Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) in Indonesia




Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) in Indonesia Arabica or Coffea arabica is a species of coffee first discovered and cultivated human beings until now. Coffee production worldwide is estimated to reach 70 percent of all types of coffee available. The area of ​​coffee production in Indonesia is estimated around 1.3 million hectares, which spread from North Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. while the Arabica coffee is generally grown coffee farmers in Aceh, North Sumatra, South Sulawesi, Bali and Flores. Currently native Indonesia Arabica coffee has pretty good prospects for entering the

European region, especially Italy. Some varieties of arabica coffee is being widely developed in Indonesia, among others, arabica coffee type Abesinia, arabica type Pasumah, Marago, Typica, and arabica coffee Congensis. Each variety of the Arabica coffee and physical properties have somewhat different from the others, in Indonesia we can find arabica coffee in Toraja Coffee, Coffee Mandailing and may exist also in other places. Between Arabica coffee with the other one has a distinctive acidity and very varied. The province of Aceh and North Sumatra is a center of coffee Arabica, although production is still about 35 thousand tons every year. Banyuwangi, Jember,East Java is one of the Arabica coffee production center is also quite large, and lately has developed because of the encouragement of Arabica coffee world market demand is large enough. Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) was first described and classified by a Sweden named Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) in 1753. However, some data stating that prior to Carl Linnaeus, matters relating to Arabica coffee already written in a Latin description of the plant, although the statement consists of only one sentence that says something like "Jasminum Arabicum, Lauri folio, cujus femen apudnos deciur coffee" (Jussieu, 1713).Which means: "Arabian jasmine, with a kind of bay leaves, seeds we call coffee".Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) is a type of coffee that will grow well in the area of ​​700-1700 m altitude (above sea level) with a temperature of 16-20 ° C and air-dry climate of three months in a row. Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) is very different with Robusta coffee  (Coffea canephora), which can grow both in height of only 400-700 m above sea level. In terms of treatment and Arabica coffee cultivation also include "coffee spoiled" because it takes a lot more attention than other types of coffee, Coffee Robustaatau like coffee Ekselsa, racemosa, and Liberica (African coffee). Arabica coffee is very susceptible to leaf rust disease Hemileia vastatrix (HV), especially if planted in areas with elevation less than 700 m above sea level. Arabica coffee, originally from Brazil and Ethiopia, coffee has now been more large mastered of the world coffee market. Arabica has many varieties, depending on the country, climate, and land where coffee is grown. 

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