Bali Blue Moon Organic Specialty Coffee

This is one of our most cherished and unique specialty coffee beans, and also one of the strongest! Bali Blue Moon is a staple named after the hallmark bluish hue of the bean produced from the wet-hulling process called Giling Basah in the Indonesian language. The bulk of Bali’s coffee production comes from small family-owned farms where each producer uses a few acres to cultivate coffee along with citrus trees in the volcanic soils of Mount Agung’s Kintamani highlands. They carefully sort their harvested cherries before depulping and fermenting overnight with their own micro-mills. Then the coffee is washed and laid out on patios to shed the excess water from the coffee parchment. Next the coffee takes a detour from the conventional path of processing in other origins, wherein, the coffee parchment is removed while the coffee still has a high moisture content. This wet-hulling process or Giling Basah leaves the coffee bean exposed while drying on patios to a moisture percentage acceptable for export and gives the beans their distinct bluish color.
Balinese producers continue to maintain a traditional rural lifestyle organized around a Subak Abian, which is a reference to the ecologically sustainable irrigation systems developed more than 1,000 years ago by Hindu priests who practice Tri Hita Karana (the three sources of prosperity), a philosophy focused on the harmonization between the environment, humans and God. These traditions are followed in coffee cultivation, which means pesticides and synthetic fertilizers are never used.

Origin: Kintamani Highlands of Bali, Indonesia

Variety: Bourbon, Typica and Catimor

Altitude: 4000-5200 ft

Process: Hand picked, wet-hulled, 2 step drying process on raised beds.

Flavor notes: Dark Chocolate, Molasses

Roast level: Medium Dark 

Our beans are specialty grade and always score above 80 points, normally 85- 95 points, making them among the top 5-7% of coffee beans in the world.

 While we recommend buying whole beans and grinding them right before you brew, we offer several different grind sizes and are happy to do the grinding for you.

Freshness is key to great tasting coffee and that is why we never roast our coffee beans until after you place your order.  Your order will typically be roasted 1-3 days after placing your order and will be shipped the very same day!