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In the blue, misty hills of West Java, the coffee harvest in the fall h
arvest of rice and cloves. Before the rain, the air in the mountain villages and fragrant, laced with the pungent smell of cloves drying, fermentation, coffee and dusty, volcanic soils boil dry.
The rise of the coffee can be difficult. Suitable for a European can, a few kilometers of the climb can be very difficult, tiring work. The inhabitants of the village on the road every day, not only have the coffee plants have a tendency to cut but also in 70 kg bundles of grass and down the mountain to feed the cattle.
The coffee is a blend of Arabica Robusta with very little on the higher slopes cultivated. Climbing the villages in the early morning hours, with me in tow, working seriously, the coffee harvest by a group of trees in a ravine with the hazardous seething rain yesterday evening.
World War 2, in many parts of West Java are home to the Dutch colonial plantations owned coffee plantations, rubber, pepper, cloves and coffee.