Indonesia was the fourth largest producer of coffee in the world in 2014.Coffee in Indonesia began with its colonial history, and has played an important part in the growth of the country. Indonesia is located within an ideal geography for coffee plantations, near the equator and with numerous mountainous regions across the islands, creating well suited micro-climates for the growth and production of coffee.
Indonesia produced an estimated 540,000 metric tons of coffee in 2014, of this total, it is estimated that 154,800 tons was required for domestic consumption in the 2013/2014 financial year. Of the exports, 25% are Arabica beans; the balance is Robusta. In general, Indonesia’s Arabica coffees have low acidity and strong body, which makes them ideal for blending with higher acidity coffees from Central America and East Africa. The main markets are the United States, Western Europe and Japan, but demand from emerging markets such as Russia, China, Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia is increasing significantly
According to data from the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association (AEKI), Indonesian farmers in cooperation with the relevant ministries are currently planning to expand Indonesia’s coffee plantations, while rejuvenating old plantations through intensification programs. By increasing acreage, Indonesia’s coffee production in the coming ten years is expected to reach between 900,000 and 1.2 million tons per year. As both global and domestic demand is rising, investment in the country’s coffee sector is needed. Besides increasing quantity of the beans, quality is also expected to increase due to technological innovations. Coffee production per hectare is still low compared to other large coffee producing countries. In 2012, Indonesia produced 0.76 tons of coffee per hectare, while in Vietnam the figure was 3.5 tons and in Brazil 6.5 tons per hectare. Government and other players in Indonesia’s coffee industry aim to increase productivity per hectare to over 1 ton in the years ahead and the opportunity for growth and export is large and growing.
Source: International Coffee Organization
One of the biggest coffee producers and best coffee in Indonesia is from Sumatera; Sumatera is an island at the western point of Indonesia, which is famous for its coffee production. Many of the well-known Arabica are produced here and have been the world famous coffee produced in the area and the world. All Arabica from Sumatera is processed with the same technique: wet-hull. The method is uniquely only be done in Indonesian coffee production. There is no other place outside Indonesia processed their coffee with this wet-hull technique.
Sidikalang is a region in North Sumatera famous for its Arabica coffee. It is around 163KM from Medan (the largest city in Sumatra, around 3 hours drive) and specifically located in in North West of Danau Toba (Toba Lake, the massive Crater Lake in North Sumatra.) Coffee farmers in Sidikalang previously only planted the Robusta bean, and the area is known as Robusta producers only. However the high altitude of the region, at around 1,066 meters above sea level, with hilly and with constant humidity year round makes it a suitable place to grow Arabica. The area of Arabica plantation in Sidilakang is 5,772 hectare with annual production of 2,639 tonnes, while the most of the coffee farmers still loved their old-fashioned Robusta which made of 14,117 hectare that produces 6,770 tonnes annually. Sidikalang Coffees is an icon among Sumatra coffee and is grown in the volcanic highland. Sidikalang coffees is regarded as the king of Sumatra coffee, Sidikalang coffees have a different flavor profile, part of this is due to micro-climates and influences from the Lake, part is due to the cultivar.
The dry fragrance has a distinctive characteristic of spicy sweet quality, milky caramel, and some woody tones. It has a bold mouthfeel with low acidity. In some case, you can feel a crisp aromatic wood and nutty flavor and considered as extra bold. This fine coffee is like a pearl still hidden inside a shell, coffee which has not been much exposed to the outside world, but known in the area and its surroundings, not so many people know the uniqueness and distinctive flavor of this coffee, so we tried to introduce this coffee to the outside world, so that people can enjoy the uniqueness of this coffee, coffee which is rarely encountered, please contact us for bulk purchases
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