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Indonesia Mantenin Coffee Variety Producing Area Flavor Boutique Coffee Bean Estate Description Introduction

Published: 2024-09-20 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/20, Coffee trees were introduced to Indonesia by the Dutch in the mid-17th century (some official sources say earlier), and the first coffee from Java was sold to Amsterdam in 1712. However, in 1877 coffee trees on all plantations were destroyed by coffee rust, and Robusta coffee trees had to be imported from Africa to replace the original species. Today Indonesia is the world's largest country.

Coffee trees were introduced to Indonesia by the Dutch in the mid-17th century (some official sources believe it was earlier), and the first coffee from Java was sold to Amsterdam in 1712. However, coffee trees in all plantations were destroyed by coffee rust in 1877, and Robusta coffee trees had to be introduced from Africa to replace the original species. Today, Indonesia is a major producer of robusta coffee in the world, accounting for about 90% of total coffee production.

Indonesia is a country of thousands of islands, and coffee is produced on all the major islands. The most famous coffee producers are Sumatra, Sulawisi and Java.

A brief map of the administrative divisions of the islands in Indonesia

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.

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