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A coffee farmer in IndonesiaDelightin Dee / Unsplash
4.6°N 96.9°E · 1,100–1,600 maslGrown in Gayo Highlands, Sumatra
Indonesian coffee
Farmers hull the beans while still wet, a method found almost nowhere else. It gives Sumatran coffee its heavy body and earthy, forest-floor depth.
From the expedition filesJava gave coffee a nickname, at the cost of a forced-labour system that a Dutch novel exposed.Still alive art: Charcoal coffeeRead the Indonesia file, with every source →- Region
- Gayo Highlands, Sumatra
- Altitude
- 1,100–1,600 masl
- Varieties
- Ateng, Tim Tim, Typica types
- Process
- Wet-hulled (giling basah)
Harvest calendar
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In the cup
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Acidity
Body
Sweetness
Fruit
Chocolate
On the stamps
Indonesia · 1960Agricultural products: coffeeWikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Indonesia's coffee, on the post
