Java Frinsa Estate

Frinsa Estate is located in West Java, locally called Sunda. They have a wet mill, a well-ventilated storage space, and a dry mill, all situated at an altitude of 1,400 MASL. This means they have full control over their product from harvest to grading, sorting, and shipment. Frinsa Estate has six main growing plots spread throughout the area, and they purchase cherries from a few selected outgrowers in the vicinity of the estate. These coffees are sold under the brand name Frinsa Collective.

Most of the coffees are fully washed but they do some wet hulled and naturals, mainly for the local market. Their coffees are always separated in lots by field location, cultivar, and date of picking. The parchment is stored in plastic bags with LDPE liners.

The coffees are picked and then hand sorted for unripe and diseased cherries. Then the cherries are washed to remove dirt and microbial contamination from the surface of the cherry skin, after cleaning, the lactobacillus culture is added to the cherries which are then put into plastic bags or plastic barrels and fermented anaerobically. The bags / barrels are rotated in the morning and evening and the gas is released, then the container is closed for 2 or 3 days. After fermentation the cherries are dried on raised beds for a day or two in green houses and then transferred to the patio. Drying can take 14 - 20 days, depending on the rain during the drying period.