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Asian coffee is best known for growing on the islands of the Malay Archipelago: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan (formerly Borneo), Sulawesi and New Guinea.

Coffee cultivation in Sumatra dates back to the 18th century, and the origin of the name Mantenin itself is ethnic.

There is a story that explains the origin of the name "mantnin" as coffee: In World War II, when the Japanese occupied Indonesia, some Japanese soldiers went to a cafe run by Mantenin to drink coffee. They thought the coffee served by the owner was very good, so they asked the owner about the name of the coffee. The owner mistakenly thought that they were asking who they were and replied that they were Mantenin. Therefore, the Japanese soldiers thought that the coffee was called Mantenin. It is said that one of the Japanese, after his discharge from the army, thought that the coffee they had drunk in Indonesia was of great commercial value and wanted to introduce it to the Japanese market. He contacted an Indonesian businessman and asked him to buy "Mantenin" coffee. The shrewd Indonesian businessman, Pwani, did not reject the deal because he did not have the coffee called Mantenin, but shipped 15 tons of Sumatra coffee to Japan. Before that, the high-quality Indonesian coffee had never been exported to any country, and since then, the name "Mantenin" has spread all over the world.

However, this story is a Sumatra version, and it is well documented that the name Java Mantinin was listed in the 1903 catalog of the Sears Wholesale Grocery. So the name mantenin was used as a trade name for coffee well before the 1950s.

Sumatra Mandheling has two famous names, Sumatra Mandheling DP Grade 1 and Aged Sumatra Mandheling.

What DP means in DP grade is unknown, but one thing is certain: DP grade is the most expensive of all Indonesian coffees, and the reason why Sumatra Mandnin is called a "reserve" is because this desperate coffee is stored in a cellar for three years before export. But reserved coffee is not stale coffee.

Based on a number of characteristics, Sumatra Mandrine is ideal for mixing with other coffees to make espresso.

It is interesting to note that while Indonesia produces the best coffee in the world, Indonesians prefer Turkish style coffee.