Liberica Muria Coffee, The Scent Of Jackfruit Coffee

Liberica Muria Coffee, The Scent Of Jackfruit Coffee

If you have facing coffee, different tastes, different ways of drinking, different social levels, different positions, different laughs, can unite and get along, can respect each other, no difference in status, not fighting each other when one table together face coffee.

Indonesia has many types of coffee spread throughout the archipelago. Enjoyment of coffee from Indonesia even already famous worldwide. Coffee has long been known to be consumed. The typical taste makes many people enjoy the steeping of coffee. Coffee is one of the world's most cultivated commodities in more than 50 countries.

One of Indonesia's famous coffee in addition to arabica coffee, robusta coffee is a coffee liberika, there is also a rainbow coffee. Liberica coffee is a type of coffee produced by Coffea liberica plant. This coffee is said to be derived from wild coffee plants in the region of Liberia. Though actually found also grow wild in other areas of Africa.

Liberica coffee was brought by the Dutch to Indonesia in the 19th century. This coffee was developed to replace the arabica plant which was attacked by leaf rust disease outbreak. But the effort was less successful because the liberal coffee plant experienced the same thing.

Currently, liberica coffee is grown on a limited basis in African and Asian countries. Globally production is far below arabica and robusta.

Varieties of liberal coffee are not many, popular ones such as Ardoniana and Duvrei.

In 2014, Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Center (Puslit Koka) released a species of coffee liberika with the name of the variety "Libtukom" stands for Liberika Tunggal Komposit. Libtukom is the first liberal variety recommended in Indonesia. The libtukom variety is developed from the existing liberica coffee in Tanjung Jabung Barat, Jambi. This variety has the advantage of leaf rust resistance, can be planted in the lowlands and can be planted in marginal land such as peat soil.

Kudus sàat is known not only about kretek, soto Kudus, "wali songo" but also is famous for its coffee. In Kudus is known legendary Coffee Jetak, Coffee Colo, Kopi Ternadi, Robusta Muria Coffee, Arabica Coffee Muria, and also Liberica Coffee Muria. The people also love Ngopi, which is characterized by the development of coffee shop and cafe stalls along the street that started using local coffee beans instead of sauetan.

The paradigm that coffee is bitter and dark black will gradually change. People Will understand, that coffee has a genuine taste as the coffee plant grows. If the management is correct, it is not only bitter with dark black color but can bring out the sweet taste, spices, foliage, fruity and others according to the coffee tree grow and the surrounding environment such as shade trees, and plants aa beside it. Coffee will absorb any flavor and aroma that surrounds it.

Kudus has a vast coffee plantation scattered in some desa areas on the slopes of Mount Muria.

In Mount Muria located in Kudus there are some villages that inhabit the most people farm coffee. Production per year from below 0 mdpl to the top of the village with an altitude of about 1600 mdpl can result in total coffee beans up to 1500 tons during the harvest.

But there are many Kudus people who do not know the original coffee from their own ancestral lands. Coffee in Kudus has long been planted and has made part of the culture of society that the culture of coffee is very strong and ingrained. Coffee is not just a drink here but is a way of life. Coffee that is increasingly becoming an icon of the city of Kudus and getting stronger known in the community.

Coffee Kudus is 100% a delicious coffee experience and I would recommend it to everyone.

In addition to Robusta Muria coffee, Arabica Muria coffee, Muria coffee also has a Liberia Muria coffee.

Liberica Muria coffee has a different taste. There is a fruit jackfruit taste. The flavor is natural and not deliberately mixed with jackfruit extract when processing. Liberica Muria coffee is a prima donna for coffee lovers in neighboring country, but not so well known in the country.

Economically, farming Liberica Muria coffee is very profitable. Therefore, the harvest time is relatively fast. Liberica Muria Coffee is harvested twice a month. Throughout the year, Liberian Muria coffee continues to bear fruit with the track season only one to two months. Muria Liberica coffee production period is relatively the same as the palm, which can be picked fruit after two years of planting. The price is also not inferior to other types of coffee. If a good fruit season fits, in one hectare, can produce 1 Ton.

From the harvest, processed average with natural process. Kind of Liberika Muria coffee circulating better known by the community with the title of Java coffee and jackfruit coffee.

