Indonesia Java Coffee Growing Regions Varieties Attributes Flavor Characteristics Java Coffee Features Flavor Taste

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Origin: Indonesia

In addition to the famous Mandheling, Indonesia's other representative coffee is Java coffee. The Robusta beans produced on Java Island have a unique aroma and are often used as blending beans due to their rich oil content.

Flavor Profile

Rich and mellow taste, with nutty, creamy aromas.

Brewing Method

Our shop's barista uses dark roast.

Brewing Recommendations

Recommended to use: Flannel cloth, with a 1:10 ratio, water temperature 95°C. (Serve with condensed milk)

Java Coffee Characteristics

The bitterness after roasting is its main flavor, with a very light aroma and no perceptible acidity. Most commonly used in blended coffee or instant coffee.

Origin: Java Island, Indonesia!

Although it occupies only 7% of Indonesia's area, it holds 35% of the country's population and was the first island in the Indonesian archipelago to be developed by Dutch enterprises. A coffee tragedy in the mid-1970s changed Java Island's status in the hearts of coffee lovers. Local coffee farms cut down all the excellent Arabica coffee trees, which had lower yields and were susceptible to pests, and switched to planting high-yield, easy-to-care-for Robusta beans. This move nearly caused the excellent coffee that was once popular worldwide to disappear from the earth. Today, only six state-owned farms owned and managed by the government on the island still grow traditional Java Arabica coffee trees. Thanks to these state-owned estates, we still have the opportunity to taste the currently existing Java Arabica coffee, whose production is already extremely limited.

Java coffee is sometimes called Old Java. After the Old Government era, Java coffee was guaranteed to be aged for at least ten years in tropical regions and has become a household name coffee. Old Java coffee had a good reputation before 1915. During the long journey to New York, moisture naturally dissipated from the coffee beans, giving them better evaluation upon arrival in New York. Java coffee has a special musty smell and a rare light brown color.

Currently, the best Java coffee is produced in the Preanger, Cheribon, Buitenzorg, and Batava regions. Java coffee has a mature, delicate, gentle taste, with an almost imperceptible spicy aroma that is both rich and mellow. After aging, it becomes even more aromatic, though aged Java is rare.

Java is the region outside coffee's native habitat that has cultivated coffee for the longest time. In 1699, under the persuasion of the Amsterdam mayor, coffee trees were introduced to Java from Malabar.

Coffee produced in the Indonesian archipelago regions of Celebes, Lombok Island, Flores, and Timor is also sold as Java coffee. These coffee beans are as good as Java beans, but fresh beans are small-grained and not easy to purchase.

In areas below 3,500 feet in altitude, Arabica coffee trees have actually disappeared due to leaf diseases. Currently, hardy Novasta, Liberica, and hybrid varieties of these two coffee trees are planted instead, with very good results.

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