fostering accessibility through unity

The vision of this group is to make women farmers support their family economy by utilizing natural resources for welfare as well as independence of the community. The origin of the women’s farmer group started from regular social gatherings and mutual cooperation in agricultural activities. Then an agreement emerged between the members to form a group because they believe in the strength of unity in dealings/negotiating especially with the government and other parties. Located in Sesean Matallo village in Toraja, this group is chaired by Ditha Tandipau and has 26 members. It was founded in 2023.   By offering access to technical  knowledge in coffee production, it enables these women to improve the skills of women farmers in managing agricultural production. This empowerment allows them to be more skilled as well as earn a higher income. Further it is easy to get facilities from other parties if you are a group, be it education, infrastructure, market access and capital. Lastly, this kind of an environment also fosters women members that are together to also keep in touch with each other about trends in the market as well as other news related to sustainability in the coffee value chain. They would like to maximise the potential of women farmers in utilizing agricultural production.

 
 

CULTIVARS

S795

elevation

1400- 1500 meters

NOTABLE

. Changing rain seasons due to climate change have been the issue. Together with exporter Adri from Ontosoroh, an entire new drying facility is being planned, and the plot is being prepared. Raised drying beds, a solid roof, ventilation making their infrastructure resilient to climate troubles.

 

PROCESSING

Washed: Ripest cherries are picked, fermented for 12 hours, fully washed and dried in open air for 15 days

TASTIFY™ CUPPING NOTES

Browse through our Tastify Archives directly on the platform. Here we have the reports for some of the samples from 2024. We are waiting on the rest of the samples since the export is in progress. This link will be complete when all the coffees are cupped.

 

  • The price you pay for Sesean washed 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 Gonzalo. € 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

 

Photo gallery

You may use these pictures freely to promote Sesean coffee amongst your customers. Credit : Steven Janssens for them.