Jakarta –
With few tourists, this tourist guide in Bali has also opened a small mobile coffee business. By relying on his pedal bicycle, he succeeded in attracting many customers.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life around the world. Various businesses in all sectors suddenly fell. One of them is in the tourism sector such as in Bali.
This was also felt by Ketut Astika or who is familiarly called Ketut Mayong. Previously Ketut Mayong has worked as a tour guide in Bali since 2000. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic he is no longer actively working.
ADVERTISEMENT
SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT
Also Read: Unique! Guyon Coffee Shop sells coffee using an old V80 motorbike
 Lack of tourists, this tourist guide in Bali runs a mobile coffee business using a bicycle Photo: Instagram @naluringopi |
Not because they were laid off, but because tourists in Bali are indeed sluggish. To detikcom (24/06) Ketut Mayong said that he then opened a small mobile coffee business called Made Coffee.
“The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is like this. Before Corona, I was active as a tour guide. In the middle of March, I last worked taking guests and then I opened coffee around using a bicycle,” said Ketut Mayong.
Furthermore, Ketut Mayong explained that his job as a tour guide was only freelance. So, he will continue to guide tours if there is a call.
Katut Mayong chose the coffee business because he is a coffee lover. The concept proposed for the coffee business is a mobile coffee shop using pedal bicycles located on Jalan Puputan Renon, Denpasar, Bali.
 Lack of tourists, this tourist guide in Bali runs a traveling coffee business using a bicycle Photo: Instagram @madecoffee2020 |
“Yes, in Bali nowadays, coffee streets are rare. There are already a lot of coffee shops or cafes. Because there is no capital to open a cafe, so I use a bicycle because I also like sports,” he said.
Ketut Mayong said that the capital to open his mobile coffee business was around IDR 10 million. It took Ketut Mayong a month to transform his bicycle into a mobile coffee shop.
The coffee beans offered at Made Coffee are robusta and arabica. The coffee comes from various regions in Indonesia. Starting from Flores, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Bali, Toraja, Mandailing, Singaraja, Bedugul and others.
 Lack of tourists, this tourist guide in Bali runs a traveling coffee business using a bicycle Photo: Instagram @madecoffee2020 |
The prices offered range between IDR 10 thousand to IDR 25 thousand. Coffee beans The product was supplied by his friend who is also a coffee roaster. Meanwhile, he acquired coffee knowledge autodidactically.
Unexpectedly, this mobile coffee managed to attract the attention of many groups. Starting from local residents, local tourists to domestic tourists. Ketut Mayong hopes that he can introduce Indonesian coffee beans to the eyes of the world.
“So that it can be known, and also so that local coffee farmers can prosper and prosper,” he concluded.
Also Read: Coffee Truck, a ‘Traveling Coffee’ Truck in Korea that is Often Sent to Artists
(raf/odi)
