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JAVA Coffee Flavor Profile: Is Java Coffee Good? How to Pronounce JAVA Coffee?

Published: 2026-01-28 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/28, Professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information. Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Asia's coffee production ranks second only to Central and South America. Indonesia has traditionally been the largest coffee-producing country in Asia, but this situation has changed in recent years. With World Bank assistance, Vietnam's production has expanded rapidly, officially surpassing Indonesia in 1999 to become Asia's largest coffee-producing country. However

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Asian Coffee Production Overview

Asia's coffee production ranks second only to Central and South America. Indonesia has traditionally been Asia's largest coffee-producing country, but the situation has changed in recent years. With World Bank assistance, Vietnam's production has expanded rapidly, officially surpassing Indonesia in 1999 to become Asia's largest coffee producer. However, Vietnam primarily produces Robusta beans, which do not belong to the specialty coffee category. In 2007, Vietnam produced 957,000 tons of coffee, making it the largest producer in Asia and the second-largest in the world. In the same year, Indonesia produced 420,000 tons of coffee beans, ranking second in Asia. India produced 291,000 tons of coffee beans, making it the third-largest coffee producer in Asia. Asian coffee typically has higher body than Central, South American, and African beans, but with lower acidity. The flavor profile often carries notes of wood, herbs, spices, and earthy tones, with deeper, mellow aromas prevailing over bright acidic fragrances.

Indonesian Coffee – Rich Aroma, Low Acidity, Excellent Body

At the end of the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company transplanted Arabica trees (Typica) from India to Jakarta on Java Island. Due to favorable climate and soil conditions, Arabica quickly spread to Sumatra in northwest Java and another major island, Sulawesi, in the northeast. However, in the 1880s, Java experienced a severe leaf rust outbreak that destroyed most Arabica plants. The Dutch switched to the more disease-resistant Robusta variety, stabilizing Indonesia's coffee industry. To this day, Robusta remains the mainstay of Indonesian coffee, accounting for 90% of Indonesia's coffee production, distributed across low-altitude areas in Java and Bali. The more elegant-flavored Arabica is mainly grown in northern Sumatra, Sulawesi, and higher-altitude areas of Java Island. Although it only accounts for about 10% of Indonesia's coffee production, the reputation of Mandheling, Golden Mandheling, Lake Tawar, Gayo Mountain, Aceh, Sulawesi, Aged Mandheling, and Old Brown Java has allowed Indonesian coffee to gain fame in the specialty coffee industry for decades, unaffected by other inferior Robusta varieties.

The Java variety is still cultivated on Java Island today, but due to low production and poor disease resistance, many farms have switched to planting new varieties. In appearance, traditional Java beans are quite similar to Typica beans. Generally, Java beans seen are shorter and slender (short berry shape), while long berry Java varieties are even rarer. Beyond the rarity of the variety and appearance, in cupping flavor, this Java long berry variety can satisfy various demands: rarity and excellent flavor.