Coffee From the Island of Flowers

It is said that all coffee originated from Africa, where today one can still find wild coffee trees. However, through the ages cultivation spread to other parts of the world, and currently we are able to enjoy different kinds of coffee coming from dozens of tropical nations around the world from Brazil all the way east to Hawaii.

Each of these coffee types that are produced today differ in aroma, taste, and strength due to many factors ranging from the type of strain the tree produces (Arabica or Robusta), the environment where it is cultivated in, how the beans are dried, how they are roasted, and more.

Indonesia is one of those countries with a great variety of coffee. Almost every major island in the Indonesian archipelago produces its local version, with the Sumatra and Java origins known all over the world.

(For reference, I'm reattaching a picture I took at a coffee-shop earlier this month that displays some of the many coffee types found in Indonesia.)

Now to the point of this blog post! After trying a few of these and others, I find that the coffee produced on the island of Flores, known as 'Flores Bajawa', is a real standout. Earthy-woody like other Indonesia varieties i tried and enjoyed, it also possesses a clear note of dark-chocolate that makes it uniquely amazing and proves that origin counts.