Characteristics of coffee beans treated with wet planing in Sumatra, Indonesia

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Indonesia is a large archipelago country made up of many volcanic islands, with excellent coffee growing environment and latitude, and each island has its own characteristics because of its different topography and climate. The islands where coffee is grown in Indonesia are: Sumatra of Sumatra, Sulawesi of Sulawesi, Java of Java, Sumbawa of Sumbawa, Flores of Flores and Papua of Papua Province. Among them, Sumatra is the main coffee growing place in Indonesia, and the most famous Mantenin coffee comes from here.

Sumatra is divided into two producing areas: the first is Aceh in Aceh in North Sumatra and the second is Linton in Lake Dorba in the south-central part of the country. The most famous planting area in Aceh is the Gayo Mountains around Lake Tawa, which is also the main producing area of Mantenin, 1100-1300 meters above sea level. Mantenin refers to Arabica coffee in northern Sumatra, which derives its name from the local Manning people.

Lindong is located in the southwest of the largest lake in Sumatra: Tobahu, which is an important source of boutique coffee in Indonesia. Java, the first island in Indonesia to grow coffee beans, was introduced by the Dutch East India Company in about the 16th century. The island of Sulawesi is the producing area of another famous Indonesian coffee "Toraga", which is located in the southern mountains of the equatorial island of Sulawesi.

Arabica raw beans were brought about by the early Dutch colonization, and at that time it was famous as Celebes Kalossi (Selbis-Carosi). Later, the Japanese entered Toraga to improve the local industry and quality of coffee, and made Tolaga famous in Asia. Indonesian coffee beans are mainly treated by semi-washing, which is classified by the proportion of defective beans and the number of hand selection of defective beans.

Gayo Manning G1 twice hand-selected DP Gayo Mandheling G1 DP

■ country: Indonesia

■ producing area: Jiayu, Aceh

■ above sea level: 1100mi 1300m

■ treatment: semi-washing

■ level: G1 DP

■ variety: Arabica

■ flavor description: chocolate, spices, cream, soft acid, full fat

Because of the humid climate, coffee farmers in Sumatra use wet peeling to process their coffee, removing parchment when the coffee is wet and soaking, which will speed up the drying of coffee during exposure. Indonesian wet planing method

Indonesian wet planing method:

Sumatra's climate is very humid, so coffee farmers use a unique Indonesian treatment called wet stripping (wet hulling). Indonesian wet planing method

The coffee fruit is harvested and fleshed as usual, then fermented in a bag for one night, and washed the next morning. But then instead of waiting for the clean beans to dry, they peeled the wet beans directly. The treated coffee beans look squeezed, deformed, creamy blue / green, and give off the charming smell of fresh peas. Indonesian wet planing method