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    Home » Single Origin Coffee Beans » Indonesian Coffees

    Malaysian Coffee Beans

    Malaysia has been growing coffee for centuries. Bordering Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, Malaysia sits in the heart of tropical Southeast Asia.

    Today Malaysia grows about 25,000 hectares of coffee mainly in the provinces of Kelantan, Kedah, Trengganu, Sellangore and Malacca. Coffee is also cultivated in the Sabah region at the northernmost tip of the island of Borneo.

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    Malaysia will need to make improvements in coffee growing methods as well as processing techniques to become a player in the specialty coffee market.

    This may gradually occur with the rise in popularity of coffee in the country as well as the higher overall value of the commodity in comparison to other competing commodities in Malaysia (e.g., competing for resources and labor for production).

    Malaysia Coffee Plant Varietals

    Both the lower grade Robusta and the higher grade Arabica coffee plant varietals are grown in Malaysia but about ninety-five percent of the crop is the Liberica Coffee varietal which was first introduced to the country in 1875. Under two percent of the world's coffee production is Liberica.

    Total Malaysian coffee production in recent years has been around 160,000 bags of coffee totalling less than ten thousand tons.

    Coffee culture has been growing in Malaysia and coffee cafes are a relatively recent phenomenon and becoming very popular, particularly among young people.

    Malaysian Coffee Culture

    The number of cafes in Malaysia has been increasing rapidly, supporting the idea that Malaysia's coffee crop in coming years will likely struggle just to meet the country's own internal demands rather than focusing on exporting.

    Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Starbucks and Gloria Jean's have all entered the market, likely adding to the popularity of coffee in the country including specialty coffee drinks like lattes and cappuccinos.

    As a major producer and exporter of palm oil, rubber, sugar and tea, Malaysia's land resources do not place a priority on coffee but instead coffee cultivation has historically been relegated to secondary status in comparison to these other commodities.

    However now that the country's domestic specialty coffee market is taking off, including in the thriving capital of Kuala Lumpur with its large, well-educated middle class, coffee production may see a new emphasis, particularly in light of high worldwide coffee prices.

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    1. Briana

      March 22, 2017 at 1:27 am

      Where have you obtained the statistics that total Malaysian coffee production has been less than 10,000 tons? According to the Malaysian department of Agriculture in 2012 74,160 tons were exported and in 2013 80,484 tons exported. This only accounts for about 50% of Malaysian coffee production as the rest is used for the domestic market. According to the Malaysian department of agriculture, Malaysia produces about 16X what you have quoted here.

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      • EspressoCoffeeGuide

        March 23, 2017 at 11:30 am

        Good question! The content was written about 9 years ago and I don't have the original source. We use ico.org data when updating our pages, but Malaysia isn't a member of the ICO. Here's the most reasonably reliable data I could find:
        http://www.ico.org/news/icc-112-4e-consumption-asia.pdf

        They seem to be a net importer (consumer) of coffee, rather than exporter.

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