Indonesia Specialty Coffee (ISC), a green coffee exporter and trading company based in Medan, North Sumatra, has shipped 57.6 tonnes of Royal Gayo specialty arabica to Kuwait, while offering existing Kuwaiti buyers a year of freight-covered repeat orders on matching lots. The export left Indonesia on 4 August 2026 through the Port of Belawan, which ISC describes as the main export gateway for coffee from Sumatra, according to an announcement on ACCESS Newswire.
The shipment consists of three 20-foot containers carrying a total of 960 bags, each weighing 60 kilograms, for 320 bags per container, ISC reported via the same announcement. The lot recorded a cupping score of 82.75 under Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) protocol, clearing the 80-point threshold for the specialty category as stated by ISC.
ISC describes Royal Gayo as specialty-grade arabica sourced from plantations across Central Aceh, including Takengon and Bener Meriah, grown at elevations between 1,200 and 1,700 meters above sea level, according to its release. For this lot, ISC reports grading its Aceh Gayo Grade 1 green beans at a screen size of 15 to 19, a maximum moisture content of 13 percent, and a maximum defect value of 11.
Quality and compliance checks are described as central to the shipment. ISC states that every sample passing through its office is cupped and graded by trained Q graders and the company’s quality control team before export, as detailed in the announcement. On the regulatory side, Badan Karantina Indonesia (Barantin) inspected the coffee and issued the required Phytosanitary Certificate, with quarantine officers drawing samples, conducting laboratory testing, and checking consignments against standards in the destination country, according to ISC’s statement.
Once the coffee reaches Kuwait, food imports are required to clear through the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition before the buyer opens any bags, ISC notes in the same source. ISC frames these dual checks in Indonesia and Kuwait as part of the routine pathway for coffee moving between the two countries.
Beyond the single shipment, ISC has attached a targeted commercial facility to existing customers in Kuwait. According to its announcement, buyers who received this Royal Gayo lot are being offered free shipping on repeat orders of the same coffee quality for the next twelve months, under a facility backed by the Government of Indonesia and a partner financial institution.
ISC explains that the facility is open to the same buyer ordering the same specification as this shipment, and that freight is covered for a full year on such repeat purchases, as reported in the release. The company states three goals for the export and its attached incentives: meeting existing demand for Indonesian specialty coffee in Kuwait, building a long-term business relationship with partners there, and raising the export value of Indonesian coffee, particularly specialty lots from Aceh Gayo.
ISC adds in its statement that the Gulf region has a deeply rooted coffee-drinking tradition and that this shipment is part of its broader push to strengthen the position of Indonesian coffee in international markets, especially across the Middle East. The company further states that a successful export is expected [UNVERIFIED] to open wider cooperation across the region and reinforce recognition of Indonesian specialty coffee quality.
