Jakarta – Indonesian coffee triumphed at AVPA Gourmet Product, SIAL, Paris. There are 23 Indonesian coffee from 11 coffee producers managed to win awards.
Agency for the Valorization of Agricultural Products (AVPA) is a French organization that aims to help producers of agricultural products from all over the world, to market their products on the European market. Every year AVPA holds a ‘Coffee roasted in their country of origin’ competition to help market roasted coffee in producing countries in Europe.
In this awards event, 170 coffee producers from all over the world participated. Such as from Brazil, Cameroon, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Tanzania, Togo and others. Authentic Indonesian coffee is represented by 11 coffee producers. AVPA Gourmet Productt Paris itself was held on 23 October 2018 at SIAL Agrofood, one of the largest Agrofood exhibitions in the world.
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Jury president and AVPA organoleptic expert André Rocher said he was pleasantly surprised by the quality Indonesian coffee which varies greatly. André himself has been familiar with the world of coffee since he was responsible for coffee quality at Douwe Egberts in 1971, then Jacobs and Kraft Foods (Mondelez International) until 2009.
According to him, Indonesian coffee has experienced a lot of progress. Meanwhile, another judge, Serge Edmond, also said that several countries, including Indonesia, have good roasting quality. However, some producers are still often confused by the term ‘French Roast’. They roast the coffee to dark or very dark roast, even though that term does not originate from France. He said that most coffee in France is light to medium roast.
 Coffee producers from various countries who received awards. Photo: AVPA Indonesia |
“Most of the participants were very surprised to see the list of Indonesian winners, which was quite large. Maybe because Indonesian coffee rarely participates in competitions in Europe,” he said
AVPA Indonesia country manager, as quoted from the release received detikfood (25/10). Therefore, according to Annelis Putri, Indonesian producers and roasteries must unite and popularize Indonesian coffee in Europe.
The Gourmet Award is divided into four categories: Gold Gourmet, Silver Gourmet, Bronze Gourmet and finally Simple Gourmet. The following is a list of producers, roasteries and farmers from Indonesia who received the Gourmet Product Paris 2018 award:
1. AEKI koerintji cooperative – Bronze Gourmet
2. AEKI Garut Dr. Arffi – Bronze Gourmet
3. AEKI Kintamani – Simple Gourmet
4. AEKI D’Lampung – Bronze Gourmet
5. AEKI Temanggung Farmer Deddy – Bronze Gourmet
6. AEKI Toraja Sulotco – Silver Gourmet
7. Anomaly Coffee Gunung Halu – Silver Gourmet
8. Arabica Van Cidaweung – Simple Gourmet
9. Cimbang Sinabung – Simple Gourmet
10. Gayodi – Simple Gourmet
11. Javanero Pasundan Natural – Simple Gourmet
12. Javanero Pasundan – Simple Gourmet
13. Javanero Papandayan – Simple Gourmet
14. Kopiku Our Homeland, Papaku Manggarai – Gold Gourmet
15. Kopiku Our Homeland, Good Shepherd – Bronze Gourmet
16. Le Plein d’Sens Kopi Luwak France – Gold Gourmet
17. Locarasa, Yogyakarta Volcanic Merapi – Simple Gourmet
18. Mangani Bali, Sweet Honeydew – Gold Gourmet
19. Onepus Takengon – Bronze Gourmet
20. Robusta Van Catangmalang Winey – Silver Gourmet
21. Robusta Van Catangmalang Ciragi – Bronze Gourmet
22. Tanamera Flores Honey – Silver Gourmet
23. Tanamera Bali Umejero – Silver Gourmet
 Photo: AVPA Indonesia |
In the ‘Coffee roasted in their country of origin’ competition, Indonesia was the second country to win the most awards (23 awards for 11 coffee producers), after Colombia (25 awards for 14 coffee producers).
The presentation of the AVPA Gourmet Product Paris award took place on Tuesday, 23 October 2018 at SIAL Agrofood. Philippe Juglar as President of AVPA handed it over directly to the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indonesian Embassy in Paris, Mr Agung Kurniadi, and to Annelis Putri as AVPA country manager for Indonesia. Representing Indonesian coffee producers who were unable to attend.
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