JAKARTA. The prestige of the local coffee is now on the rise. To date, a lot of coffee shops have served the local coffee as the main menus. The growing prestige of local coffee has also led to grow in the number of coffee shops.
The recent development of coffee culture have also up graded the of local coffee. Coffee flavor in each region is different. The owner of Kedai Blanco in Yogyakarta, Bimo Pramana said that the coffee flavor may be diverse, even though they may come from the same region, such as Aceh.
The various taste and aroma of the local coffee have driven the interests on the products of archipelago coffee. For the examples, Kedai Blanco proceeds the coffee beans from various regions, such as Gayo, Kintamani, Flores, and Papua. “The Gayo coffee from Aceh is the most in demand,” said Ben. This coffee shop sets the price of coffee beans at Rp 22,000-Rp 30,000 per kilogram (kg).
Meanwhile, the owner Konakita coffe shop in Bengkulu Heri Supandi said that the coffee shop produces various of Bengkulu’s specialty coffees, such as robusta semang, robusta lanang, robusta super, arabica, and arabica luwak (civet arabica).
Heri said that the Bengkulu’s coffee has advantage in their aroma. In addition, the coffee has a little bit spicy flavor, as they are grown adjacent to pepper, he added. Heri sets the price of the coffee beans at Rp 20,000 – Rp 750,000 per kilogram. “The most expensive is arabica luwak,” he said.
The rise of local coffee’s prestige benefits not only the coffee shop’s owners. Nawa Sukrisna, a coffe farmer from Pasuruan, who is also the owner of Kopi Nawa 9 shop also enjoys the growing popularity of the local coffee. It is proven that the number of coffee entrepreneurs in East Java has increased in the recent one year, due to the growing demands, he said.
Pasuruan coffee is one of the coffee of East Java, in addition to ijen coffee. Pasuruan coffee started attracting the government’s attention since the beginning of 2016. The price started rising, thanks to the government, he said. Currently, pasuruan robusta and arabica coffee are priced at Rp 25,000 per kg and Rp 30,000 per kg, respectively.
Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exports (AEK) Irfan Anwar saw that the demand for coffee Indonesia is increasing, both domestic and abroad. In the domestic market, the demand for coffee grew by 8% this year.
However, Irfan did not deny the decrease in coffee exports. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed that the value of Indonesia’s coffee exports during January-September 2016 fell by 30.27%. This year, the coffee exports are estimated at only US $ 644.24 million, compared with the exports in 2015 that amounted to US$ 923.89 million.
The decrease in coffee exports was mainly caused by the effect of La Nina. “The high rain’s density caused the coffee flowers did not grow up," he said. (Muhammad Farid/Translator)
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