A Matter of Concrete (A.M.O.C.) – /059 Rukun Saudara 240g | Indonesia

A.M.O.C. series: UNCOMMON

Rukun Saudara is a farmers' cooperative in Bengkolan Dua village, Kerinci — the highlands around Mount Kerinci in Sumatra, where volcanic soils and 1,400–1,700 metres of altitude do a lot of quiet work. Abdul Aziz Thohari started growing coffee here in 2015, when most local coffee left the area as wet parchment for processing elsewhere; by 2017 he'd founded the cooperative so the farmers could take control of their own quality.

The lot is an anaerobic honey of Andungsari and Sigararutang — Indonesian varieties you rarely see roasted this carefully — and it's nothing like the earthy old-school Sumatra stereotype.

As espresso it's built for milk: blonde raisin and real creaminess in the texture, violets behind, and a zesty finish that stops a flat white tasting flat. Our first Indonesian espresso, and the most distinctive one on the shelf.

Freshly roasted by A Matter of Concrete (A.M.O.C.) in Rotterdam and imported to the UK by ROAST EDIT Co.