Coffee Colo Si Black From Muria Slipping
The word coffee itself originally comes from the Arabic qahwah which means strength, because at first coffee is used as a high-energy food. The word qahwah again changed into kahveh which comes from the Turkish language and then changed again into koffie in Dutch. The use of the word koffie is immediately absorbed into Indonesian into a known coffee word today.
The history of coffee records the origins of coffee plants from Abyssinia, a region in Africa that currently covers the territory of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Coffee became a commercial commodity after being brought by Arab traders to Yemen. In the Arabian Peninsula coffee popular as a refreshment drink.
In the early days of the Arabs monopolized the trading of coffee beans. They control the trade through Mocha, a port city located in Yemen. At that time Mocha became the only trade gate of coffee beans trade. Because of the importance of the port, European people sometimes call coffee by the name Mocha.
In history, coffee in Indonesia has gone through a long journey from entry to scattered throughout the archipelago. The history of coffee in Indonesia began in 1696 when the Dutch brought coffee from Malabar, India, to Java. They cultivated the coffee plant in Kedawung, a plantation located near Batavia. But this effort failed because the plant was damaged by earthquakes and floods.
The second attempt was made in 1699 by bringing the coffee tree cuttings from Malabar. In 1706 coffee samples produced from plants in Java were sent to the Netherlands for study at the Amsterdam Botanical Garden. The result was a huge success, the resulting coffee has excellent quality. Furthermore, this coffee plant used as seed for all plantations developed in Indonesia. The Netherlands also expanded the area of coffee cultivation to Sumatra, Sulawesi, Bali, Timor and other islands in Indonesia.
In 1878 there was a heartbreaking tragedy. Almost all coffee plantations in Indonesia, especially in the lowlands damaged by leaf rust disease or Hemileia vastatrix (HV). At that time all coffee plants in Indonesia is a type of Arabica (Coffea arabica). To cope, the Dutch brought in a species of coffee liberica (Coffea liberica) which is estimated to be more resistant to leaf rust disease.
Until a few years, liberal coffee replaced arabica coffee in lowland plantations. In the European market, the liberal coffee at that time was valued equally with arabica. But apparently the liberal coffee plant is also experiencing the same thing, damaged rust sting. Then in 1907 the Dutch brought in another species of robusta coffee (Coffea canephora). The effort this time is successful, until now the robusta coffee plantations in the lowlands can survive.
Coffee has been successfully cultivated in Java since 1714-1715. For a certain period of coffee from Java had dominated the world coffee market. At that time a cup of coffee more popularly called "cup of java", literally meaning "cup of Java". After the independence of Indonesia in 1945, the entire Dutch coffee plantation in Indonesia in the nationalization. Since then the Dutch are no longer the world's coffee supplier.
Indonesia is known as one of the fourth largest coffee producing countries in the world after Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia, and also known as a country that became a reference for the production of good quality coffee. Coffee in Indonesia has a long history and has an important role for the economic growth of people in Indonesia. Indonesia is blessed with its geographical location that is suitable to function as a coffee plantation land. Indonesia's location is ideal for microclimate for coffee growth and production.
Coffee is a beverage that has been roasted coffee beans and mashed into powder. Coffee is one of the world's most cultivated commodities in more than 50 countries. Two common coffee tree varieties are Robusta Coffee (Coffea Canephora) and Arabica Coffee (Coffea Arabica).
The processing of coffee before it can be drunk through a long process that is from the harvesting of coffee beans that have been cooked either by machine or by hand then done the processing of coffee beans and drying before it becomes coffee. The next process is penyangraian with varying degrees degree. After penyangraian coffee beans milled or smoothed into a coffee powder before coffee can be drunk.
For coffee lovers, seeing and sipping black coffee must be commonplace. But, if you want to enjoy a different coffee sensation you can try Colo Coffee. Colo Coffee is coffee that grows from the Colo area of Muria mountain slope. Mount Muria located at an altitude of 1,602 M above sea level, suitable for coffee plants.
Even Coffee Colo has been famous since the Dutch era. The Dutch royal government has its own coffee plantation area on Mount Muria, called the KNP (Coffee Next Pure) plot with a besit (replacement of ancient land certificate) in the name of the Dutch kingdom. In the 18th century coffee grown in this region of Muria is consumed exclusively for the Royal Netherlands family. The result of coffee in the KNP region was brought directly to the Netherlands as the favorite coffee of the Dutch queen at that time, namely Queen Wihelmina.
Colo Village is an administrative village in Dawe District, Kudus District, which has long been famous for its religious tourism, Sunan Muria grave, one of nine guardians in Java. Coffee plants in Colo have been hereditary planted by people on the slopes of Muria since the Dutch colonial era or the 18th century at an altitude of 500 meters from sea level. To the extent of coffee on the slopes of Muria there are about 900 hectares but some coffee plants are rejuvenating so as yet to bear fruit.
The tradition of coffee wiwit is a tradition that marks the beginning of the coffee harvest. The tradition is carried out by the peasants of the mountains of Muria Kudus, Central Java every entering the coffee harvest season, as an expression of gratitude for the abundance of coffee crops. Meanwhile, the harvest of coffee within a year is only done once with the peak of the harvest that is in August.
The term Colo coffee is widely known by the public. Of course because of its peculiarity. Coffee Colo has a distinctive taste different from other regions. This coffee has a distinctive taste of fragrant aroma with the taste that seemed to have spices and roots. The quality of the seeds has a distinctive flavor that many traders are eyeing.
Colo Coffee is a strictly sorted coffee selection and is the result of a coffee plant that has been aged up to hundreds of years, but to keep producing coffee-quality old coffee trees rejuvenated by means of grafting, so that old coffee trees can be fruitful again. Coffee that is bright red, not too old and not too young picked and dried. When dried it is sorted back to select the quality of coffee that is really good and not hollow. Only then is coffee ground or diroaster to get fragrant coffee powder and delicious flavor.
Coffee Colo has been enjoyed by many coffee lovers in Indonesia and make them love to enjoy it again. So no wonder if this time the coffee lovers who stop to Colo feel not afdol if not yet enjoy the typical coffee Colo that seemed to be a magnet itself through its high taste.
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