A green coffee commodity house sourcing washed Arabica and fine Robusta from Indonesia's oldest estates, shipping in 19,200-bag consignments to 38 countries on a decade of vessel partnerships.
Karya Java Coffee Group is a privately-held green coffee commodity house founded in Surabaya in 2014. We connect the smallholder cooperatives, state estates, and washing stations of East and Central Java to industrial roasters, soluble plants, and specialty distributors on four continents.
We were founded on a single principle: that the Ijen, Jampit, Pancoer, and Kayumas estates — some of the oldest coffee plantings in the world — deserved a trading partner with the same patience as the volcanic terroir that produces them. Ten years on, we move close to 180,000 bags a year across two commodity desks (Arabica & Robusta) and one specialty desk.
Our owners remain active in the business. Our Q-graders cup every offer. And our vessel desk — perhaps unusually for a house of our size — owns and books its own shipping capacity on long-term charter with the major container lines.
Direct relationships with 14 cooperatives across 6 Javanese regencies, plus long-term offtake from PTPN XII estates.
Family-owned since founding. We answer to clients, not quarterly earnings.
Multi-year contracts with six global container lines — capacity, not spot-market exposure.
Every bag we ship has passed through a dozen hands before it ever leaves the port of Surabaya. These are the stages we own, audit, and stand behind.
Hand-picked at altitude, Ijen Plateau.
Spring water, sun-dried, hand-sorted.
SCA cupping at our Surabaya lab.
60-kg jute bags, 320 per container, FOB Surabaya.
PTPN XII Jampit, Pancoer, Kayumas.
The word "Java" is, for many of our buyers, the oldest word in coffee. Indonesian production today ranks fourth globally, and the island of Java remains the reference origin for washed Indonesian Arabica.
The Ijen Plateau. Volcanic ash soil, dense shade canopy, Typica, Lini-S, and Kartika varietals. Washed in cool mountain spring water.
Indonesia ranks 4th globally. Java contributes ~8% of national volume, with the highest share of washed Arabica.
Clean heavy body, dark chocolate, herbaceous finish. The reference profile for a washed Indonesian Arabica.
Multi-year offtake with 14 smallholder cooperatives across Banyuwangi, Bondowoso, Jember, Malang, and Temanggung — plus estate lots from PTPN XII.
Java supplied the first commercial Arabica ever shipped to Europe. Ten generations on, we still source from the same volcanic soils.
Washed and semi-washed Java Arabica. Screen 15–18, defect tolerance 8/300g. Grades 1–4 per ICO standards. Single-estate lots from Jampit, Pancoer, and Kayumas available.
East Java fine Robusta. Wet-processed, screen 18+, defect 5/300g or better. We specialize in "fine" Robustas for soluble and espresso-blend clients seeking a clean cup.
Micro-lots and experimental processing. Anaerobic naturals, carbonic maceration, and honey-process trials from our partner smallholders on the Ijen Plateau. Cupping scores 86+.
We don't book spot freight. Since 2014 we've held multi-year service contracts with the world's leading container lines — securing space, schedules, and rate predictability through every market cycle.
Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Photo: Wolfgang Weiser
Surabaya → Tanjung Pelepas → Suez → Rotterdam / Hamburg. 10-year service contract. Primary Asia-Europe trunk.
Surabaya → Singapore → Algeciras → Antwerp. 9 years. Specialty & premium Arabica program.
Surabaya → Port Klang → Indian Ocean → Jeddah & North-Africa destinations. 8 years.
Surabaya → Singapore → Panama → USEC (NY/Norfolk) & USWC (Oakland/Long Beach). 7 years.
Surabaya → Kaohsiung → Yokohama → Busan. Intra-Asia premium and direct Japan. 5 years.
Surabaya → Singapore → Durban & Mombasa. East-Africa corridor for soluble-grade Robusta. 4 years.
We sell to industrial roasters, soluble plants, and specialty distributors across 38 countries. We do not name them publicly — but we will introduce you to a reference on request.
Multi-thousand-ton annual offtake. Multi-year supply agreements. Fixed-price & differential pricing.
Fine Robusta, AG-1 and AG-2. Bulk vessel lots. Direct mill-to-port logistics from East Java.
Micro-lots, single-bag MOQ for cupping rooms. Direct-trade contract frameworks. Origin transparency.
Estate-branded bags and roasted products for European & Asian retailers. Custom specifications.
Green coffee is concentrated. The "Big Four" trade desks — NKG, ECOM, Volcafe, and Sucafina — move roughly 40% of the world's green coffee. We are a focused origin specialist: a small house, but a real one, with our own vessel book.
Sources: company reports, Neumann Kaffee Gruppe FY24 results, industry estimates. Revenue figures rounded.
The most-tracked data points in green coffee, refreshed against the latest reporting from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
We respond to every enquiry within one business day (Asia/Jakarta). Tell us the grade, the volume, the destination port, and your delivery window. We will come back with a fixed price or a differential.
Wisma BII, Jl. Pemuda 60–70
Surabaya 60271, Indonesia
HafenCity 7, 20457 Hamburg
Federal Republic of Germany
175 Greenwich Street, FL 36
New York, NY 10007, USA