Jakarta –
Coffee in Indonesia is recognized as having a unique taste. It turns out that this privilege actually starts from the residents’ pages.
With its rich taste and alluring aroma, Indonesian coffee is considered one of the best coffees in the world. This achievement is strengthened by Indonesia’s status as the third largest coffee exporter in the world based on a report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2022/2023.
Indonesian coffee production that year reached 11.85 million bags, with 1.3 million for Arabica coffee and 10.5 million for Robusta coffee.
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“Compared to other coffees, our coffee from Sumatra to Papua has different taste characteristics,” said Ryan Wibawa, coffee expert, at the Ngopi Bareng KAI 2024 event at Gambir Station on Friday (1/3/2024).
The taste characteristics of Indonesian coffee apparently start from the plantations. Indonesia has become a major player in the international coffee industry thanks to the support of local coffee farmers, innovation in processing processes, and enthusiasm for progress.
Even though it doesn’t have large plantation areas like other coffee producing countries, the tradition passed down from generation to generation in gardening in Indonesia still has its own uniqueness.
“When I went to Sumatra, the coffee plantations were not ‘estate’ (plantations), like when we go to Colombia or Brazil. Coffee is only grown in the yard. We grow coffee because it has become a culture to grow coffee. When they harvest they come to the station to deposit the produce the harvest,” said Ryan.
According to Ryan, this uniqueness is a strong attraction for coffee-loving tourists coming to Indonesia and needs to be maintained.
Apart from residents who grow coffee in their gardens or yards, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that there are a number of coffee plantations in Indonesia. The area covers a total area of approximately 1.24 million hectares, 933 hectares of robusta plantations and 307 hectares of arabica plantations.
The amount of Indonesian coffee production according to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in 2019 amounted to 742 thousand tons. 98.6% of the total production was produced by smallholder coffee plantations (731.6 thousand tons), 0.8% was produced by large state plantations (5.6 thousand tons), 0.6% was produced by large private plantations (4.4 thousand tons).
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