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Introduction to the description of the flavor and taste of fine coffee beans in the producing area of Indonesian Mantenin coffee.

Published: 2024-09-20 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/20, 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

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 the Ijen highland area around Ijen Volcano, Ijen Plateau Sumatra Island has a long and narrow topography. The topography of the island is mainly from northwest to southeast of the island's Barisan Mountains Barisan Mountains and 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.

In 1696, the then Governor of the Netherlands in Malabar, India, gave a batch of coffee seedlings to the Governor of the Netherlands in batavia in Batavia (present-day Jarkata in Jakarta). This was the first time that coffee was grown in Indonesia. However, the first batch of coffee seedlings were washed away by the flood. In 1699, Batavia accepted the gift again. This time, the coffee seedlings survived successfully and ushered in the first harvest in 1701, which began the coffee trip to Indonesia.

At first, coffee was grown in and around Jakarta, and then gradually expanded to central and eastern Java, as well as Sulawesi, Sumatra and Bali. At the same time, in eastern Indonesia, coffee was also grown in Flores on the island of Flores and Timor on the island of Timor in the Portuguese territory at that time, but the source of the coffee seedlings was different.

Indonesian coffee began to supply the European market in 1711, when Indonesia was the first country outside Africa and Arabia to grow coffee on a large scale. It became the world's largest exporter of coffee in the 1880s. The fame of Java coffee began here.

The prosperity of coffee in Indonesia was not sustainable, coffee production was fatally hit at the end of the 18th century, and leaf rust, originally found in West Java, spread rapidly, destroying the Arabica coffee estate in Indonesia. The leading position of the coffee trade was replaced by the American producing countries. However, it is worth mentioning that the leaf rust disaster did not affect the eastern Indonesian producing areas, namely Flores Island and Timor, where the genes of some coffee trees in Timor today can be traced back to the 16th and 17th centuries.

Indonesia ranked third in coffee production in 2013, according to ICO, although 80 per cent of Robusta's coffee production is in Indonesian islands such as Java, Sumatra, Bali and Sulawesi, where Kopi Luwak is a traditional specialty. The civet only contains this unique coffee in its feces after eating local coffee cherries. In fact, the official name of Kopi Luwak is Kopi Luwak. Kopi means "coffee" in Indonesian, while Luwak is a wild civet in Indonesia.

Sheng Zhen, a staff member of the Indonesian Pavilion, said that in order to get precious "cat poop coffee beans," local farmers in Indonesia would put civets into cages to feed themselves, and some coffee merchants simply packed an island to keep these cats. Let them enjoy the natural environment of sunshine and rain. "the civets eat and pull by themselves, and you can't force them to eat or pull, so the coffee beans in the excrement are very precious!" It is reported that this rare coffee produces only 500 pounds a year. The raw materials of this kind of coffee are difficult to obtain, and the production process is very complicated, and it must go through strict sanitary procedures, such as drying, roasting, brewing and so on. However, the final coffee will produce a unique aroma, so it is very expensive

The distillation process of Kopi Luwak was demonstrated at the scene. "12 grams of Kopi Luwak, distilled with 50 to 55 grams of water, so that the final coffee is the most mellow."

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