Coffee region guide
Java
자바
Eastern Ijen estate coffees coexist with experimental West Java lots, offering considerable processing and sensory diversity.
Also known as: Jawa
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Place and growing environment
The eastern Ijen Plateau and western Bandung highlands have distinct growing environments.
Recorded flavors
- 01Herbal
- 02Floral
- 03Fruity
Processing
Washed · Natural · Experimental fermentation lots
Grown varieties
Typica · Jember (S795) · Lini S · P88 · Sigarar Utang · S795 · USDA 762 · Andungsari · Ateng Super · Borbor · Timor · Andungsar
Typica
A foundational Arabica variety distributed worldwide via Java.
- Lineage
- Seeds transferred from India to Java in the late seventeenth century founded the modern Typica variety.
- Growing conditions
- Tall, low-yielding trees susceptible to major coffee diseases.
- Traits
- Adapted to cool growing conditions and valued for cup quality in Central America.
S795
A productive CCRI Arabica cultivar widely grown in India.
- Lineage
- Selected from S288, a Liberica-introgressed line, crossed with Kent.
- Growing conditions
- Tall trees with large beans.
- Traits
- Rust resistance was high in WCR's global trials, while the variety is considered susceptible in India.
USDA 762
Derived from mother-tree selection in Arabica material collected in Ethiopia by the USDA.
- Growing conditions
- Tall trees with a somewhat spreading canopy and red ripe fruit.
- Traits
- Indonesia's variety handbook describes susceptibility to parasitic nematodes and sensitivity to poor soils.
Lot details
- Variety · process
- S795 · USDA 762Natural
- Tasting notes
- Papaya · Black grapes · Kiwi · Yoghurt
Frinsa Sarapan #2
Wildan and Atieq Mustofa / Frinsa Estate
Weninggalih, West Java
- Variety · process
- Sigarar UtangWashed
- Tasting notes
- Plum · Dark chocolate · Kukicha tea
Java Frinsa Estate
Wildan Mustofa and Atieq Mustikaningtyas / Frinsa Estate
Weninggalih, Riung Gunung, West Java · Harvest 2025
- Variety · process
- P88 · S795 · Andung Sari · BorborNatural, fermented and dried as whole cherry
- Tasting notes
- Peach · Honey · Blueberry · Mandarin · Milk chocolate
Frinsa Collective
Frinsa Collective smallholders / Wildan Mustofa and Atieq Mustikaningtyas
West Java
- Variety · process
- Borbor · Lini S · Ateng Super · Timor · Sigarar Utang · P88Lactobacillus fermented washed
- Tasting notes
- Green tea · Lemongrass · Cranberry
Sources
- About Indonesia(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- What makes our Indonesian Coffee so Special?(opens in a new tab)
Nordic Approach · Accessed
- Java Kayumas(opens in a new tab)
DRWakefield · Accessed
- Indonesia — Java Frinsa Estate sourcing and cultivars(opens in a new tab)
Nordic Approach · Accessed
- Frinsa Sarapan #2 — Indonesia(opens in a new tab)
Fountain Rock Coffee · Accessed
- Indonesia — Java Frinsa Estate | Natural(opens in a new tab)
Rogue Wave Coffee · Accessed
- Frinsa Collective — Lactobacillus Washed(opens in a new tab)
Horsham Coffee Roaster · Accessed
- Frinsa Edun #2 — 72 Hours Fermentation(opens in a new tab)
Paris Coffee Roasting University · Accessed