146 SUMATRA COFFEES. 



Falembang Differs from Padang both in size, style, 

 color and drink, being smaller in bean, lighter in color, 

 but stronger and more pungent in liquor, and not, as a 

 general rule, as highly valued, except when the crop is 

 good. 



Ankola Ranks among the finest of the Sumatra 

 sorts in point of size, color and general character, the 

 natural bean being round, full and firm, rich dark-brown 

 in color, bright and mellow in liquor, and very fragrant 

 if not aromatic in flavor, and much superior in every 

 respect to the best of the Java growths, excepting alone 

 that produced in the Preanger district 



Ayerbanjies Is closely allied to Ankola in all its 

 leading features of size, color, structure and character, 

 being classed commercially as on an entire parity with 

 it, commanding the same price, and frequently substituted 

 for it when the former is scarce or difficult to obtain. 



Mandheling Is without exception the finest of the 

 Sumatra products, and is valued high commercially, not 

 alone for its undisputed intrinsic merits, but also on 

 account of the comparatively small amount produced, 

 forming only about ten per cent, of the entire product 

 of the island. The bean is much larger, almost as large 

 as Liberian, of a rich dark, natural-brown color, round, 

 full, well developed and symmetrical in form, very stylish 

 and attractive in the roasted state, and equalling, if not 

 positively surpassing, the much-vaunted Old Government 

 Java itself. 



Lahat Is another of the Sumatra varieties, but not 

 deserving of being classed with them. Being of lowland 

 growth, the bean, while large, is flat in shape, whitish in 

 color, and chaffy in substance, approaching a Malang in 



