Java
A cacao growing region in Indonesia.
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An Indonesian island with a long cacao history including colonial-era estate plantings, some of which survive. Java produces both bulk and speciality material, and the estate sector gives it a more organised post-harvest infrastructure than Sulawesi.
- Country
- Indonesia
- Flavour families
- nutty, earthy
Terroir
Volcanic soils with estate and smallholder production, and a longer-established fermentation infrastructure than elsewhere in the country.
Flavour character
Often described as nutty and earthy with modest fruit and low acidity.
InferredSource: ChocolateHQ
Other regions in Indonesia
Related
Part of
- IndonesiaAn Indonesian island with a long cacao history including colonial-era estate plantings, some of which survive.
Varieties planted here
- TrinitarioDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Java — An Indonesian island with a long cacao history including colonial-era estate plantings, some of which survive.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)