A brief introduction to the Origin, Development, History and Culture of Fine Coffee beans in the fragrant Woody Manor of La Souna Vahana

The best growing areas in the whole archipelago are Java, Sumatra (Blawan), Sulawesi (Sulawesi) and Flores (Flores).

Sumatra, Indonesia's second largest island, is the center of Indonesia's oil industry. Rubber and timber on the island are also famous export commodities. But Sumatra coffee is more striking, similar to Java coffee, but slightly heavier. Mandheling and Ankola coffee beans are also highly valued, the former even being hailed as the world's most granular coffee beans.

Sumatra has a long and narrow terrain, mainly the Barisan Mountains and the eastern lowlands from northwest to southeast. The mountains stretch out, with more than 90 volcanoes and numerous volcanic lakes that provide fertile soil for coffee to grow. For tropical rain forest climate, high temperature and rainy all year round.

Sumatra is Indonesia's largest coffee producing area, well-known coffee growing areas are mainly concentrated in the northern mountains, including Aceh, the northernmost province, Sumatera Utara, North Sumatra. These include Mandheling, Lintong and Gayo Mountain.

Mandheling coffee is named after the local ethnic group, mantailing, and the production area mostly points to the northern mountains of Toba Lake. The specific production area needs to be verified.

Lintong coffee is produced in the foothills of Lake Toba, the largest volcanic lake in North Sumatra Province and Sumatra Island. The name comes from the town named lintong southwest of Lake Toba.

Gayo mountain coffee is produced in Takengon and the surrounding mountains of Lake Tawar in Takengon, Aceh Province.

Medan and Padang are important cities involved in coffee. They are the provincial capitals of North Sumatra and West Sumatra respectively. 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 surrounded by well-known coffee production, such as Ankola.

Sumatra produces Arabica and Robusta coffee, usually grown at high elevations in the mountains and Robusta in the lowlands. Coffee processing is known as the traditional "wet planing", Giling Basah, wet-hulled, special processing partly derived from the local humid climate.

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Figure 3, 4: Sumatra topographic map

Java: Java Coffee

Java produces fine aromatic coffee with relatively low acidity, fine taste and good balance. Java coffee is superior in aroma and acidity to Sumatra and Sulawesi coffees. The best plantations in Java are Blawan, Jambit, Kayumas and Pankur. Java mocha coffee is a blend of Java coffee and Yemeni mocha coffee.

Java is Indonesia's most economically developed island and the most densely populated region.

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is located in the northwest of Java Island and is the largest city in Southeast Asia. In addition, Indonesia's second and fourth largest cities are located on Java Island.

Java was the first region in Indonesia to grow coffee and dominated the world coffee market as early as the 18th century. The famous Javanese mocha, a blend of Javanese coffee and Yemeni mocha, represents an era of coffee impressions. In addition, there is classic monsoon coffee Moosooned-coffee, or aged coffee.

Coffee cultivation on Java Island was initially carried out on large farms, established by Dutch colonists in the 18th century, and gradually transformed into small farmers through World War II and many changes. Good Java coffee usually comes from five existing large farms. Although Java coffee production accounts for only about 10% of Indonesia's total coffee production, it is an important component of Indonesia's fine coffee.

The main coffee producing area of the island is located in the Ijen Plateau, in the Ijen Highlands region around Ijen Volcano.

Java coffee is traditionally washed

Overall, Indonesian coffee has a strong, mellow, slightly syrupy flavor and excellent acidity, which is reflected in the excellent quality of the coffee by its two main export markets, Germany and Japan. What appeals to consumers is the exceptional quality of its arabic coffee beans. You can add milk or cream to high-quality Indonesian coffee without worrying about affecting its taste. Indonesian coffee is divided into six grades, the best is AP. No one knows exactly what these two letters represent.

When ships replaced sailboats, coffee from these islands faced the same problem as Indian coffee from Mysore-consumers were used to coffee affected by long journeys and therefore did not want to accept the taste of "fresh" coffee. To solve this problem, the Indonesian government has tried to imitate coffee affected by long trips, and they have "stored" coffee beans for up to a year. However, the taste of this moist coffee is not widely accepted, so that it affects the good reputation of coffee.

However, Indonesia's "storage" coffee or "journey" coffee is still produced today. It is sold under the brand names Old Government, Old Brown and Old Java.

Although Indonesia produces so much good coffee, it is puzzling that its residents prefer Turkish coffee to its famous European coffee. Coffee is produced all over Indonesia, and Java plays an important role in coffee history. Coffee trees were introduced to Indonesia by the Dutch in the mid-17th century (some official sources say earlier). 1712 The first coffee from Java arrives in Amsterdam. However, in 1877 coffee trees on all plantations were destroyed by coffee rust, and robert coffee trees had to be imported from Africa to replace the original species. Today only 6 - 10 percent of coffee beans are Arabica beans. Indonesia is the world's leading producer of Robett coffee, producing 6.8 million bags of coffee a year, mostly from small plantations, accounting for about 90% of the total production.