The scientific name for coffee liberica is Coffea liberica var. Liberica. At first this plant is classified into the same species as robusta coffee with the scientific name Coffea canephora var. liberica. But the newest groupings have it as a separate species called Coffea liberica. Because morphology and other properties are different from robusta. In addition to liberica coffee, there are other varieties in the species of Coffea liberica ie coffee excelsa with the scientific name Coffea liberica var. Dewevrei.

Liberica Muria coffee fruit has a size large enough. The shape is round to oval with a length of about 18-30 mm. In one fruit there are 2 coffee beans each of which has a length of about 7-15 mm. Among other types of coffee cultivation, coffee Liberika Muria has the largest fruit size.

Even though the fruit is large, the weight of the Muria Muria dry coffee fruit is only 10% of its wet weight. This nature is less preferred by farmers because of shrinkage of weight at harvest until the fruit is ready though high enough. So the cost of harvest becomes relatively more expensive. This situation that makes farmers reluctant to develop the type of copies of Liberika Muria.

Liberica Coffee Muria grows well in lowland tropical areas with an altitude of 400-600 meters above sea level. But still can grow and bear fruit to a height of 1200 meters. Ideal temperature growth is in the range 27-30 º C with rainfall 1500-2500 mm per year.

Liberica Muria coffee crops can grow well on full illuminated land or under other trees. Liberica Muria coffee also has a high tolerance on less fertile soil. This type of plant can grow on clay soil to sandy soil and resistant to drought or wet weather.

Liberik varieties libtukom have similarities with excelsa. But there are several characteristics that distinguish it, namely libtukom has a thick fruit flesh while excelsa thinner like arabica. In addition to the leaf pupus, libtukom green to brownish green while brownish red excelsa.

Liberian coffee Muria is not widely traded in the international market. Currently world coffee trade is dominated by arabica type about 70% and robusta 28%, the rest is kind of liberika and excelsa. In the region of Southeast Asia, liberica is much favored by consumers in Malaysia. Liberica Muria coffee from Indonesia is mostly exported to Malaysia, the rest are traded locally.

Make Liberia Muria Coffee as a tourism content in Kudus, as an effort to increase the economics of coffee activists, and the welfare of coffee farmers, invites people to love local coffee.

By branding good local coffee, the tourism sector of Kudus will be more vibrant, as more diverse types of tourist areas are developed and synergized, among others, with mountains, rice fields and forests.

We must uphold the progress of the Kudus Coffee or Muria coffee with its variant of Liberia Muria Coffee, Robusta Muria Coffee, and Arabica Muria Coffee by cultivating awareness, one of which is by intensifying the show of introduction of Coffee and improving the community coffee plantation. Let's drink coffee!

Coffee Robusta Muria, Potential That Is Still Promising

Coffee Robusta Muria, Potential That Is Still Promising

Coffee has long been known to be consumed. The typical taste makes many people enjoy the steeping of coffee. 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). Who would have thought, it turns out Indonesia has many types of coffee spread throughout the archipelago. Enjoyment of coffee from Indonesia even already famous worldwide.

A hidden treasure in the Mountains of Muria. The name is appropriate for Robusta Muria typical coffee Kudus. Muria coffee is grown on an area of 452 hectares. The expanse of coffee plantation on the slopes of the Muria Mountains is located in the villages of Colo, Lau, and Japan Dawe Kudus District is able to compete in the global market. Each one hectare of land this year is capable of producing Muria coffee with a range of 1.5 to 2 tons.

The majority of the coffee land is planted with robusta seeds, but there are also arabica and liberal types. The area of coffee plantation in the Muria Mountains region besides occupying the land owned by the citizens, also uses state-owned land managed Perhutani Central Java. Farmers grow Muria coffee under the stands of large trees in the protected forest area.

Perhutani supports because this area is indeed a conservation that must be maintained. Because protected forest areas farmers are allowed to grow coffee as long as it does not damage the forest.

Coffee grown on the slopes at an altitude of about 800 mdpl to 1100 mdpl has a strong history with the Dutch nobility. One of the robusta Muria-type coffee was planted hereditary and Dutch nobility made as one of the favorite beverages, including some who were sent to the Netherlands.

