Aceh Gayo Arabica coffee beans are commonly classified as one of the premium coffee beans along with other well known origin such as Blue Mountain coffee, Brazilian and Ethiopian coffee. Harvested from different smallholding plantations from areas such as Central Aceh, Bener Meriah and Gayo Lues , Aceh Gayo coffee initially was introduced to the people of Central Aceh by Dutch colonialists.
Aceh Gayo coffee's unique flavor made it broke the dominance of South American coffee smoothly. The fine aroma and low acidity makes Aceh Gayo coffee as one of the most highly sought after coffee commodity in the world nowadays.
What makes Aceh Gayo coffee extra special is the facts that this type of coffee cannot be obtained from any other parts of the world due to the distinctive type of soil in the highlands of Gayo, the climate and the right altitude of 1,200 meter above the sea level. The other X-Factor possessed by Aceh Gayo coffee which makes it highly wanted by coffee exporters is because almost 90% of coffee growers in Central Aceh maintain organic plantations and only few of them use chemical fertilizer to keep the high standard of price and characteristics of Aceh Gayo coffee as known by coffee connoisseurs all over the world.
