History of Indonesian Coffee

The history of coffee in Indonesia starting from the Dutch governor in Malabar(Hindia) sending Yemeni Arabica coffee seedlings to the Dutch Governor of Batavia (now Jakarta) in 1696.

The first seeds failed due to flooding in Batavia. A second shipment of seeds sent in 1699. Plants thrive successfully, and in 1711 the first exports sent from Java to Europe by the Dutch East India Company, or VOC as the Netherlands (Vereeningde Oost-Indische Companies) established in 1602. In 10 years, exports rose to 60 tons per year. Indonesia is the first place, outside the Arab and Ethiopia, where coffee is widely planted. VOC monopolized coffee trading in 1725-1780.