Bisang Coffee and Luwu Charm

Bisang Coffee and Luwu Charm

The name Kopi Luwak is familiar in the ears of coffee lovers. With delicious flavor, Luwak coffee is so hunted by coffee lovers, not only in the country, but also abroad. One thing that is unique, this coffee is quite rare because of the different production process, which is produced from civet droppings.

But what about Bisang Coffee? One Indonesian coffee product recently came to be known coming from Luwu. In Luwu there is a repertoire of coffee not found elsewhere. Known by the name of coffee bisang, this coffee is believed to be popular on the tongue of the coffee lover. Bisang Coffee is now a new product that in the future is considered to compete with coffee products that have been there before in Indonesia.

Coffee beans from the district of Latimojong, Luwu regency, South Sulawesi has long been a daily drink of people in mountainous areas Latimojong but this time it was developed into a business opportunity.

The center of the coffee plant in Latimojong generally grows in the villages of Lambanan, Posi, Tibussang, Pajang, Ulusalu, Bone Posi. Coffee is eaten bisang in Latimojong initially grow wild in some villages, but after knowing and tasting coffee bisang, slowly people serious attention to his coffee crop.

 Bisang Coffee is touted as a rival to Luwak coffee. During this time Luwak coffee is known to be the best coffee from the archipelago. Coffee Bisang is quite different from civet coffee. Kopi luwak and Bisang coffee differ in the process of fermentation. If the civet coffee is derived from animal mongoose, not so with bisang coffee. This Bisang coffee is obtained through spit or vomit of bisang beast. This is one of the differences between Luwak coffee and coffee Bisang.

Coffee Bisang has little in common with Luwak coffee. First, coffee beans to make this coffee also comes from animals called bisang. In addition, the process, taste, and how to serve bisang coffee is also different from other coffee. Usually drink coffee using a cup or glass, while enjoying Bisang coffee served with coconut shells as a place to serve it.

Bisang is a rodent animal. At a glance this animal is similar to a mongoose. However, his size is slightly smaller. His face is very similar to Kuskus Beruang or Kuse, one of Sulawesi's endangered endemic animals. Interestingly, in this SulSel apparently bisang only exist in Ulu Salu, Latimojong, Luwu regency. In addition, both civet and bisang animals both choose certain coffee beans.

Bisang likes to eat the so-called coffee fruit will produce the best coffee beans, like mongoose. Bisang likes to eat the so-called coffee fruit will produce the best coffee beans, like mongoose. But there are special things that are not owned Luwak animals in the process of producing coffee beans. The luwak is indeed only select certain types of coffee to eat. Neither is Bisang. But the excess Bisang, he was able to distinguish where coffee that has been sprayed pesticides and coffee that is still natural without a touch of pesticides. Bisang prefers to eat an unspoiled coffee.

Interestingly bisang only vomiting in the afternoon if the morning bisang eating coffee and spew coffee only on certain places only, while luwak choose a certain place to dispose of dirt.

Bisangs the Latimojong produce coffee beans from the digestive process of the fruit which then by ingesting the coffee beans grown there, issued by mouth or vomited. From there, then the coffee beans are collected and processed to become beverages. Starting from washed, roasted, until smoothed into powder.

Coffee Bisang also provide a different sensation for coffee lovers. Starting from the scent until the taste is considered so tempting. One obviously different is when tasting coffee Bisang, acidity in coffee Bisang more felt than other coffee.

However, the level of acidity that is in coffee bisang not as high as in the coffee mandailing. During this coffee that comes from Sumatra is famous to have a thick and strong taste and strong smell.

Coffee Bisang is still suitable for people who have problems with the stomach, such as patients with mag. It does give a bit of a sour sensation at the end when we drink this coffee. But, still softer than Sumatra coffee.

Not just delicious, coffee bisang believed to contain properties for people who drink them. Usefulness is to increase stamina. According to people in District Latimojong, coffee bisang if consumed regularly in at least a month can increase stamina.

Coffee has been a part of Latimojong society from the past until now. Production of coffee in the form of packaging can be an opportunity to improve the welfare of the community, especially in Latimojong. But this welfare will be difficult to achieve without a development of economic management system that can be done by the community or even through government intervention.

This strategic planning to make coffee as a commodity that promises the community until the future will continue to developed the community. Economic opportunities must be in line with aspects of rationalization and maintaining the product. However with the current development of communication and competition among products in the market can be a challenge of its own.

Bisang Coffee trying to penetrate the market will be faced with various competition challenges. Aspects of data, scientific facts, land readiness and the welfare effects of society need to be considered. Name Bisang until the scientific aspect can affect the purchasing power of the market to Luwu original coffee.

Now, bisang coffee has been widely introduced as the main commodity of Luwu Regency. In fact, this product has also attracted some foreign investors, namely the Philippines and Thailand.

Besides being famous for bisang coffee, Luwu is an umbrella-like country, sheltering culture in the peninsula of Sulawesi, into a spring that flows philosophical values in other cultures. In the Luwu area, sincerity and sincerity are emitted by many people.

Luwu regency is very rich with natural attractions that offer a panoramic view of natural beauty in the form of waterfalls, rice fields and verdant rice-shaped terraces and stinging coffee. However Sarassa Ulusalu waterfall because it is always shrouded in clouds and in a certain time will disappear and show the beauty of Sarassa waterfall.

While hunting coffee bisang there is no harm also enjoy the natural beauty of Luwu is very exotic. To develop coffee bisang there are some things that need to be considered that could be a constraint such as bisang endemic animals Sulawesi only exist in Latimojong population is still limited, readiness of production land, etc .. This is still the cause of coffee bisang which is currently still limited in Luwu.

Good strategic planning and the role of local government to make coffee bisang as a commodity that promising the community until the future continues to be developed and acceptable to the international market.