Ijen Plateau is a volcanic highland on the Bondowoso and Banyuwangi border, above 1,400 m, with five large Dutch-built coffee estates.
The Ijen Plateau, at the eastern end of Java, is the centre of Java's arabica production, at an altitude of more than 1,400 m, next to the Ijen volcano complex on the border of Banyuwangi and Bondowoso regencies. The coffee is grown primarily on large estates built by the Dutch. The five largest, Blawan, Jampit, Pancoer, Kayumas and Tugosari, cover more than 4,000 hectares, and Dutch plantations on Java are now managed as state-owned plantations under PTPN.
The estates move ripe cherries quickly to their mills, where the pulp is fermented and washed off (the wet process) with rigorous quality control. The result is coffee with good, heavy body and a sweet overall impression, sometimes rustic in flavour but with a lasting finish, and at best smooth and supple with a subtle herbaceous note.
Field notes
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The Ijen crater lake is recognised as the largest highly acidic crater lake in the world.
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Ijen is also known for its blue fire and labour-intensive sulfur mining.
In the cup, according to guides
- BodyMoreIjen estate coffees are described as having good, heavy body and a sweet overall impression, with a lasting finish.
Processing
Elsewhere in East Java
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