Introduction to the characteristics of Malaysian Coffee | how about Malaysian coffee adjacent to Indonesia

Coffee has been grown in Malaysia for hundreds of years. Malaysia borders Indonesia and Singapore and is located in the heart of tropical Southeast Asia.

Today, Malaysia mainly cultivates about 25,000 hectares of coffee in Kelantan, Kedah, Trenganu, Serangor and Malacca provinces. Coffee is also grown in Sabah, the northernmost region of Borneo.

Malaysia will need to improve coffee growing methods and processing techniques to become a player in the specialty coffee market.

Malaysian coffee varieties

Both low-quality robusta coffee and higher-quality Arabica varieties are grown in Malaysia, but about 95 percent of the crop is the Liberica variety, which was first introduced to the country in 1875. Liberica coffee accounts for less than 2% of the world's coffee production.

In recent years, Malaysia's total coffee production is about 160,000 bags, with a total production of less than 10,000 tons.

Malaysian coffee culture

Coffee culture in Malaysia is constantly evolving and coffee cafes are a relatively new phenomenon and are becoming very popular, especially among young people.

The number of cafes in Malaysia has been growing rapidly, supporting the idea that Malaysia's coffee harvest in the coming years may struggle to meet the country's own internal needs rather than focus on exports.

Coffee beans and teas, Starbucks and Gloria Jean's have all entered the market, which is likely to increase the popularity of coffee in the country, including specialty coffee drinks such as lattes and cappuccinos. As a major producer and exporter of palm oil, rubber, sugar and tea, Malaysia's land resources do not place coffee first, on the contrary coffee cultivation has historically been of secondary importance compared to other commodities. But as the country's domestic specialty coffee market is taking off, including in the booming capital Kuala Lumpur and its well-educated middle class, coffee production is likely to receive new attention, especially given the high global coffee prices.