVARS

S795

elevation

1200-1500 meters above sea level.

NOTABLE

This is a newly formed farmer cooperative that envisions community development driven enterprise. It encourages women entrepreneurs, youth education, and agroforestry.

 

PROCESSING

Washed: cherries are harvested at their ripest point, pulped that same day and transferred into a washing station where coffee is fermented under water for 14 days. Coffee is then dried on racks under a closed roof hut.

TASTIFY™ CUPPING NOTES

2024 HARVEST

Ontosoroh - Toraja Parindingan village lot - washed

 

  • The price you pay for Parindingan coffee p/kg. We agreed on this price directly with the farmers, disregarding the volatile US Coffee C price.

  • Farmers deliver cherries to the group and are paid for it. The group then processes the coffee and delivers it as unsorted green beans to Ontosoroh which is then sorted to export grade at Yogyakarta. he farm gate cover the costs of producing the coffee which includes farm management year around, labor and fertilizers and processing until unsorted green beans stage.

  • Ontosoroh buys unsorted green beans from Farmer groups and are then sorted at the HQ and exported to the Netherlands. They incur costs for transportation, warehousing, re-bagging, Final Quality controlling, Freight and customs. They travel to each origin atleast once a year to do harvest planning, share feedback and support with various innovations based on available market information.

  • International shipping from Semarang, Java to Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is inclusive of freight, customs, insurance and warehousing costs.

  • Average financing cost owed to (mostly social) lenders. This ensures immediate payment to the farmers when the coffee leaves the farm or port.

  • A standard TSU premium on all coffees designated exclusively to accelerate farmers’ own regenerative agriculture project

  • This Side Up compensation for spending time and resources importing this coffee. Our work includes year-round contact with producers, managing export, shipping, import, warehousing, grading, sampling, finding and keeping roasting partners for Parindingan. € 1,65 is This Side Up’s Model 1 markup. For a full overview of our modular margin construction, see the Trade Models page

Contact Riniaty Bulawan

Riniaty speaks basic English and is fluent in Indonesian. They can be contact via telephone directly.

TEL : +628123842451

 

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