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Gayo coffee is Arabica coffee produced from coffee plantations are located in the central highlands of Aceh. Gayo highlands is a series of mountain chain stretching from the tip of Aceh province to the southern tip of the province of Lampung. Gayo highlands administratively into the district of Central Aceh, Gayo highlands and the District Leues.

Most of Gayo coffee comes from Arabica types. And types of Arabica grown in the Gayo highlands come from a wide variety. Among the many varieties of arabica were developed, the most widely planted varieties are varieties Hibrido de Timor or better known by the name of the variety "Tim Tim", varieties that occur as a result of cross-breeding between Arabica and Robusta coffee types that occur scientifically.

 

Tim Tim varieties first experienced the harvest at the place of origin, namely East Timor in 1978. Because of its good quality, then this variety try planting in other areas such as Aceh and Flores in 1980. Now varieties Teams have also been known as others, namely Variety Churia. This variety has a major characteristic that has a large grain size. Then the harvest of this variety occurs between the months of February until april. Each stem varieties of coffee plants is able to accommodate 10-15 small flower arrangements that will be ripe coffee fruit called cherries.At harvest time, not all seeds can be learned. Cherries that can be learned is ripe cherries with the characteristics of red. While the cherries that can not be in quotation is not yet ripe cherries are still green. Additionally, cherry brown or black also can not cherry-picking because it has an old and no longer have a scent.After coffee in the harvest, farmers will sell coffee in the form of cherries. Initially farmers cultivate their own Gayo coffee beans in her garden and sell directly to the market or the middlemen who often play with prices. However, since early 2000 the role of farmers' groups and cooperatives in the area began to be empowered. Now, farmers can breathe a sigh of relief because there tauke or collectors coffee beans coming home-home to collect coffee farmers who still form the cherry. In addition, to determine the price of coffee, farmers and other parties involved in the buying and selling of coffee made of coffee's price as patohkan so that there is no longer a system that can be detrimental to farmers as practiced by many middlemen once.