culinary
West Java
Culinary
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Coffee
Coffee lovers must enjoy the taste of West Java
coffee at Parahyangan Koffie, located at the
Floating Market, Lembang, Bandung.
O
nly few people know
that Papandayan and
Pengalengan are the
first coffee plantation
in Indonesia which
was successfuly planted with Arabi
ca coffee beans brought by Thomas
Stamford Bingley Raffles (1811).
In fact, Raffles had tried to grow
Arabica coffee tree in Bengkulu, but
failed. The English botanist concluded
that Arabican can only grow on a land
1000 meters above sea level.
“History recorded, Wes B