Fine Natural Robusta S16+

Nature favours Pleiku: red basalt soil and abundant water feed coffee gardens that stretch to the horizon and give the beans a rich, distinctive character.

Origin: Pleiku, Gia Lai

Pleiku, Gia Lai is one of the best places in Vietnam to grow Robusta. The coffee we source here is consistently good: the trees are less prone to disease and thrive in the climate, the fertile soil and the altitude. At an average of 800 m above sea level, on red basalt soil and in a humid tropical climate, Pleiku produces Robusta with a strong, chocolate-like bitterness, a honey note and a sweet aftertaste.

• Soil: red basalt
• Altitude: about 800 m above sea level
• Average temperature: 22–25 °C
• Average rainfall: 1,853 mm per year

Harvest & process

Our pickers select only ripe cherries by hand, over 98% ripeness, instead of stripping the branch, so the beans are never crushed and every lot meets our standard.

Natural process: whole cherries are dried in the sun with the fruit still on, giving a fuller body and deeper sweetness.

In the cup

Tropical fruits, winey, vanilla, nutty, chocolate.

For roasters

This is green coffee, so the roast is yours. A light roast keeps the fruit and acidity, a medium roast balances sweetness and body, and a dark roast brings out the chocolate and bitterness. Tell us how you plan to use it and we will suggest a starting profile.

Specifications

• Type: green coffee (unroasted), Robusta
• Grade: Fine
• Origin: Pleiku, Gia Lai · 800 m
• Process: Natural
• SCA reference score: 83 points
• Screen size: S16+
• Black beans: max 0.1%
• Broken beans: max 0.3%
• Foreign matter: max 0.1%
• Moisture: max 12.5%

How it is sold

Priced per kg of green coffee. Order it as a Standing Order: set your monthly volume, packaging and delivery schedule, and pay once for the whole plan. Each delivery is prepared to order and dispatched within 7 days.

We have cupped coffee from many regions, and Gia Lai Robusta still wins us over with its rich flavour and long, powerful finish. 1300’s works hand in hand with Gia Lai growers to put Pleiku coffee on the world coffee map and to meet the standards of the most demanding buyers.