Central Java – Robusta coffee The market is now starting to attract attention from the Brebes area. This is because the 3 types of robusta coffee in this area have very unique taste characteristics.
A hilly area in Bantarkawung District, Brebes Regency, Central Java, is a coffee producing area. The existence of coffee plants in this area has been around for decades. It’s just that at that time it wasn’t managed properly.
This mountainous area has types of coffee plants that have different flavors from each other. The mountains in southern Brebes have long been known as a producer of robusta coffee.
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There are three coffee products produced from Bantarkawung sub-district. Alam Segara Coffee from Sindangwangi Village, Baribis Coffee from Mount Baribis and Mayana Coffee from Legok Village.
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According to the Head of Bantarkawung District, Eko Supriyanto, coffee plants in this area have been around for a long time. The plant grows wild on residents’ land and Perhutani land. Local residents even think that this plant is not an economically profitable commodity.
However, residents’ views on coffee have turned around 180 degrees since the trend of drinking coffee spread to regional areas. Drinking coffee has now almost become a tradition for Indonesian people.
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As citizens’ interest in coffeemore and more new coffee shops are appearing. The existence of this coffee shop is nothing more than to pamper coffee lovers.
The Head of Bantarkawung Subdistrict added, to empower residents, especially coffee farmers, the regional government has encouraged the village government so that the village’s potential continues to be developed. The aim is to make coffee management more focused.
“Today I invited coffee farmers. We gathered them to give them guidance so that they can manage coffee properly. Starting from caring for plants, harvesting, processing coffee to roasting. Hopefully, their products can compete in the market,” said Eko Supriyanto, Wednesday (20/11/2019) afternoon.
It is hoped that through this training, farmers can process authentic Bantarkawung coffee into products that can be accepted on the market. Moreover, Bantarkawung coffee has a distinctive aroma and the bitter taste is quite strong.
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“The taste is different even though it is the same type of robusta coffee. Bantarkawung coffee doesn’t have a sour taste at all. It’s really true bitter coffee,” he explained.
When met separately, Abdul Aziz, Chair of the Sindangwangi Bantarkawung Village Coffee Farmers Group, said that the potential for coffee in his village is very large. Robusta coffee plants are scattered throughout the forests and also in people’s yards. In a year, the coffee harvest reaches 139 tons.
In order to produce a distinctive coffee taste, members of this farmer group are trained in processing it until it becomes ready-to-sell coffee. Apart from that, they are trained to breed coffee as an effort to develop seeds. However, this effort is still hampered by a lack of equipment such as grinding tools and others.
“We sell Alam Segara Coffee from Sindangwangi in 100 gram packages. The price per ounce is 9,100 grams) IDR 12 thousand,” he stressed.
He is optimistic robusta coffee Gunung Segara can compete in the market. According to him, local Sindangwangi coffee has a characteristic strong bitter taste so it can provide a different sensation for coffee lovers.
“The bitterness is really strong, and really felt on the tongue. The aroma is also strong, compared to Arabica,” said Abdul Azis.
Also read: Coffee leaves are also delicious when processed into tea and anointing, which is rich in benefits
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