The history of Muria coffee begins when the coffee begins in planting in Indonesia in the era of Cultivation or Cultuurstelsel (1830-1870) Dutch colonial period in Indonesia. The Era of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Johannes graaf van den Bosch (van den Bosh) opened a commercial plantation on his colony in the Indies, especially on the island of Java one of them in the Mountains of Muria, the island of Sumatra and parts of eastern Indonesia. 

Johannes graaf van den Bosch was born in Herwijnen, Lingewaal, February 1, 1780 and died in The Hague, January 28, 1844 at the age of 63). He was the 43rd Indies Governor-General of the Netherlands. In 1860 he divided all the forest in Java in 13 forest areas.

In 1910 the colonial government abolished the forced cultivation program and established the forest section on the slopes of Muria as a forest area. After the decree was issued, from 1920 every farmer who owned a coffee field on a state-owned estate was granted the right to collect the proceeds for 5 years, known as Koffie Met Plukrecht (KMP).

In 1925 KMP should be removed, but the facts in Colo and Japan still exist. In fact, starting from 1942 the coffee plantations became wider so that there was a dispute over forest land in the two villages. In the era of independence, in 1972 issued a decision of the Governor of Central Java to determine the new function of the region.

The Governor's decree says the forests in Colo and Japan serve as protected forests. The cultivators of coffee land after 10 years since the decree was enacted must leave the forest. And in those days the coffee plant has become the breath of life of Colo residents and surrounding villages.

Robusta Muria coffee potency is still promising but the opportunity is not much caught by various parties.

In addition to providing commercial benefits, Robusta Muria coffee can be a regional specialty drink icon but it has not been cultivated, especially by culinary businessmen in Kudus. If Robusta Muria coffee is packaged interesting and different from the course will be a special magnet as a regional specialty drinks.

However Robusta Muria coffee, Arabica Muria coffee and Muria Liberika coffee are valuable assets owned by Kudus area besides Colo coffee, Ternadi Coffee and Jetak coffee so that the potential of the area needs to be maximized by all parties. The government of Kudus district has taken various steps to make coffee typical of Muria Kudus mountain become more is better known.

One way to do branding Robusta Muria coffee to a wide audience. The harvested coffee must be completely ripened in the trees or red picking so that the quality is good.

In addition, the location of the coffee garden has been managed by the tourism conscious group (pokdarwis) so not only offer typical Muria coffee alone, but also the natural scenery is captivating. Enjoying the indigenous coffee of Muria mountains with traditional dish amidst the nuances that blend with nature gives its own sensation.

Need to pay attention to some things before making coffee-producing areas in the Mountains of Muria to be designed as a tourist village coffee. One step is to train coffee farmers to be familiar with visitors who want to travel in the coffee garden while enjoying coffee in the middle of the garden.

Second are constantly updating processing technology to make the Muria coffee more competitive. After that develop a tour package roaming coffee garden, by providing supporting facilities such as parks, and a clear tourist path that has not been explored properly. It is also necessary to provide coffee shop for tourists who come and want to enjoy coffee Muria and can buy coffee powder to be enjoyed at home.

Coffee Muria there are several types of Robusta coffee Muria, Arabica coffee Muria and coffee Liberika Muria. Mostly robusta is cultivated, because the geographical location is not too high.

Characteristics of coffee tree Robusta origin Muria good quality that there is no cutting or connect when planting, Robusta Muria coffee naturally that have good quality. The characteristics of the robusta coffee plant in Muria generally tend to be lush coffee crops.

Robusta coffee Muria locals call it Kopi Jàwa, because its coffee plant has existed since the Dutch colonial era. Plants are treated for generations to this day. But now, it's been a lot of rejuvenation, coffee farmers on the mountainside Muria is good at doing penyetekan, or connect between Coffee jàwa with other coffee from Indonesia as well.

Robusta Muria coffee taste more solid, different from other regional coffee. The smell of Robusta Muria scented coffee, has a distinctive taste of spices and roots and sweet scent.

In general, processing of coffee before it can be drunk through a long process that is from harvesting the coffee beans that have been cooked either by machine or by hand then done the processing of coffee beans and drying before becoming 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. 

Robusta Muria coffee is still traditionally processed. Based on these conditions, it is necessary to introduce a more modern way of processing coffee. There are served with barrel, V60, siphon, turkies and so forth.

Robusta Muria coffee quality is quite enough. But if not processed properly then the result is not maximal. Need education for farmers as well as coffee lovers for coffee Robusta Muria better known to the public.

