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Indonesian Mantenin Coffee with different Flavor depending on producing area Flavor description, Grinding degree, Taste, Fine Coffee

Published: 2024-09-20 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/20, 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 smoothly and ushered in the first harvest in 1701.

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.

According to ICO, Indonesia ranked third in coffee production in the world in 2013, although 80 per cent are the most legendary flavor producing areas of Robusta, with well-known coffee logos including Manning Mandheling, Lindong Lintong and Gayusan Gayo Mountain.

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.

3. Sulawesi Sulawesi Coffee

The most famous is Toraga, or Tonaga, Toraja.

Sulawesi Island, formerly known as Celebes Island "Celebes", is also called Celebes Coffee Celebes Coffee.

Toraja coffee comes from Tana Toraja in the Tanatolaga region of South Sulawesi, South Sulawesi Province, named after the local population, the Toraga. Tana Toraja is located about 300km north of Makassar, the provincial capital of Wangkasek, and is a famous tourist destination in Indonesia.

At first, the coffee industry in Sulawesi mainly supplied the Japanese market, and Japanese businessmen established the original coffee industry on the island of Sulawesi.

The traditional method of coffee treatment is wet planer, Giling Basah,wet-hulled.

In addition, Bali, Flores and Timor are also important producing areas.

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