Indonesia is famousas one of the bestcoffee producing country inthe world. Since ancienttimes, coffee is abeverage that has beenenjoyed by all people regardless ofsocioeconomic background. Theterm A Cup ofJava-known in the Westas a cup of coffeewhich is identical to the island ofJava. Priangan regionis the first place thedevelopment of the coffeeplantations inIndonesia.Historical records show that in1696 the MayorAsterdam, NicholasWitsen ordered the commanderof the Dutch troopsin MalabarIndia, AdrianVan Ommen, tobring arabica coffee seedsto the archipelago,but this firstseedlings fail to growbecause of flooding.The second coffee developmenteffort was reported in 1699.The first experiment was conductedin the area cottagecoffee,Batavia. After growwell there, the Dutchestablished the first coffeeplantation in WestJava Priangan forcedcultivation system.After coffee development in almostall Java in 1750,the Dutch began to developarabica coffee plantationsin Sumatra,Bali, Sulawesi,and EastIslands.1711 The first exportswere sent from Javato Europe by the Dutchtrading company, knownas VOCs(Verininging OogstIndies Company)which was established in1602. VOC monopolize tradecoffee in 1725 until1780. The island of Javais the first coffeewidely cultivated outsideArabic andEthiopia. Recorded in1725 the archipelago is an area ofthe largest coffee exporter in theworld that most of theproduction comes fromthe island of Java. VOC make sidedagreement with the localauthorities, wherethe natives are requiredto grow coffee that must besubmitted to the VOC.This agreement calledKoffiestelsel (coffeesystem).High-quality coffee beansfrom West Javaland floodedEurope. Javacoffee Preanger whenit is so well knownin Europe thatEuropeans call instead ofa cup of coffee, buta cup of Java (acup ofjava). Until themid-19th century PreangerJava coffee is the bestin the world.