Currently starting many coffee shops in Kudus provide Robusta Muria coffee and each coffee shop has a different style in serving it. Proven more less now there are 40 modern coffee shops that appear with the main dish processed coffee Muria.

Robusta Muria Coffee can be an effective educational media when there are people from Kudus and outside Kudus area who want to enjoy the original coffee from the mountains of Muria.

Robusta Muria coffee dish has a different sensation. Muria coffee from robusta type has character and distinctive flavor so it has value sell. Robusta Muria coffee can be made a souvenir when visiting the Kudus city in addition to Kudus Jenang which had been previously known.

The lack of recognition of Robusta Muria coffee needs efforts to promote not only in terms of business but also in terms of preservation. This effort needs to be supported by various parties not only food and beverage business actors but also from related parties considering Robusta Muria coffee is one of the regional assets that need to be developed.

Robusta Muria coffee harvest is marketed in a number of areas around Kudus, such as in Pati Regency.

The export market opportunity is also open because pokdarwis members have a wide relationship with the target market group. Hopefully Robusta Muria coffee can be one of Indonesia's best coffee roaming the world. Enjoy your Sunday morning with caffeine intake to keep it vibrant.

Jetak Coffee The Legend From Culinary Coffee Kudus

Jetak Coffee The Legend  From Culinary Coffee Kudus

If you are worried, if many thoughts, if alone, for a moment to share all that, yes with the coffee of course ... because only with the mind Ngopi we can be calm.

Talking coffee in Indonesia is definitely endless. The history of coffee plants in Indonesia may be similar to the history of tea plants and tobacco plants. Coffee plants, although not endemic plants Indonesia but can flourish doused with water Indonesia which necessarily becomes a blessing of its own.

Kudus is not only known as the City of Kretek, a place where there are not only many clove cigarette factories but also the place of origin of the birth of the discovery of a typical tobacco processed product itself. From the culinary world of "Soto Kudus" menu has been known to occupy the hearts of many people, so that they are not less national than Padang cuisine that is almost there in all major cities in the country.

Each area usually has its own distinctive culinary. One of the typical of each region ie coffee. Interestingly, typically each city or region tend to have local coffee champion as well as fanatical fans who do not easily faltering with the invasion of other coffee brands, even though it is a brand of manca like Starbuck.

Take for example, for example Kopi Aroma become a mainstay of drinking coffee citizens of Bandung. Liong Bulan established his position in Bogor. Coffee Ulee Kareng much loved the people of Aceh. Coffee powder Sinar Baru is popular with the people of Lampung. Djempol coffee is popular with coastal people like Kebumen. Berontoseno Coffee from Kediri East Java, not only penetrated the people of Kediri but also Tulungagung. In fact, in both cities in East Java and the city of Rembang in Central Java, which borders East Java with Lasem coffee is the habit of coffee has raised the tradition of nyete, which is batik with dregs of coffee on a cigarette. 

About coffee, in the city of Kudus there is a typical coffee flavor that we will not find in other areas. After the previous reviews we raised about Coffee Colo, Ternadi Coffee which also comes from the Kudus, another legendary Kudus specialty coffee that is Jetak Coffee.

The phenomenon of the emergence of Jetak Coffee for Kudus is not a strange thing. Stories like this we meet a lot, of course in areas that in fact people are fanatical drinking coffee. Said fanatics because drinking coffee is a habit for them everyday, sometimes even their coffee consumption exceeds the dose of taking the drug three times a day.

For coffee lovers in Kudus must know the Coffee Jetak. The name of Jetak coffee is taken from the area where the coffee was found. Right in the hamlet Jetak village Kedungdowo District Kaliwungu Kudus, Kopi Jetak created. It is said that this coffee existed since 1977. In addition to the delicious and distinctive aroma, Jetak coffee has some uniqueness.

In the village area of 308,227 hectares with 199.064 hectares of rice fields there are 40 coffee craftsmen. The craftsmen, on average, require 5 - 50 kilograms of coffee beans a day. The coffee beans are then processed into a coffee powder packaged in various sizes. Usually a manufacturer of home-cooked coffee, packing this coffee in a very simple wrap, ie in plastic wrap.

In Jetak own area we meet a lot of coffee shops, one of the phenomenal coffee shop is a stall mbah Atun.

