Indonesian coffee shops tempt customers with mix of local, foreign beans

JAKARTA -- Indonesia is one of the world's top coffee producers with myriad varieties that embody the richness of its cultural, linguistic, ethnic and geographical complexity. Now, domestic purveyors of the drink are concocting a bevy of new brews, taking advantage of that abundance to attract customers.

According to the Directorate General of Intellectual Property under Indonesia's Law and Human Rights Ministry, at least 48 kinds of homegrown arabica, robusta and liberica coffee beans -- from Sumatra in the west to Papua in the east -- have been registered under the country's Geographical Indication label, which certifies quality and origin of local products.