Indonesia
Earthy, heavy-bodied coffees from Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and beyond.
- Region
- South-East Asia
- Regions
- Sumatra (Aceh, Lintong), Java, Sulawesi (Toraja), Bali, Flores
- Altitude
- 900–1,700 m
- Harvest
- Varies; mostly Oct–Mar in Sumatra
- Species
- Robusta and Arabica
- Processing
- Wet-hulled (giling basah)
- Production 2024
- 807,578 tonnes
- World rank
- #4
Varieties grown here
About
The Dutch made Java a byword for coffee in the 1700s. Sumatran coffees owe their earthy character to wet-hulling, where the parchment is stripped while beans are still damp.
From Wikipedia
Indonesia was the fourth-largest producer of coffee in the world in 2025. Coffee cultivation in Indonesia began in the late 1600s and early 1700s, during the early Dutch colonial period, and has played an important part in the growth of the country. Indonesia is geographically and climatologically well-suited for coffee plantations, near the equator and with multiple interior mountainous regions on its main islands, creating well-suited microclimates for the growth and production of coffee.
Indonesia produced an estimated 660,000 metric tons of coffee in 2017. Of this total, it is estimated that 154,800 tons were slated 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 coffee varieties have low acidity and strong bodies, which make them ideal for blending with higher-acidity coffees from Central America and East Africa.
Text from the Wikipedia article Coffee production in Indonesia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.