In the midst of the habit of blending the coffee of Kudus community came a brilliant innovation, which not only gave birth to such a unique coffee blend but also became a new branding for Kudus City. It tastes not losing than the coffee-coffee flavor produced by coffee-producing cities, at least certainly for Kudus people's own presumption.

Coffee Jetak is different. The process of making a coffee dish can not be arbitrary. It takes patience and feelings. Coffee can taste delicious if the process is done carefully and with high quality ingredients.

Coffee made does not mix any additional ingredients. Coffee beans used as raw materials are different from other coffee.

One of the simplest methods to start the production process is the "red pick" method, which is picking the coffee fruit from the tree by picking one by one selected which is really ripe alias red.

In addition, specialty coffee should also have damaged levels lower than 4 percent. In 1 kilogram of coffee bean (green bean) damaged seed should not be more than 40 grams. Water content should also range from only 14 - 18 percent. Also when sieved on a 14 - 18 mesh sieve or 1 - 1.6 millimeter pass that should not exceed 5 percent. Provision of organic coffee crop management will also be a standard determination of quality in the future.

Coffee is served through a long process. The quality of coffee powder depends on the process of processing the coffee beans used. It becomes one of the differentiators of coffee Jetak from other coffee.

Processing starts from drying the coffee previously purchased from around the slopes of Mount Muria, and roasted on the coals of firewood. The process of frying the coffee beans until black, while usually the process of frying coffee only until browned. Then the coffee is milled several times.

In addition, in the process of frying coffee beans, added coffee water as jatu (additional material). This is to prolong the durability of coffee. Jetak coffee can last up to a year. The secret is on "jatu" given in the frying process. Would be different if jatu added after the frying process, coffee only lasted six months. This is one of the tricks used by coffee craftsmen.

Jetak coffee texture, the color is black and dark, different from other coffees, the color is almost the same as ink spedol, and soft texture if the drink does not make choking, because the process of grinding coffee made up to several times so that the coffee produced very soft, to the dregs of coffee if drink does not make us choke.

Cooked using firewood in measurable temperatures, and using the right composition between sugar and coffee.

Few tips to enjoy coffee Jetak, for those of you who are less like too bitter, sugar can be added. But, I suggest not too much. Based on the experience of some coffee lovers Jetak, this coffee is better if served not too sweet but there is still a bit of bitterness.

For coffee lovers who do not like sweet coffee, presentation of Jetak coffee without added sugar use. Unsweetened Jeta coffee tastes better

In addition to the typical favors and aromas, Jetak coffee has some uniqueness.

The first uniqueness of Jetak coffee can still be consumed for patients with ulcers because Jetak coffee is served still 100% pure coffee without mix. Each serving of Coffee Jetak accompanied by a glass of water to neutralize the stomach before drinking coffee and provided fried bananas to keep the stomach so as not too acidic.

The second uniqueness lies in its traditional processing. Jetak Coffee from Kudus still maintains processing in the traditional way, using wood and simple tools. This is done to maintain the blackish and typical taste of coffee. So during brewing coffee, consumers will not feel disappointed. Because for coffee lovers, of taste and aromalah are sought.

The uniqueness of the three Jetak coffee usually use the type of arabica coffee. This coffee grows a lot on the slopes of Mount Muria. Jetak Coffee is famous for its dark black color and structured fine coffee powder.

Jetak coffee production is still in the scale of home industry, so the production amount is uncertain. If the stock runs out, then the craftsmen produce again, depending on the marketing. With quality coffee to enjoy a glass of Jetak coffee in Kudus, we just spend Rp. 2.000, - for the size of one small glass, the price is very affordable.

Marketing in addition to be done in a number of markets in the City of Kretek, also widened beyond the areas such as Demak and Semarang. At this point, we should be proud of ourselves, may even pat the chest. That it is not only natural (natural) factors, namely fertile volcanic soil, humid air and sun throughout the year, but also aspects of the intelligence of the society (cultural) Indonesia is what makes us able to create various types of coffee with the quality of world-class special coffee.

Expertise or cultural intelligence that was born from the womb of traditions meramu or mix typical of the archipelago. Tradition meramu or meracik that not only gave birth to various types of specialty coffee in the archipelago but also the womb from the birth of kretek cultural entities that originated from a city called Kudus.