Coffee for People & Earth
Discover premium Arabica from the Sumatra highlands, grown sustainably for future generations
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Rooted in Sumatra, Growing for the World
Since 2012 until now, Solok Radjo has been known as one of the homes for quality specialty arabica coffee from the highlands of Sumatra. Arabica coffee by Solok Radjo is planted and developed at an altitude of 1,200 – 1,800m above sea level, our cooperative members also applied agroforestry system for our plantation principle at their agricultural land. “Coffee for people & Earth” is the philosophy of the Solok Radjo Cooperative so that the preservation, maintenance and development of forest ecosystems is in line with improving the welfare of farmers who are members of the Cooperative.
Exceptional Arabica, Diverse Processing
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Solok Radjo Historical Puzzle
1583 AD, Leonhard Rauwolf, gave a description of coffee after a ten year journey to the far east.
Dr. Cristine Elizabet Doplin in the book Islamic Revivalen… Economic Central Sumatra, or the Economic Upheaval of the Islamic Revival and the Padri Minangkabau Movement 1784 – 1847 AD, “coffee was brought in by the Hajj pilgrims returning from Mecca”.
1819 AD, Historical Excerpt from DEBEVOLKINGSKOFFIECULTUUR OPSUMATRAMET EENINLEIDING TOT HAREGESCHIEDENIS OP JAVA EN SUMATRA “In Sumatra, coffee on the West Coast, although known long before we gained authority in the interior, did not become an important export item until after Dutch rule was restored in 1819.” .. “Under the influence of a culture of open calm, free decisions, free trade and moderate rights, its culture, although still of little significance to our authority in the Padang highlands, the great distances, the inadequate conditions and insecurity of procurement routes, and the market system which is still underdeveloped, which causes a large price difference between domestic products in Padang, to such an extent (even during the fierce struggle with the Padri it did not get worse). so that exports, which in 1800 amounted to only 2000 picols, had increased to 50,000 picols by 1833.”
1908 AD, Minang coffee seeds were sent to Takengon (Source W.K Huitema University Wageningen) “In 1908, the civil lieutenant governor in Takengon was given a trial planting of Arabica coffee beans provided from Padangsche Bovenlanden, which gave good results. The culture since then, especially continued to develop in this subdivision after 1926. Today the lake area around the Tawar Sea is the main center of Arabica culture.”
