Sumatra's four finest coffees introduce the comparison of aged Java and aged Manning flavors

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Old Mantenin in Lake Tawa, Sumatra, Indonesia

Producing area: Lake Tawa, Lake Tawer

Treatment: Semi Washed semi-washing

Altitude: 1000-1800 m

Flavor description: cream, herbs, cedar, spices

At the end of the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company transplanted Indian Arabica trees to Jakarta on the island of Java. Due to the favorable climate and soil, Arabica quickly spread to Sumatra in the northwest of Java and Sulawesi, another large island in the northeast. However, in the 1880s, when serious leaf rust broke out in Java and Arabica withered, the Dutch switched to the case-resistant Robusta species to stabilize Indonesia's coffee industry. To this day, Robusta is still the main coffee in Indonesia, accounting for 90% of Indonesia's coffee production, distributed in the low-altitude areas of Java and Bali. The elegant Arabica is mainly distributed in the higher elevations of northern Sumatra, Sulawesi and Java, accounting for only about 10% of Indonesia's coffee production, but the reputation of Mantenin, Golden Mantenin, Lake Lake Tawar, Gayo Mountain, Ache, Sulawesi, Old Manning and Old Brown Java has made Indonesian coffee famous in the boutique world for decades. Not dragged down by other inferior Robusta species.

Sumatra is the main producing area of Indonesian boutique coffee beans, and the coffee system is very complex. According to the book introduction, it can be divided into four types:

(1) Mantenin refers to the most famous half-sun or sun-dried beans around Lake Toba (Lake Toba) in north-central Sumatra and the Lindong Mountains (Lintong) at an altitude of 900-1200 meters on the southwest coast. The Batak is the backbone of coffee farmers in this area. It has the unique fragrance of herbs and trees.

(2) Golden Manning, after four times of manual screening, is higher than the average Manning. Mellow and bright, good sweetness.

(3) Lake Tawa coffee refers to the washed, semi-washed or sun-dried beans (less) near Lake Tawa in the northernmost part of Sumatra at an altitude of 8-1600 meters above sea level. The sour smell is bright, and the stuffy fragrance is not obvious. The taste of "Sumatra Axie Gold" (Sumatra Ache Gold) has the classic fruit sweetness of Raminita, with obvious peach and almond flavors and soft acidity, which is unique to Indonesia.

(4) Old Manning, tastes as sweet as honey and Java Old Brown. The ripening of aged beans takes about 2-3 years, which can be called kung fu beans. The color of aged beans is yellowish brown or dark brown, somewhat indecent, but the sweetness (sweetness) is excellent, and the aged Java Old Brown is better than aged Mantenin in sweetness, mellowness and cleanliness.