Takengon-koffie (English: “Takengon coffee (Arabica)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Superior, well-paid Arabica coffee grown in the Takengonsche at higher altitudes; sold as dessert coffee in Europe and to enhance aroma of ground coffee mélanges.
Translation
Takengon coffee (Arabica)
Description
Superior, well-paid Arabica coffee grown in the Takengonsche at higher altitudes; sold as dessert coffee in Europe and to enhance aroma of ground coffee mélanges.
Significance
The term Takengon-koffie is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 204, 205.