Brief introduction of coffee in Indonesia: main producing areas

Figure 1: schematic map of Indonesian islands

Indonesia is a country of thousands of islands, and coffee is produced on all the major islands. The most famous ones are:

Sumatra, Sumatra, Sulawisi, Sulawesi, Java, Java.

(all Bali,Flores,Timor produce coffee)

Figure 2: schematic map of administrative divisions of Indonesian islands

Sumatra: Sumatra Coffee

Sumatra Island, formerly known as "Golden Island" and "Jinzhou", is famous for its rich gold deposits.

The topography of Sumatra is long and narrow. The topography of Sumatra is mainly from northwest to southeast of the island's Bali Mountains Barisan Mountains and the eastern lowlands. The mountains stretch, with more than 90 volcanoes and many volcanic lakes, volcanoes provide fertile soil suitable for coffee growth. For the tropical rain forest climate, high temperature and rainy all the year round.

Sumatra is the largest producer of Indonesian coffee, and well-known coffee-growing areas are mainly concentrated in the northern mountains, including Aceh in the northernmost province of Aceh and Sumatera Utara in North Sumatra. Including the well-known Mantenin Mandheling, Lin Dong Lintong, Jiayushan Gayo Mountain.

The name of Mandheling coffee is said to come from the local people, mandailing. The producing areas mostly point to the mountains in the north of Lake dopa, and the specific producing areas need to be verified.

Lintong coffee comes from the foothills around Lake Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Sumatra's largest volcanic lake, and its name comes from the small town called lintong in the southwest of Lake dopa.

Gayo mountain Coffee from Takengon, Takangong, Aceh Province and the mountains around Lake Lake Tawar.

Medan Medan and Padang Padang are important cities involved in coffee. They are the capital of North Sumatra and West Sumatra respectively, and they are also the most densely populated areas in Sumatra. The former is an important distribution center for Sumatra coffee exports, while the latter is also a well-known coffee production around, such as Ankola.

Coffee from Sumatra includes Arabica and Robusta, which is usually grown at high altitudes in the mountains, while robusta is grown in the lowlands. Coffee processing is famous for the traditional "wet planing", Giling Basah,wet-hulled, which is partly due to the local humid climate.

Figure 3 and 4: a brief map of the topography of Sumatra

Java: Java Coffee

Java is the most economically developed island in Indonesia and the most densely populated area.

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, located in the northwest of Java, is the largest city in Southeast Asia. In addition, Indonesia's second and fourth largest cities are located on the island of Java.

Java is the first region in Indonesia to grow coffee and has taken the lead in the world coffee market as early as the 18th century. The famous Java mocha, made from Java coffee mixed with Yemeni mocha, represents the coffee impression of an era. In addition, there is the classic monsoon coffee Moosooned-coffee, or old coffee Aged Coffee.

Coffee cultivation in Java was originally carried out as a large farm, established by Dutch colonists in the 18th century, and gradually transformed into small farmers after World War II and many changes. High-quality Javanese coffee usually comes from five existing large farms. Although Java coffee production only accounts for about 10% of Indonesia's total coffee production, it is an important component of Indonesian boutique coffee.

The main coffee producing area on the island is located in Ijen Plateau, the Ijen Highland area around Ijen Volcano.

Java coffee is traditionally treated with water.

Figure 5: a brief map of the topography of Java

Sulawesi: Sulawesi Coffee

Sulawesi Island, formerly known as Celebes Island "Celebes", is also called Celebes Coffee Celebes Coffee.

The most famous is Toraga, or Tonaga, Toraja.

Toraja coffee comes from Tana Toraja in the Tanatolaga region of South Sulawesi, South Sulawesi Province, named after the local population, the Toraga. Tana Toraja is located about 300km north of Makassar, the provincial capital of Wangkasek, and is a famous tourist destination in Indonesia.

At first, the coffee industry in Sulawesi mainly supplied the Japanese market, and Japanese businessmen established the original coffee industry on the island of Sulawesi.

The traditional method of coffee treatment is wet planer, Giling Basah,wet-hulled.

Figure 6, 7: map of the topography and administrative division of Sulawesi Island.