REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- Besides being famous for tea, West Java Province (Jabar) is also one of the regions famous as the best coffee producer in Indonesia. Because, various types of coffee in Jabar have an authentic taste and further enrich the variety of coffee in Jabar.

Coffee itself, which can enter Priangan, began in the beginning of the 17th century, precisely in 1677. At that time, the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) or chamber of commerce belonging to the Dutch people seized the territory of Western and Central Priangan in its expansion into the archipelago.

The first arabica coffee seeds were brought from India by the VOC to be planted in Priangan. At that time, the first arabica coffee seeds brought to the Sundanese Tatars were tried to be grown on the outskirts of the North Coast (Pantura) of Java that stretched from Batavia to Cirebon.

But as it turned out, the VOC's attempt to cultivate its first coffee seeds failed due to floods and earthquakes. Later, the VOC then brought its second arabica coffee seed in 1699 to the archipelago to try to plant it by shifting its cultivation site to higher plains. Cianjur was then chosen and eventually succeeded.

These are some of the best coffee types of West Java that coffee lovers must try because they have different flavors in each variant:

1. Mount Halu Coffee

The Southern Region of West Bandung Regency (KBB) is famous for its coffee plantations. Highly recognized products from this region won the AVPA Gourmet Product G award at SIAL Paris, France in 2018.

2. Malabar Mountain Coffee

Malabar coffee has a unique blend of flavors. The taste is characteristic, very thick and dominant with a dark chocolate flavor. Malabar coffee is a type of Arabica coffee that has medium acidity

3. Gunung Puntang Coffee

Coffee lovers do not have to feel the sensation of Gunung Puntang coffee. Thanks to awards from the Speciality Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Expo 2016 in Atlanta, USA, Puntang coffee is worldwide. Not to mention, Gunung Puntang coffee won the first place in the taste category.

4. Wanoja Coffee

The province of west Java is one of the countries producing quality coffee. The coffee beans come from the hands of farmers, one of whom is a group of farmers Wanoja Coffee from Kampung lbun, Bandung Regency. Because of its popularity, seven tons of Wanoja coffee were once exported to Saudi Arabia.

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